At least 26 people died in Nigeria’s northern Niger state after a wooden boat they were travelling in capsized in a dam on Sunday. The vessel was carrying over 100 passengers, including women and children, who live in communities between Jebba and Kainji dam in Mokwa area of the state, …
Read More »Brother stabbed his sister while trying to kill his mother
A 23-year-old man stabbed his sister for preventing him from killing his own mother in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of the Central region, Ghana, according to reports. According to reports, “the suspect inflicted cutlass wounds on his 57-year-old mother for preventing him from selling her cocoa beans.” “The suispect stabbed …
Read More »Ghana: a nursing mother stabbed to death
Unknown assailant killed a 21-year-old nursing mother at Koforidua Asokore in the Eastern region, Ghana, according to reports. “The victim was stabbed multiple times in broad daylight while with her three-month-old daughter in a room,” reports said. “The incident came as a shock as they were planning towards the naming …
Read More »At least four dead after Chinese quarry explodes in Ghana
Four people have died and others are still missing after an explosion at a granite quarry in western Ghana on Saturday, local media reported. According to some reports, the victims were workers who worked night shifts in the Chinese quarry in Shama district. It was not immediately clear what caused …
Read More »Free deliveries, a first in the DRC
President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, launched a program of free maternity and newborn care at the Camp Tshatshi military hospital. The first part of the care package in the implementation of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), this program aims to …
Read More »Bandits burn a Catholic seminarian to death
Some bandit invaded St. Raphael Parish as they razed the parish house with a Seminarian, Kafanchan Diocese in Southern Kaduna, Nigeria. “Some priests escaped during the incident but one of them who was a seminarian, was caught in the inferno,” reports said. His remains had since been deposited in the …
Read More »Suicide attack against military camp in Mali, day after deadly attack
A Malian army camp was targeted by a suicide attack in Gao on Friday, the day after a double attack blamed on jihadists which killed at least 64 civilians and soldiers in the north, where tension is growing day by day. The army spoke in a brief message on social …
Read More »Nigeria: man stabs friend to death over food
A man has lost his life after his friend stabbed him to death over an argument on who to pay for a plate of food in the Ifako Ijaiye Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The suspect went and ate a plate of food in their usual buka and …
Read More »A couple starves their 5-year-old child for days
A 47-year-old father and his 23-year-old wife have been arrested for starving their five-year-old child for days in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria. “The couple were obeying their pastor’s prophecy that the five-year-old is a witch, hence, does not deserve to live,” according to them. The State …
Read More »Students drown in river on way to school
Three children drowned in a river on their way to school in Mankranso, in the Ahafo Ano South West district of Ghana’s Ashanti region. “The victims have fallen into the Mankra River, where a makeshift log had been placed to help commuters, including school children, cross to their destinations,” according …
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