Africa

This health structure has the particularity of treating free of charge the poorest people in the capital Kinshasa, Congo, which has one of the highest death rates from tropical diseases in Africa. “For the moment, we can accommodate 300 people per day,” said Indian businessman Harish Jagtani, owner of this …

A woman has stabbed her friend to death at her residence in the Greenville Estate, Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased paid a visit to the suspect at her residence and they both had an argument”. “The argument degenerated into a scuffle and …

The body of a 30-year-old woman has been found floating in the Lafa River at Santa Maria Blue Kiosk in the Ga Central Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. “We have seen a dummy-like object on the surface of the river,” children reported. “The matter was immediately reported to …

One of eight cheetahs flown to India from Namibia in September last year died on Monday, local media reported. Namibia’s environment ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said the cheetah, aged five, died of kidney failure. He said the cheetah, named Sasha, was under medical care for the past three months. “The …

Five suspected robbers were set on fire after they failed in their attempt to snatch telephone handsets from passers-by at Nkpor, near Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. “The suspects usually use a tricycle to rob unsuspecting members of the public of their telephones, bags, money and other valuables in the area,” …

A seven-year-old boy died when a wall collapsed at Prang in the Pru West District of the Bono East Region of Ghana. The deceased was playing with his other friends when the wall collapsed and trapped him. The Pru West District Director of the National Disaster Management Organization, Martin Owusu, …

More than 2,000 mummified rams’ heads dating from the Ptolemaic era have been discovered in the Temple of Ramses II in the ancient city of Abydos in southern Egypt, authorities said on Sunday. Mummies of sheep, dogs, goats, cows, gazelles and mongooses were also exhumed by a team of American …

Sixteen people were found kidnapped in a single room at Ankaful Zongo in the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly in the Central Region of Ghana. The victims, aged 12 and 20, are believed not to be Ghanaians as they were unable to speak any local language. They are suspected to be …

At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries have drowned in the sinking of three boats off Tunisia, the coast guard announced on Sunday. Twenty-nine bodies were found and the coast guard “rescued eleven illegal migrants of several African nationalities after the sinking of their boats” off the coast of …

Ugandan authorities have closed the boarding section of a primary school in the central Mubende region after seven schoolboys reported to have been sodomised by the school’s caretaker, local media reported. The caretaker reportedly pleaded guilty to the charges in court last week and is waiting for sentencing. State Minister …