Africa

A 21-year-old teacher trainee has been found murdered in an uncompleted building at Mesidan, a farming community in the Techiman North municipality of the Bono East Region, Ghana. “Her body was discovered with stab wounds to the throat,” according to autopsy reports. According to her uncle,” the deceased was a …

Somalia’s ambassador to the United Nations on Monday accused Ethiopian troops of making illegal incursions across their shared border, leading to confrontations with local security forces. At least 3,000 Ethiopian soldiers are stationed in the Horn of Africa country as part of an African Union peacekeeping mission (ATMIS) fighting al …

The United Nations children’s fund (UNICEF) has issued an alert saying millions of children are going hungry in Sudan. Unicef boss, Catherine Russell says Sudan is one of the worst places in the world for children. She said the country has now the largest displacement of children anywhere, with millions …

The EU announced on Monday that it had sanctioned six officials in Sudan over the war between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Reuters reported. These lists include a commanding general of the RSF, the financial advisor of RSF, as well as a prominent tribal leader …

Malian singer Rokia Traoré was arrested in Italy following a conviction in Belgium in a case of non-representation of a child, the Brussels prosecutor’s office announced on Sunday. Italian media reported that the musician was arrested Friday at Rome’s Fiumincino airport, where she had just landed to perform a concert …

An American tourist was killed by an elephant, after it attacked her vehicle while parked during a safari drive in Zambia, local media reported. The animal pulled Juliana Gle Tourneau, 64, out of the vehicle and trampled her, officials said. “Ms Tourneau, who comes from New Mexico, was with a …

A protester was shot and killed Thursday evening, June 20, in Nairobi, Kenya, on the sidelines of demonstrations against a proposed new tax, while a call for a general strike and to demonstrate again across the country was launched for Tuesday June 25. Led largely by young Kenyans, the rallies …

The Nigerian Air Force has neutralized 80 terrorists during an air operation against terrorists in Katsina State, northern Nigeria. Edward Gabkwet, the army spokesman, announced in a written statement on Wednesday the neutralization of numerous terrorists as part of the Hadarin Daji operation carried out in the Faskare area on …

A 55-year-old woman has stabbed her 76-year-old mother to death in Abuakwa Asonomaso, Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality, Ashanti Region, Ghana. This follows accusations by a pastor that the decesead was a witch. The Assembly member, Isaac Adu Boateng said, “the suspect attempted suicide by drinking weedicide after killing her mother.” …

At least nine people were killed and more than 46 injured in blasts caused by a fire at a military ammunition depot in Chad’s capital on Tuesday night, health minister Abdelmadjid Abderahim said. “The death toll could rise as many people suffered serious injuries,” Abderahim told reporters on Wednesday. The …