Africa

The Benue State Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly set fire to a block of classrooms in a school in Gwer East Local Government Area of Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect allegedly burned down the RCM Elementary School building in Gwer East after stealing a computer from …

A Kano State High Court has sentenced a 29-year-old man to death by hanging for stabbing his 55-year-old mother-in-law to death in Nigeria. “The convict dealt several machete cuts on the victim’s head, leading to her death,” reports said. The victim was rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, …

Zimbabwe has banned all lithium exports after the government said it was losing 1.7 billion euros from exporting it as a raw mineral and not processing it into batteries in country. Lithium is so valuable as a component of electronic batteries mostly for cars, mobile phones and computers that it’s …

The faces of the 108 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram in Nigeria in 2014 are remembered in a new exhibition of sculptures in Lagos, Nigeria. The 108 Chibok girls faces have been sculpted in clay in a collaboration between french artist Prune Nourry, university students, professional potters and the …

Two people have been killed in a gunbattle between Kenyan security forces and suspected al-Shabab fighters in coastal Kenya, according to reports. “Four people were rescued in the shootout at a roadblock the insurgents had just erected on Lamu county’s main road,” the Daily Nation newspaper reported. The four had …

A young man was discovered dead in his car while driving from Obeng Yaw to Cocoa Market Road, near the New National Academy in Ghana. It was revealed that when the driver arrived at the Academy area, he stopped, parked, and removed one of his legs from his car. He …

Four men were arrested for burning to death a woman who confessed to killing six people in Michika area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. “The men burnt the mother of one to death shortly after she was dragged by members of the community to the palace of the ward head over …

Bekwai Circuit Court in Ashanti Region has sentenced a 31-year-old farmer to 20 years imprisonment in hard labor for robbing a woman of her itel mobile phone worth GH¢500, Ghana. The suspect was armed with knife and attacked the complainant who was sleeping with her two children in a room. …

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is determined to eradicate the scourge of terrorism that has plagued his country for ages, and to that end he has rallied leaders to stand up to the terrorist group Al-Shabaab. As the Al-Shabaab group continues to hold up republican soldiers and cause unrest among …

Two Nigerien soldiers and an expatriate, lost their lives following the crash of an MI-17 helicopter of the Nigerien Armed Forces in Niamey, according to reports. The statement from the Nigerien defense boss explained “that the tragedy occurred, returning from a routine training flight, the MI-17 aircraft crashed while landing …