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Nigerian authorities announced that all passengers will no longer be required to show proof of a negative Covid-19 test on arrival or departure, regardless of their vaccination status. A memo addressed to all airline operators, among other stakeholders in the aviation industry by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) confirmed …

A 16-year-old boy had the worst experience when he was falsely accused of stealing Ghc4,000 from a woman at Assin Adiembra in the Central Region of Ghana, local media reported. According to the father, the victim’s hand was tied to his back and also tied to loads of plastic chairs …

The lifeless body of a young man has been found dead at Danyame near Unity Oil fuel station in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, local media reported. He was spotted sitting in front of a shop biting his fingernails with his teeth and was later seen struggling on the floor until …

South Africa’s parliament is expected to hold a special sitting on Tuesday to debate a report by a panel of legal experts which found that President Cyril Ramaphosa may have broken his oath of office. This is in connection with the Phala Phala farm scandal hanging over the president, in …

Morocco’s Royal Air Maroc will operate 30 special flights to carry soccer fans from Casablanca to Doha for the country’s Wednesday World Cup semifinal game against France, the airline said on Monday. The flights would depart on Tuesday and Wednesday, it said. To the delight of Moroccans, and not just …

Two armed robbers were shot and another arrested by the police in connection with the attack at Caprice in Accra, where a woman was attacked, shot and robbed. The incident occurred at the Gomoa Buduburam bus station in the Gomoa East district of the Central Region. The robbers engaged in …

Two secondary school students of Monatan High School, Ibadan, have been arrested for raping a 17-year-old girl in the Oluyole Local Government Area in Nigeria. The victim was lured into an unfinished building and raped by the suspects. Her schoolmates threatened to expose her if she didn’t settled them financially …

Amnesty criticizes Senegal for its failures in the fight against the abuse of students in Koranic schools and their financial exploitation, in a report published on Monday, calling on Dakar to “strong acts” to protect them. “Tens of thousands of talibé children (students in Koranic schools commonly known as daaras) …

Nigerian police arrested a 75-year-old man, for defiling his four-year-old niece in the Obi Local Government Area, local media reported. The investigation revealed that the suspect lured his niece into his room and purposely had illegal carnal relations with her, as they both live in the same house. She was …

A 36-year-old judge who was declared wanted by the police over the brutal murder of his wife, hanged himself in a church in Zimbabwe. He strangled his wife to death with his bare hands and went on to rape her corpse in front of their children, a 12-year-old daughter and …