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A 22-year-old man is battling for his life at the Twifo Praso District Hospital in the Twifo Atimorkwa District of the Central Region as he was electrocuted by a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The incident occurred at about 6:00 am on Monday at the Twifo …

A 31-year-old father, who allegedly assaulted his eight-week-old baby for disturbing his sleep has been arrested in Nigeria’s Imo state. The mother of the baby disclosed that she left him with his father, to use the convenience, when the incident happened. She overheard her baby crying uncontrollably and had to …

The European Union said on Tuesday it had lifted sanctions on three officials from Burundi, including the prime minister, as it engages in ongoing dialogue with authorities about improving the country’s human rights record. “The European Union (EU) has reviewed its restrictive measures in view of the situation in Burundi …

Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera has sacked Agriculture Minister, Lobin Lowe and his deputy Madalitso Kambauwa Wirima over what he termed “incompetence and gross negligence”. President Chakwera made the announcement in a televised address on Tuesday evening. The agriculture ministry is accused of botching the implementation of a programme in which …

Some smartphones will no longer allow their users to use WhatsApp messaging, reports moustique.be, as the meta software will stop working on these smartphones by October 31, when the app will be updated again. These are the smartphones : Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 Samsung Galaxy Core Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite …

Tarah Ernest, a Haitian woman whose childhood dream was to become a rocket pilot, made her first flight from Miami to Port-au-Prince on October 6, 2022. Twenty-four years after leaving Haiti, Tarah Ernest landed at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Haiti, her country of origin. To be a woman and …

Merck & Co said on Tuesday it was planning to produce and donate investigational Sudan Ebola virus vaccine to a global non-profit organization’s research program in Uganda, which is facing an outbreak of the disease. The investigational vaccine that will be donated to IAVI is similar to Merck’s Ervebo vaccine, …

Peace talks aimed at ending two years of war between the Ethiopian army and Tigray rebels started in South Africa on Tuesday and will end on Sunday, the South African government said. At stake is an opportunity to end a conflict that has killed thousands, displaced millions and left hundreds …

A majority of Ghana’s ruling party parliamentarians on Tuesday asked the president to sack finance minister Ken Ofori-Atta and his deputy, in order to “restore hope in the financial sector”. Speaking on behalf of 80 of the 137 NPP members, Andy Appiah-Kubi said the members of parliament would not take …

An Iranian dubbed ‘the dirtiest man in the world’ for not taking a shower for decades, has died in the village of Dejgah in Iran’s southern province of Fars, official media reported. Amou Haji, 94, had never bathed in over half a century and was single. He had avoided showering …