West Africa

A 34-year-old man is on the run after allegedly killing his younger brother’s pregnant wife in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region, Ghana. “The deceased was found with multiple cutlass wounds on her throat, neck, hand, and back but it is not clear what triggered the …

A 30-year-old Nigerian has been arrested for sodomizing a 12-year-old boy at Kasoa Adade in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region, Ghana. “The suspect lives in the same vicinity with the victim and is well-known to his family,” according to reports. “The suspect lures the boy with …

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced the lifting of sanctions imposed on the Republic of Guinea, following the overthrow of President Alpha Condé. The decision was taken at an extraordinary summit of Ecowas heads of state in Abuja, Nigeria. The organisation had imposed sanctions on Niger, Guinea, …

A 30-year-old man has been found dead by the Nsawam District Police at Dobro, near Nsawam in the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The decomposing body was found under a high tension pole in the bush,” according to reports. “The deceased have been electrocuted while attempting to steal a copper cable connecting …

The Nigerian currency collapsed on official and unofficial markets on Monday, with shares recording their biggest one-day fall in over a year. Nigeria’s naira is experiencing a collapse that is worrying investors, who have been selling local assets. Last Monday, the currency fell to 1,712 units to the dollar at …

A painter has been sentenced to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s nine-year-old daughter in Lagos, Nigeria. “The convict was a sexual pervert who entered the room of his neighbour while she had gone to work at night and sexually assaulted the girl,” according to Justice Abiola Soladoye. “The convict …

A 65-year-old blind woman was raped and killed in her home in Ghana’s Kwahu East district, according to reports. “The woman lives alone in her residence, as a result, she sought assistance from children in the area to provide her with water for domestic use due to her sight impairment, …

A 36-year-old man has been accused of killing his ex-girlfriend in the Bia West District of the Western North Region, Ghana. “The suspect attacked the victim on her way to church at Sehwi Yerepemso,” according to reports. “The suspect ambushed the victim and allegedly stabbed her multiple times, resulting in …

At least fifteen people were killed and forty-six injured in a traffic accident on the road linking Kessedougou and Ouan on national route number six, in the San region of central Mali. “A bus belonging to the DIARRA Transports company, travelling from Mopti to Bamako, collided with a ten (10) …

A clergyman has been arrested for allegedly defiling a nine-year-old girl in Magboro, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The clergyman lured the minor into his apartment at some point and had carnal knowledge of her,” according to reports. The state police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola confirmed the …