Africa

22 people died after consuming a stolen pregnant goats at Akyem Osenase community in the Eastern Region, Ghana. According to reports, “deaths have been reported within a month after the deceased allegedly consumed stolen pregnant goats.” “The suspects sold the stolen goats to a drinking bar operator who prepared pepper …

The Nigerian Senate has proposed tougher penalties for drug trafficking, suggesting the death penalty as a new maximum sentence. This would replace life imprisonment, which until now has been the most severe penalty. Nigeria has gone from being a transit point to a major producer, consumer and distributor of illicit …

A B737/300 airliner chartered by Air Sénégal missed its takeoff at 01:00 on Thursday morning, injuring 11 people, including 4 seriously, according to reports. The incident occurred at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Diass, some 40 km from the capital Dakar, when the aircraft overshot its runway and came to …

Chad’s electoral commission has declared interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby the winner of the presidential election. According to the results, Gen Déby won 61.3% of the vote, while his closest rival, Prime Minister Succes Masra, won 18.53%. Mr Masra had earlier declared that he had won a “resounding victory” in …

Peace talks involving South Sudan’s government and opposition representatives begun in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday. The talks are between the government and rebel opposition groups that were not part of an 2018 agreement that ended a five-year civil war. Some of the issues in the 2018 agreement, including a …

Four TikTokers have been charged in Kenya over publishing false information, after they were arrested for filming a video of a staged robbery outside a police station, local media reported. The content creators, including a 17-year-old boy, were arrested on Wednesday in Kilifi county after the video went viral on …

Forty-four cholera cases have been reported in Kenya’s Tana River county, as flooding raises the risk of spread of water-borne diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. A statement by the World Health Organization (WHO) which cites the numbers, says Kenyan officials supported by WHO and other agencies have been …

An man has inflicted gunshot wounds on his 17-year-old younger brother while hunting for bush meat at Dakurpe, a farming community in the Bole district of the Savannah Region, Ghana. “The elder brother had intended to shoot a bird on his farm but unfortunately, his younger brother was in the line of …

Online retail giant Amazon announced the launch of its online shopping service in South Africa on Tuesday, challenging a number of online retailers. South Africa is usually seen as a good entry point for companies to expand into the continent and Amazon could be doing the same, analysts have said …

At least five people died and dozens more were trapped in South Africa after a multi-storey building under construction collapsed in the city of George, local media reported. Emergency services rushed to the scene to search for survivors. City officials say over 20 people have so far been rescued and …