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Pope Francis on Wednesday decried violence and prejudice against women and said granting equal pay and opportunities could help create a more peaceful world, as a new survey of Catholic women showed that many felt the Church discriminated against them. In a book preface published by the Vatican News website …

A 37-year-old man hacked his 100-year-old grandmother to death using an axe in Hamburg, Germany, according to report. “A cervical cord severing caused by sharp and blunt force was the cause of death,” according to the preliminary autopsy. An axe was found at the crime scene as an element of …

Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among, said the anti-gay bill would be tabled and dealt with quickly at “whatever the cost”. Ms Among made the remarks after the architect of the Bill, Mr Asuman Basalirwa, was unable to table the Bill for first reading yesterday because the Ministry of Finance …

Two Nigerians were arrested for concealing 167 capsules of cocaine in their stomach at the Mumbai airport in India, according to the India TV. The two passengers were arrested by police after arriving at the Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport from Lagos via Addis Ababa. They were taking to court …

The United States took a significant step on Tuesday towards a ban on the popular TikTok app via a White House-backed bill, amid growing Western distrust of the Chinese social network. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in a statement that he “welcomed” a bill tabled the same day …

Uganda’s police on Wednesday briefly closed a busy expressway that connects the capital, Kampala, to the country’s main airport after a security scare, local, media reported. A bomb squad was deployed to conduct an investigation along the Entebbe expressway before it was cleared for public use, according to tweets by …

At least two people died and 16 others were injured in a train crash in the town of Qalioub, north of Cairo, on Tuesday, the Egyptian health ministry said. Initially, the ministry reported in a press release “one death and 16 injured”, six of whom have already been treated. It …

A 16-year-old girl has been arrested for pushing a 52-year-old woman to death in Isolo, in the Akure area of the state in Nigeria, according to reports. “The suspect, after taking her bath didn’t cover her hair so the deceased to her to cover it and it led to the …

A brother and sister born 126 days before their mother’s due date in Canada were named “the world’s most premature twins” by the Guinness Book of World Records on Saturday, their first birthday. This is an atypical record, to say the least. The duration of a pregnancy is usually nine …

A 30-year-old farmer has been sentenced to 12 years imprisonment with hard labour for defiling an eight-year-old girl at Sehwi Kwame Tawiakrom in the Western North Region of Ghana. “The suspect called the girl to accompany him to his farm and collect something for her mother,” reports said. When they …