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The Ghanaian Electoral Commission has validated 13 candidacies for the presidential election scheduled for December 07, 2024. Of the 13 validated candidacies, nine were presented by political parties and four by independents, according to informations. The two front-runners, vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and opposition …

A 33-year-old athlete, Odile Ahouanwanou, from Benin has not been heard from since September 10, near the town of Rouen, France. French authorities launched an appeal for witnesses on Tuesday to find the athlete. Police said “she had dropped her child off with the nanny in the morning and had …

Two morgue workers have been arrested for selling human body parts to suspected ritualists in Osun State, Nigeria, according to reports. The morgue employees, aged 43 and 42, were arrested along with the suspected ritualists following a tip-off from a concerned citizen. The Acting Police Public Relations Officer of the …

The head of security for former Senegalese President Macky Sall’s party (2012-2024) was arrested on the night of September 18, 2024 for investigation, acoording to reports. His name is said to have been mentioned several times in the testimonies of victims of the crackdown on opposition protests between March 2021 …

In Kenya, from January to September 16, 2024, 3,369 people lost their lives in road accidents, compared with 3,151 in the first nine months of 2023. National Police Service (NPS) data reveal that these casualties included 1,281 pedestrians, 825 motorcyclists, 654 passengers and 281 drivers. This period also saw 16,979 …

A man accidentally stabbed himself while trying to separate two frozen hamburgers with a kitchen knife at his home in Llandrindod Wells, Wales. The body of the deceased wasn’t found for several days. “Concerns had been raised about his welfare after he had not been seen for more than a …

Neymar, the current AL Hilal player, is once again at the heart of a controversy, this time concerning his private life. Neymar, known for his attraction to women and not hesitating to flaunt it, has often been involved in controversies linked to his romantic relationships, with a long list of …

The province of South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is considered the epicenter of the mpox epidemic, also known as monkeypox. However, caring for those affected by the disease remains a challenge. Almost 6,000 cases have been recorded since the beginning of the year, representing more than a …

Four children were found dead while playing inside an unused freezer in the Zambezi region of northeastern Namibia. “The children found in the freezer were aged three and six,” reports said. The police believe the children were accidentally trapped while playing and suffocated inside. The Namibian police are investigating the …

At least eight people were killed and over 2,700 others were wounded across the country when their handheld pagers exploded, lebanon’s health ministry said. Those injured include medics and Hezbollah fighters. The armed group has blamed Israel for the detonations which one official has described as its biggest security breach …