West Africa

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A 40-year-old tricycle driver has drowned in the Okyi River at Mankessim, in the Mfantseman Municipality in Ghana’s Central Region, according to reports. “Residents discovered the lifeless body of the deceased by the river,” reports said. “A resident suspects the deceased killed himself,” acccording to Adom News. “The deceased had …

A 24-year-old man hit the left eye of a man who had stepped on his leg in Agbogbloshie, Ghana, according to reports. “The suspect, who cannot see with his left eye, had awoken in the middle of the night to pass urine when he inadvertently stepped on the suspect, resulting …