West Africa

The authorities in Equatorial Guinea on Monday said the country had reported its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family of viruses that cause Ebola. Nine people are suspected to have died from the viral haemorrhagic fever in the country’s western Kie Ntem …

Two people on a tricycle were killed in an accident involving an ambulance at Ahwiaa in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana, reports said. “The tricycle rider attempted to overtake another vehicle and ended up in the lane occupied by the ambulance heading from Kumasi, resulting in …

The brother of a raped victim stabbed a man accused of raping his sister to death in the North Bank suburb of Markudi, Benue State, Nigeria, reports said. “The events that claimed the life of the suspected rapist started when the victim, who was said to be from the Tiv …

Gunmen have reportedly attacked army troops and killed four officers in Kwale, Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria, according to reports. The incident which happened Kwale road is currently creating tension as the army personnel was said to have invaded the community. The hoodlums ambushed the army …

Students at Dabokpa Technical and Vocational Institute in Tamale have innovated by creating their own version of the “Yellow Yellow” Tricycle in Ghana. From design to finished product, they assembled their own working three-wheeled vehicles piece by piece. The manufactured tricycles were posted on the Facebook page of Ibrahim Mustapha …

A magistrate’s court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 35-year-old man to jail for child labor and abduction of underage girls for prostitution in the state, Nigeria, according to reports. “They were taken away by the suspect, who promised to secure them jobs in Agbor, Delta State, where …

An 11-year-old missing boy has been found dead inside a drum in Asaba, the Delta State capital of Nigeria, according to reports. “I travel to the West part of the country, on my way coming back to Asaba, I called him and informed him of my coming cause he was …

A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Akure ordered the remand of a 20-year-old man at the Olokuta Correctional Centre for killing one his master in Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect was an apprentice of the deceased in the Akure South local Gouvernment Area. “He killed his master and dumped …

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Gombe State Command, arrested a 40-year-old man for luring no less than 12 children between the ages of 5 and 10. The suspect who is a resident of Liji in Yalmatu Deba Local Government Area of the state, allegedly specialized in …

A 34-year-old nurse at the Kpasera CHPS compound has been found hanging dead in the Central Gonja District of the Savannah Region, Ghana, reports said. “The deceased allegedly committed suicide over his lover,” according to Adom News. “The lover’s family asked the deceased to convert to Islam before he will …