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Uganda’s military has denied accusations of abducting and torturing an opposition activist, a day after pictures emerged showing the victim with visible marks of torture on his chest, local media reported. In a Twitter thread, opposition leader Bobi Wine had said his supporter was burnt with hot metals on the …

The African Union has appointed former Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta to lead its observation mission in the forthcoming general elections in Nigeria. Nigerians go to the polls on 25 February. The observer mission includes representatives from the AU member states’ election bodies, civil society, independent experts and AU organs. Its …

A justice of the Ikeja Special Offenses Court has sentenced a 20-year-old man to death by hanging for armed robbery in Lagos, Nigeria, according to reports. The suspect was arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy to commit robbery and armed robbery, preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. …

A 40-year-old man has been beaten to death for stealing plantain from a farm at Ajumako Bisease in the Ajumako Enyan Essiam District of the Central Region,Ghana. The unfortunate incident occurred on Monday, February, 13, 2023. “The deceased resided at Ajuamko Kokoben”, according to Adom News. He went to commit …

More than seven million children are affected by the devastating earthquakes that hit Turkey and Syria, Unicef said on Tuesday, fearing that several thousand of them may have lost their lives. “In Turkey, the total number of children living in the ten provinces affected by the two earthquakes amounted to …

A church leader who carried an assault rifle belonging to a police officer known as the church’s security officer during a Sunday sermon on “spiritual weapons” has been arrested in Abuja, Nigeria, according to reports. The police officer was also taking to the police custody. “He realized that even with …

South Africa declared a state of national disaster on Monday evening after floods caused by heavy rains in recent days, which have already left 7 people dead and missing, according to disaster management centers in several provinces. “The government has declared a state of national disaster to allow for a …

A young man has been wounded and hospitalized following a hot argument as he went to purchase ‘Don Simon’ fruit juice from a drinking spot at Maakro in the Suame Constituency, Ghana, reports said. A debate ensued between the victim and the drinking spot attendant over the exact price a …

The authorities in Equatorial Guinea on Monday said the country had reported its first outbreak of the Marburg virus, a highly infectious disease in the same family of viruses that cause Ebola. Nine people are suspected to have died from the viral haemorrhagic fever in the country’s western Kie Ntem …

Two people on a tricycle were killed in an accident involving an ambulance at Ahwiaa in the Kwabre East District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana, reports said. “The tricycle rider attempted to overtake another vehicle and ended up in the lane occupied by the ambulance heading from Kumasi, resulting in …