Africa

A teenage girl was found dead in a stream in Tomefa, Ga South municipality, after leaving school to visit her grandmother in Agbozome, Ghana. The deceased has been identified asa student of Keta Business Senior High School (SHS). She went to Kasoa to visit her boyfriend instead of her grandmother …

A commercial motorbike rider has narrowly survived a vicious machete attack believed to have been aimed at ending his life in the Boinso community of the Western North Region, Ghana. The incident occurred on the night of Thursday as the victim was returning home from work. According to eyewitness, the …

At least thirty-four Niger soldiers were killed and fourteen wounded in an attack on an army position in the Banibangou locality near the Malian border. “This day, Thursday June 19, 2025, at around 9 a.m., the locality of Banibangou was the object of a cowardly and barbaric attack perpetrated by …

More than 700 people are still missing in the community of Mokwa, in Niger State, north-central Nigeria, following deadly floods. The state governor, Umaru Bago, said, “at least 207 people had lost their lives in the floods”. On May 29, the Mokwa region a strategic commercial crossroads between the merchant …

A man has been found dead in stagnant water at Juaboso in the Western North Region, Ghana, according to reports. According to reports, the man left home about two days ago, and his whereabouts had been unknown until the discovery. Some children who had gone fishing spotted his lifeless body …

OCHA, the UN agency coordinating humanitarian aid, is sounding the alarm about the urgent need to find funding to meet the food needs of tens of millions of people by 2025. Of the $44 billion earmarked for the current year, only $5.6 billion had been disbursed by June, i.e. 13% …

A new world-class gold mine has been discovered in the north-east of the country by the Australian company Resolute Mining Limited, the Ivorian government announced on Monday. “A world-class gold mine of at least 100 tonnes has been discovered in the Doropo department in the north-east of the country,” wrote …

Armed robbers have shot and killed a farmer in the Bosome Freho District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana, according to reports. The unfortunate incident occurred around 2:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. The deceased, aged 50, was shot in the chest and died instantly. According to Adom News, the …

A Fulani herdsman has allegedly killed his four-month-old pregnant wife, at Frimpongkrom in the Dormaa West District of the Bono Region, Ghana. The tragic incident occurred on Monday, June 16, 2025. The victim had long suffered domestic abuse at the hands of her husband, according to neighbours. In the days …

At least 12 people died as a result of food poisoning on Saturday June 14 in a recreation area in Imerinkasinina, Antananarivo, Madagascar. Nine of the deceased were patients admitted to the public hospital, while three others were being treated in other hospitals in the capital, according to HJRA Deputy …