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The price of cocoa, the raw material for chocolate, reached its highest level in 47 years on international markets. This was due to a severe shortage of supply, caused by difficulties in the main cocoa-producing regions of Ghana and Ivory Coast. In New York, cocoa exceeded $6,000 per tonne, while …

Two medical students have been arrested in Zambia after they were caught having gay sex in a toilet, local media reported. The pair were subjected to invasive medical checks afterwards on police orders. Police spokesman Rae Hamoonga alleged the two men were caught in a toilet cubicle together. “The individuals …

A 29-year-old man has been arrested for killing his father with a pestle in the Anglo-Jos community, Jos South Local Government Area, Nigeria. “The suspect had picked a pestle and hit his father during a disagreement,” according to reports. “The father became unconscious and was rushed to the Plateau State …

The head of Guinea’s junta, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya, has appointed former opposition leader Mamadou Oury Bah as the country’s prime minister. The nomination comes a week after the interim president Doumbouya dissolved the government. His first task will be to resolve the current social crisis in the country. Trade unions …

Suspected hoodlums have stabbed a 33-year-old freelance photographer in Tundun Fulani Area of Minna, Niger State, Nigeria. “The hoodlums have trailed Salawadeen to his house and stabbed him many times in the presence of his three children,” according to reports. “The killers forced their way intoapartment and killed him,” according …

A Senegalese commission responsible for national dialogue has suggested holding elections in June as a way to end the political crisis the country is going through. Senegal’s national dialogue commission also recommends that President Macky Sall remain in office until his successor is sworn in, commission member Ndiawar Paye said …

Daughter of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Maryam Sharif on became the first woman to head a province in Pakistan. She takes charge of Punjab, the country’s richest and most populous province. Following in the footsteps of her father, one of the leading figures in Pakistani politics, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, …

A popular Nigerian cast member of the US reality dating TV show 90 Day Fiancé has been missing in the US since last Friday, his wife says. Michael Ilesanmi’s whereabouts remain unknown after he left the house he shared with his wife without his belongings, his wife, Angela Deem, said …

A 34-year-old man is on the run after allegedly killing his younger brother’s pregnant wife in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai Municipality of the Western North Region, Ghana. “The deceased was found with multiple cutlass wounds on her throat, neck, hand, and back but it is not clear what triggered the …

The Minister of Health in Congo-Brazaville, Gilbert Mokoki, relaunched on Monday the free cesarean section and other major obstetric interventions program with the delivery of more than 2,000 operating kits intended for public health structures in the country. According to the director of health care and services Germain Monabeka, the …