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A 39-year-old tricyclist beat his colleague to death after he got into a fight in the Oke-Aro axis of Akure South Local Government Area in Ondo State, Nigeria, local media reported. He was said to have been hit in a delicate spot that made him collapse and fainted but was …

A thief posed as a guest at the wedding to get access to the head table was caught red-handed stealing phones of bride and bridesmaid. He almost ruined the wedding when the service was interrupted after he was caught red-handed stealing. Reports indicate that the thief stole the bride and …

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo dismissed Charles Adu Boahen, the minister of state for finance, the presidency said on Monday after allegations of impropriety were circulated by a well-known Ghanaian investigative journalist. The president fired Adu Boahen after being made aware of allegations levelled against him in an expose, the presidency …

An 80-year-old woman was murdered and her body parts cut off in the Assin North District of the Central Region, Ghana. A research was organized by the Chiefs and elders as she left her house to the farm but could not come back. Her lifeless body was found and an …

Morocco is seeking to develop a local military industry, in particular with the manufacture of intelligence and combat drones, said the Moroccan Minister in charge of the administration of National Defense, Abdellatif Loudyi, quoted Saturday in a report of a parliamentary meeting. “The Moroccan government wants to develop certain sectors …

A 22-year-old lady was shot by an unknown gunman as she visited her fiancée at his house in the Tamale Metropolis of the Northern Region, Ghana. She visited her boyfriend during which the unknown gunman attacked the house and in the process, shot her, her family said. It is not …

An Ebola case has been confirmed in Jinja in eastern Uganda, the first time the outbreak has spread to a new region of the country from central Uganda where cases have been confined so far, the country’s health minister said on Sunday. Authorities have been struggling to contain the highly …

Voices are being raised in South Africa for pit bull dogs to be banned as pets, after an eight-year-old child was allegedly mauled to death last Saturday by a pit bull. According to reports, South Africa has one of the highest numbers of deaths related to dog attacks in the …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has accused Western countries of reprehensible double standards when it comes to commitments to stop climate change. In a post on social media, Mr Museveni highlighted the partial dismantling of a wind farm in Germany to make way for the expansion of a coal mine. He …

The head of Nigeria’s electoral commission, Mahmood Yakuba, said he is worried about attacks “intensifying” as the country prepares for February’s upcoming presidential elections. There are concerns that next year’s tightly contested race could be more turbulent than usual, with Mr Yakuba adding that the commission had already tracked 50 …