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The bodies of a young mother and her son were discovered hanging in Ajoa, in the Western Region of Ghana, according to reports. The woman was hanging straight from a dry line rope while the young boy’s hands were tied before he was hanged. “She could be in her early …

The Gambia’s Vice-President Badara Alieu Joof has died in India,following a short illness, President Adama Barrow has announced. The vice-president died after a short illness, although Mr Barrow did not mention whether he was receiving treatment in India. https://twitter.com/BarrowPresident/status/1615622485772304386?s=20&t=N9iSUN0zDlirQ1ChOAPRAA Mr Barrow picked Mr Joof as vice-president after being re-elected in …

A helicopter crashed on Wednesday morning near a kindergarten in the Kyiv region, killing 18 people including Interior Minister, Denys Monastyrsky, the Ukrainian presidency announced. This is bad news for Ukrainians. At least 18 people have died after a helicopter crashed near the capital Kyiv. The Office of the President …

A policeman shot a trader as police invaded the market to make an arrest, but was resisted by traders at Alaba Rago market in Lagos State, Nigeria. The situation resulted in a clash between the policemen from the Okokomaiko division and the traders. A policeman was said to have fired …

A tiger that escaped from a private farm in South Africa over the weekend has been killed, local media reported. The tiger was the subject of a massive search after it escaped from a farm in Walkerville, south of Johannesburg. It attacked a person, two dogs and a pig while …

A 27-year-old electrician has been sentenced to life in prison for deflowering the eight-year-old daughter of a man who sheltered him in Nigeria, according to reports. Justice Abiola Soladoye held that the prosecution had convincingly proved the charge of defilement against the convict. The prosecution submitted that the survivor was …

A Zimbabwean Form 6 school girl, aged 17, has died within 30 minutes after she was bitten by the highly venomous snake a black mamba while in class. The deceased returned to the classroom after sports and was struck on the thigh by the black mamba, which had somehow slithered …

Argentina’s World Cup-winning captain, Lionel Messi has joined a campaign to help visually impaired Ethiopians. In a social media post, the football star said he was honoured to team up with assistive devices company OrCam to donate visual aids to Ethiopians. Impaired vision is one of the main public health …

A church building has suddenly collapsed, killing a two-year-old girl and also causing body injuries to a 45-year-old man at Abuakwa, kumasi, Ghana, according to reports. “The man and the girl were passing by when the building collapsed while the church building was under construction but caved in,” according to …

Chinese population, the world’s most populous country, fell in 2022 for the first time in six decades, an official body said on Tuesday. In total, 9.56 million births were registered last year, and did not compensate for the 10.41 million deaths, announced the National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) in a …