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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 …

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo said they have scrapped visa requirement for Kenyans travelling in their country. DR Congo’s Director General of Migration Roland Kashwantale Chihoza announced the move in a statement on Wednesday. It is a reciprocal move after Kenya said last month that it was waiving …

Mexico confirmed this Wednesday its desire to decriminalize abortion nationally, two years after a first decision by the Supreme Court, going against the grain of its neighbor, the United States. On September 7, 2021, the Mexican Supreme Court had already ruled that the criminalization of abortion was unconstitutional. In doing …

A suspected serial killer has been arrested after more than 10 bodies were found in a pit dug in the kitchen of his Kigali home, police and Rwandan media reported on Wednesday. Police said the 34-year-old suspect met his victims – both men and women – in bars and lured …

The deposed president of Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba, is “free to move” and “can go abroad, if he wishes,” Colonel Ulrich Manfoumbi, putshists spokesman announced on state television. Colonel Ulrich Manfoumbi was reading a press release “signed” by General Oligui, who now heads the transition. Ali Bongo, in power for …

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 …

The wife of former Zambia President Edgar Lungu has been released from police custody until she appears in court. Esther Lungu, who was arrested along with four others on Wednesday, was released later in the evening alongside her fellow accused, according to police spokesperson Danny Mwale. They were facing several …

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 …

Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has said that the country needs to slow its birth rate to avoid a catastrophe, local media reported. He said that Egypt has to lower its annual births to 400,000 from the current more than two million for the country to efficiently provide jobs and …

Nigeria’s presidential election tribunal is due to rule on Wednesday on whether Bola Tinubu should stay as president after two rivals challenged his victory in February’s disputed vote, Reuters reported. There have been numerous legal challenges to the outcome of previous Nigerian presidential elections but none have succeeded. Most political …