Africa

A 35-year-old man has been arrested foor fatally stabbing his girlfriend’s elder brother over a borrowed phone in the Ogun State, Nigeria. The suspect has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command after the incident has been reported. According to reports,“the suspect stabbed his lover’s elder brother with bottles …

A Tunisian court has sentenced opposition party leader Lotfi Mraihi to eight months in prison on a charge of vote buying, his lawyer said on Friday. The court also banned Mraihi, leader of the Republican Union Party and one of the most prominent critics of President Kais Saied, from running …

The Namibian government has refused a request to extend the visa for a Ugandan king who has been getting medical treatment in the country since April. King Mutebi II of the Buganda has been receiving treatment for an undisclosed condition. The centre where he has been staying requested his visa …

Kenyan authorities on Thursday stepped up their call for an end to protests after weeks of protests and police tried to ban demonstrations in the capital Nairobi but were rejected by the court. Police introduced the ban saying the protests, which have claimed at least 50 lives since erupting nearly …

A Junior High School student has died during the Wulensi Fire Festival in the Nunumba South District of the Northern Region, Ghana. The deceased died instantly after a musket he attempted to fire exploded, reports stated. According to reports, “the incident occurred when the student fired the musket into a …

A man resorted to an unusual and elaborate disguise in an extreme attempt to catch his wife in the act of infidelity in Chegutu, Zimbabwe. The man dressed in his wife’s clothes, including her dress, bra, and headscarf, to sneak into the house where he suspected she was with her …

Police in Kenya announced the ban of protests in the centre of the capital, Nairobi, and surrounding areas “until further notice”, local media reported. They cite the fact that the protest is leaderless, making it difficult to comply with security measures. Nairobi city centre has been the heart of the …

A 38-year-old mason has hanged himself after an evening praise and prayer session in his room at Ajumako Entumbil in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region, Ghana. According to reports, ” he was heard in his room singing songs of praise and later went into a time …

At least five people were killed and several others injured when an informal gold mine caved in and buried them alive in northern Kenya, Reuters reported, citing a local official. Authorities closed the Hillo subsistence gold mine near the Ethiopian border in March after several people were killed in clashes …

More than 10 million Sudanese, or 20% of the population, have been driven from their homes since the war there began, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday, as the world’s largest displacement crisis continues to worsen. The number is the latest dire figure out of the east …