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The director of a French school in the principality of Andorra was arrested in the small Pyrenean state for having distributed child pornography images, we learned from the Andorran police on Friday. After being questioned by the police, the 59-year-old man was transferred to the Andorra la Vella court, where …

The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court has sentenced a 28-year-old private school teacher to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour in the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The accused sent the victim on errand in one of their offices after school classes, only to indulge her in a sexual intercourse,” reports said. “He threatened to flog the …

A 40-year-old man has been found dead in the Densu River at Torgahkope in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. According to the Unit Committee Member for Domeabra, Joseph Akrashie, he received a distress phone call informing him of a suspected murder. “An individual had been …

Kenyan police have arrested eight people they accuse of being involved in a colossal scam that they say costs $439 trillion. The figure has raised eyebrows as it’s nearly 200 times the total value of US dollars in global circulation. In a post on social media, the authorities said the …

Kenyan parliament has approved sending a contingent of police officers to help quell gang violence in Haiti, despite a court order barring the sending of the officers pending the hearing of a case. The MPs’ decision came on Thursday, just as the court was hearing a petition on the legality …

The body of a seven-year-old girl was found in a well after she went misssing in the Shasha area of Akure, the state capital, Nigeria. “The girl was missing before her body was discovered in the well, days after she was not seen around,” reports said. A friend of the …

A commercial driver has collapsed and died while driving along the Epe Road in Lagos State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The driver was driving an Opel Zafira wagon with registration number KJA584HU when he slumped while steering the wheel,” reports said. The Chairman of the Road Transport Association of Nigeria …

The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced a bricklayer to life imprisonment for deflowering a 13-year-old girl in Agbawaye Street, Agbado Oke-Odo Command Area of the state, Nigeria. “The victim was asked to be seen by her aunt when she arrived at the place, she found the suspect,” …

Two journalists in Togo have been sent to prison for defaming the minister of Urban Planning, Housing and Land Reform, Kodjo Adedje on social media. Newspaper editor Loïc Lawson and freelance reporter Anani Sossou had accused the housing minister of failing to disclose the full details of a burglary at …

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has suspended with immediate effect all international travel involving himself and all government officials. He has also ordered all ministers currently outside the country to return home. Speaking in a televised address on Wednesday night, he also announced restrictions on local travel and a reduction by …