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A 25-year-old church secretary has been arrested for allegedly embezzling GHS 300,000 from church funds to sponsor his gay partner’s tertiary education in Ghana. The arrest was made following suspicions of financial irregularities within the church. Upon interrogation, the suspect, who is married with children, confessed to using the church’s …

A 26-year-old driver lost his life after being struck with a wheel spinner by his colleague at Agona Swedru in the Central Region, Ghana. The altercation occurred at their workplace escalating to a point where the suspect used the wheel spanner as a weapon, inflicting fatal injuries on the deceased. …

Senegalese Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko was in Mauritania for a three-day visit that ended on Tuesday, January 14 as he announced the creation of a committee to complete the Rosso bridge linking the two countries by 2026. “This visit is part of the strengthening of exemplary bilateral relations between Senegal …

The fires that have been raging in Los Angeles for several days have wiped out entire neighborhoods and claimed the lives of at least 24 people as firefighters continue to battle the flames, the products used to fight the blaze are likely to pollute soil and water with metals. Faced …

On January 11, 2025, the U.S. Embassy in Benin provides details of the helicopter crash that occurred on the afternoon of January 10 in the commune of Zè, some 50 kilometers from Cotonou. According to reports, it was a forced landing due to partial mechanical failure of the aircraft. There …

It was good news for Ethiopia at the Dubai Marathon on Sunday as their athletes dominated the leader board. Bute Gemechu secured the men’s title with a time of 02:04:51. The 23-year-old newcomer, has only competed in a handful of international races so far. Meanwhile, in a dramatic women’s finish …

The statue of former president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, located at the Effia-Nkwanta regional hospital, was destroyed by unknown assailants in Sekondi, Ghana. The incident reportedly occurred at about 1:30 am on January 13, 2025. According to the police,“they received information about the incident and promptly rushed to the scene. …

A 13-year-old girl narrowly escaped a suspected ritual murder after being abducted by four unidentified men in Aburi-Kitase, Akuapem South Municipality, in Ghana’s Eastern Region. “The teenager went missing around 8 pm while heading to buy food,” reports said. According to reports, “the abductors had bound the girl’s hands and …

Twenty-eight soldiers were killed in an attack by suspected terrorists in northern Benin near the border with Niger and Burkina Faso. “The attack took place on Wednesday at the triple point, the name given to the border area between Benin, Niger and Burkina Faso,” reports said. “We are continuing the …

A new strain of the mpox virus, identified as clade Ib, has just been detected in China as the carrier was a foreign national who had traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), giving rise to four other cases among close contacts. Chinese health authorities report that this new …