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The Gauteng Department of Health has cautioned the public about the spike in food poisoning cases, especially among children in the province in South Africa. A shocking incident saw 41 children, aged 3 to 5, rushed to Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital after mistakenly consuming rat poison, thinking it was candy. …

Namibian police are on a hunt for 11 prisoners who broke out of a police cell in the northeastern Zambezi region. The escapees, awaiting trial for serious offenses, managed to cut through the roof of the Katima Mulilo police station and flee. Items believed to have aided the escape, such …

A 20-year-old welder apprentice has tragically been electrocuted at an electric welding shop at Akwadum along the Koforidua-Suhum road, Ghana. “The incident occurred while the victim was operating a welding machine,” according too reports. Officers of the Ghana Police Service at the Akwadum Police Station under the Effiduase Office Command …

A man has been apprehended for inflicting cutlass wounds on a 14-year-old boy at Fetentaa in the Berekum West District of the Bono region, Ghana. The unfortunate incident occurred while the victim was working with his sister on their cashew farm. “The suspect came to the farm to ask them …

Fifty-eight people have been killed by flooding in Tanzania, as heavy rains continue in the East African country, according to government reports. “The coastal region was hit hardest, with 126,831 people affected,” according to the government. “Essential supplies including food had been distributed to those affected”, the government spokesperson Mobhare …

A 19-year-old student at Dormaa Senior High School has died in distressing circumstances related to a suspected abortion in Jericho, a suburb of Dormaa Ahenkro, Ghana. “The vcitm had complained of severe abdominal pains earlier in the day”, according to her mother. The deceased later revealed that she was given …

The world’s oldest conjoined twins died at the age of 62 at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Lori and George Schappell, born as twin girls, they also became the first same-sex conjoined twins to identify as different genders when George announced he was transgender in 2007. Despite …

Ghana’s vice-president, who is also the presidential candidate of the ruling party, has opposed LGBTQ+ practices, saying they go against his religious faith and the country’s cultural norms. It is the first time Mahamudu Bawumia has publicly disclosed his stance on LGBTQ+ issues, which are currently dividing the West African …

An 80-year-old nun left a suitcase on a Santiago street containing the remains of a friend who had died a year earlier, according to a police investigation. The nun was later identified from video footage of her, wearing a habit, at the scene. According to her,” she and her friend, …

A young man drowned after being dumped by his girlfriend in the River Pra at Twifo Praso in the Twifo Atti-Morkwa District of Central Region, Ghana. “The deceased and his alleged girlfriend had a misunderstanding which later resulted in an apparent separation between the two lovers,” according to the Assemblyman …