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Prisoners from six penitentiaries in Ecuador are holding 57 guards and police officers hostage in retaliation for operations by the state’s armed forces in the prisons, the organization in charge of the latter (SNAI) said on Thursday. In the middle of a day of violence caused by the explosion of …

A 16-year-old girl was crushed to death by a tanker as she was trying to cross the road in Minna, the state capital, Nigeria, according to reports. “A Mercedes Benz vehicle with number plate SUL 140 AJ driven by a 35-year-old man was coming from Mandela Road heading to Shiroro …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man for killing his girlfriend with a sledgehammer in Lagos, Nigeria. “The suspect was consumed by emotions and smashed the head of his girlfriend, and killed her with the sledgehammer,” according to reports. According to the state Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa,” …

At least 48 civilians and a policeman died Wednesday in Goma in a military operation intended to prevent a demonstration against the UN in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to an internal document of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) consulted on Thursday. According to this document authenticated by military …

A 30-year-old man was headbutted to death by a cow in the abattoir located in Agege Area of Lagos State, Nigeria. “The incident happened after the cow broke loose from the abattoir,” according to reports. “All efforts by the police who stormed the abattoir to arrest the fiery cow proved …

The African Union announced the suspension of Gabon from all its activities, following Wednesday’s military takeover, which it strongly condemned. The decision followed a meeting on Thursday of the bloc’s Peace and Security Council. Earlier, the Gabonese junta said it would phase in what it is calling transitional institutions after …

A 30-year-old man was arraigned before an Isolo Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for stabbing one Justice with a knife at Ago Okota, Nigeria. The state police command arraigned the suspect on three counts of assault, assault occasioning bodily harm and attempted murder. “The action is considered an offence under Section …

A 38-year-old man has been arrested for attacking his father with a machete leading to his death around Olorunda area, Ijoko in the Ado-Odo Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The suspect butchered his father to death over his inability to produce the N70,000 kept with him since July …

70 people, including children, died in a fire in a five-storey building in central Johannesburg, South Africa, according to reports. Another 52 were injured, some suffering from smoke inhalation, and were taken for treatment at local hospitals, Emergency Management Services spokesman, Robert Mulaudzi, said. “We have now 73 fatalities and …

Josep Borrell, the head of European diplomacy, insisted on Thursday on the difference between the coups in Niger and Gabon, declaring that the elections in Gabon were marred by irregularities. “Naturally, military coups are not the solution but we must not forget that in Gabon there were elections full of …