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A 16-year-old student, a traffic police officer and a motorcyclist died following a road crash on the Lira-Soroti highway in Uganda, reports said. The accident involved a Ford Ranger belonging to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and a Bajaj Boxer motorcycle. The girl and the traffic officer died at the scene. The motorcycle rider also died …

Uganda is ready to teach the Chinese language at Advanced Level (A-Level), said the Director of National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC), Ms Grace Baguma. “The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) has already developed a training syllabus for teaching Chinese language that has already been approved by the Minister of Education …

The US President Joe Biden’s message at the Business Forum that brought together political leaders and businessmen in Washington was Africans can count on the United States. Joe Biden listed many of the deals that have been concluded and recalled the major lines of investment for the development of the …

A court in Anambra State has remanded a 75-year-old man in custody for raping a 13-year-old girl in his care in Nigeria. The victim was rescued by the state’s Ministry of Women and Social Welfare after she gave birth to a baby after allegedly being impregnated by the suspect. The …

A tricycle driver was sodomized by suspected ritualistic youths in Okpuno, Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspects alleged to be involved in Internet fraud, negotiated the services of the tricyclist, who took them to their house. They have lured him into their room and took turns to …

A 70-year-old man was burned to death in an inferno that engulfed a house around midnight in the Akyem Asuboa community in the Eastern Region of Ghana. “In fact, the man was sleeping alone in the house so he was burnt to death. I tried hard before getting fire service …

The police in Winneba in the Central Region arrested a 35-year-old man for stealing two pregnant cows in Ghana, reports said. The four young men who stole the cows escaped in a KIA truck from the Kasoa church of Pentecost Convention area towards Winneba by going through Potsin and other …

A 40-year-old truck driver was brutalized to death by policemen while returning from work with his brother in the Obio Local Government Area of Rivers State in Nigeria as family demand for justice. “Our truck was parked near Reliable Farm where they work, saying the cops literally stripped them in …

A Justice of the Special Offenses Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State sentenced a man to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting an eleven-year-old girl. Giving details of the incident, the victim said the defendant, inserted his finger in her private part, which caused her great pain and made her cry. …

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged people to celebrate “a more humble Christmas” this year by spending less on gifts and celebrations and sending the difference to Ukrainians in need. Speaking at the end of his weekly general audience, Francis drew attention to the suffering of the “battered Ukrainian people” as …