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US president Joe Biden was the victim of a fall, without gravity, during an event of the American air forces in Colorado. Just after finishing his inaugural speech at the US Air Force Academy graduation in northern Colorado Springs, Joe Biden stumbled while trying to run off the stage. Very …

Malawi’s high court has ordered the former ruling party to return the money it received as gifts from state bodies within the next 30 days. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) was ordered to pay back 14m Malawian kwacha ($1,400; £1,117) given to the party by public bodies during a fundraising …

A retired teacher has been fined as he was caught in an attempt to have sex with his friend’s wife in the Bibiani Anhweaso Bekwai municipality of the Western North Region, Ghana. The man was caught red-handed following a plot by his friend and wife to expose the sexual requests …

Tanzanian health authorities have declared the end of first-ever outbreak of Marburg, a deadly Ebola-like virus with a fatality rate of up to 88%, Reuters reported on Friday, citing the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to the WHO, nine cases, including six deaths, were recorded in the outbreak. While there …

A man attacked his 39-year-old wife with a machete when she asked for divorce in Pankese, in the Birim North district of Ghana’s Eastern Region, according to reports. The suspect attacked his victim in the evening when she was fetching water. “The couple had been having some misunderstandings for some …

At least nine people died in Senegal in clashes between security forces and supporters of opponent Ousmane Sonko. It follows Sonko’s two-year prison sentence for “youth corruption” which calls into question his candidacy for the presidential election of 2024. “We noted with regret violence that led to the destruction of …

New Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has promised reforms to address insecurity in the country, in his first formal meeting with security and intelligence chiefs since becoming president, the BBC reported. Terrorism and an Islamist insurgency are entrenched in the north-east of the country, banditry and armed militias are common …

Six peoples were killed as gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded two communities in the Ahoada East and Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State in Nigeria. The rampaging cultists first killed one person in the Abarikpo community, Ahoada East, while five persons were killed in the Odiereke-Ubie community, …

The Brics summit of heads of state will be held in South Africa’s main city Johannesburg in August, Reuters agency reported, citing Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor. Her comments follow speculation that South Africa could ask another country to host the summit as it will be under legal obligation to arrest …

Hong Kong on Thursday launched a new regulatory scheme that allows retail investors to trade cryptocurrency on licensed platforms, bucking the global trend of tightening rules after the industry crashed last year. The spectacular bankruptcies in recent months of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange and several US banks focused on this …