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At least 29 migrants from sub-Saharan African countries have drowned in the sinking of three boats off Tunisia, the coast guard announced on Sunday. Twenty-nine bodies were found and the coast guard “rescued eleven illegal migrants of several African nationalities after the sinking of their boats” off the coast of …

Ugandan authorities have closed the boarding section of a primary school in the central Mubende region after seven schoolboys reported to have been sodomised by the school’s caretaker, local media reported. The caretaker reportedly pleaded guilty to the charges in court last week and is waiting for sentencing. State Minister …

Authorities in Burkina Faso on Monday announced the suspension of France 24 broadcasts in the country after the TV station aired an interview with the head of al Qaeda’s North African wing AQIM, Reuters reported. France 24 earlier this month aired an interview with Yezid Mebarek, also known as Abu …

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Lagos has sentenced a 51-year-old man to life imprisonment for defiling his colleague’s nine-year-old daughter, Nigeria. “The need for proper and good parentage cannot be undermined at this age and time where defilement and rape are the order of the day,” …

Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja sentenced four men to death by hanging for armed robbery and kidnapping of a woman in Nigeria, reports said. “The victim was kidnapped while she was about to leave her house,” according to the state Director of Public Prosecution, Dr Babajide Martins. The …

Some suspected herdsmen have attacked and murdered a 49-year-old man in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. “The victim was working on his fishing camp in the bush when the armed men shot at and killed him, “reports said. A farmer from the community was also shot …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said anti-LGBT draft legislation passed by Uganda’s parliament on Tuesday undermines fundamental human rights and urged the government to reconsider implementing it, the BBC reported. The hastily passed bill says anyone identifying as LGBT could face a long prison sentence. Individuals belonging to …

Four students of Eleyele Secondary School have been arrested for raping and defiling a 16-year-old schoolmate who was mentally unstable in Ibadan, Nigeria, according to reports. “The police charged the minors with conspiracy and unlawful sexual intercourse,” reports said. “The students conspired to commit the offense,”according to Inspector Folake Ewe, …

Air pollution reached very high levels on Wednesday in the Chinese capital, Beijing due to a sandstorm, which covered other parts of the country with an orange haze and harmful to health. In parts of northern and northwest China, including the semi-desert region of Inner Mongolia, high winds and dust …

The World Happiness Report has released its 2023 report on the happiest countries in the world. World Happiness Report is an annual study that illustrates the real feelings of people around the world about their life situation. No African country is in the top 10 and Mauritius, which occupies 1st …