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UK Ambassador to Sudan Giles Lever has moved to neighboring Ethiopia after the embassy temporarily closed due to the conflict in the country. “From Addis Ababa, he will lead the UK’s diplomatic efforts in the region to bring fighting to an end in Sudan,” the British Foreign Office said in …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has asked the country’s lawmakers to make clear in a proposed anti-homosexuality law that it is not criminal to merely identify as gay, local media reported. This measure is part of an attempt to tone down a bill that has drawn international condemnation. Last month, Ugandan …

A 23-year-old commercial tricycle operator has lost his life as he was killed by members of a secret cult in Ilorin, Kwara State capital of Nigeria, reports said. The victim’s corpse was found dumped in front of a mosque in the Abayawo area of Ilorin. “The assailants cut off his …

Unknown gunmen have shot six people to death as they were gathered for the Eid-Al-Fitr celebration at Sakpere in Bawku the Municipality of the Upper East region, Ghana. Four of the victims died on the spot while two were reported dead on arrival at the Vineyard Hospital in Bawku. Though …

Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and deputy chairman of Putin’s powerful security council, has once again warned Westerners about a potential “world war”. According to Vladimir Putin’s relative, “the world is sick and is most likely on the verge of a new world war” against the backdrop of the conflict …

A 65-year-old man has shot a 24-year-old man over avocado pear fruit at Kwesi Larbi near Okorase in the Suhum Municipality of the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The deceased went to the suspect’s house with a buddy at 11:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2023, to pluck some pears,” according to …

A border dispute between Uganda and DR Congo is brewing again in the border town of Padea in the West Nile sub-region after Congolese residents backed by their police entered Uganda and claimed three villages in the deep in Uganda, reports the local media DailyMonitor. Such incursions by Congolese security …

More than a dozen suspected gang members were stoned and burned alive on Monday by residents of a neighborhood in the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, according to police and witnesses. This new outburst of deadly violence occurred when the police had just arrested these armed men, in a context of high …

US president Joe Biden, now 80, has announced he is “a candidate for re-election” in a bid to “finish the job”. Joe Biden announced his candidacy for re-election in 2024 on Tuesday in a message and a video posted on his social networks. “Every generation has a time when they …

A male meat seller has slumped and died while attending to a customer on Branco Street,  in the Mafoluku area of Lagos State, Nigeria, reports said. The deceased, a regular meat hawker was hawking along the street when a woman called him to sell meat for her. “The deceased had …