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A 22-year-old soldier has been killed at Taifa, a suburb of Ashaiman in the Greater Accra Region in Ghana, according to reports. “The victim was stabbed severally to death by unknown attackers as he was returning from his girlfriend’s house at Taifa,” according to reports. He was heading towards his …

“At the current rate, UN Women is setting gender equality 300 years from now, as it is moving further and further away,” denounced Antonio Guterres in a speech at the opening of two weeks of debates in New York of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and two …

The Ambassador of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to Liberia, Josephine Nkrumah, has reported to authorities death threats made against her by a Facebook user, local media reported. In a letter to Liberia’s Justice Ministry, Ms Nkrumah said the user, identified as Carson, had posted on Facebook …

A smiling two-dimpled limestone sphinx has been discovered in Egypt, in a Byzantine pool inside a two-tiered tomb, local media reported, citing the Egyptian ministry of tourism and antiquities. “The sphinx was discovered alongside a Roman stele engraved in demotic and hieroglyphics,” the ministry said Monday. The stele still needs …

The number of pregnant women and nursing mothers suffering from acute malnutrition has increased by 25% since 2020 in 12 countries at the “epicenter” of the world food crisis, UNICEF alerted in a report this Monday, underlining the deleterious consequences on their children. The report, based on analysis of data …

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed former mayor, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, to the newly created position of electricity minister in an effort to address the country’s long-running power crisis. The new minister faces two vast challenges. Power cuts of up to 12 hours a day – the government has declared …

Nollywood actress Regina Daniels has urged celebrities and movie producers to put an end to child labour in the entertainment industry, Pulse agency reported. In a recent video on her Instagram page, the actress spoke about the exploitation of young girls and how it can negatively affect their mental and …

The archbishop of the Anglican Church of Kenya said England will no longer be the leader of the global Anglican Church following a change in teaching to allow priests to marry same-sex couples. Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit told a local television station that the Church’s teaching that homosexuality is a …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa will announce changes to the national executive on Monday, presidential spokesman Vincent Magwenya said on Sunday. “The president is finalising his reconfiguration of the national executive,” Magwenya said at a news briefing, adding that he was taking into account the swearing in of some members …

Two employees of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) were kidnapped on Saturday in Mali, the Malian branch of the NGO said on Twitter. “We confirm the kidnapping of two of our colleagues this morning between Gao and Kidal”, specifies the ICRC. “We ask not to speculate on …