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A parish priest in charge of St. Joseph Parish has been abducted in Nigeria’s Anambra state since October 12, the Catholic Archdiocese of Onitsha said in a statement. He was said to have been abducted by gunmen while returning after celebrating a Funeral Vigil Mass at Umunnachi in the Njikoka …

Russian deputies called on Monday to toughen the law condemning “homosexual propaganda”, a new sign of the hardening of the conservative line of the Kremlin in the midst of an offensive in Ukraine and falling out with Westerners. According to amendments being discussed in Russia’s lower house of parliament, the …

Nigeria’s Security and Civil Defence Corps arrested five men in Sokoto State after discovering that they consistently sodomized a seven year old boy. The suspects include the young boy’s uncle and other four men. They sodomized the boy until his vital area was damaged, local media reported. The boy said …

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has said his son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, will no longer comment on government affairs on Twitter. It follows a social media storm a fortnight ago when Gen Kainerugaba, 48, tweeted about invading neighbouring Kenya and conquering its capital, Nairobi, in two weeks. President Museveni later asked …

A 12-year-old girl died of drowning in the Dejebo River in the Nkwanta south of Ghana’s Oti region while trying to rescue a friend. The victim, Efa, was carried away by the river when she went out with her friend to fetch firewood after the heavy downpour on Saturday. She …

A man and his family in Ghana are jubilant as his wife gave birth two years later after becoming pregnant, local media reported. The man shared testimonies and recounted the incident that led to his wife giving birth. He said his wife took seeds in 2020, but soon after the …

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on Sunday pledged to invest $1.2 billion to help eradicate polio from the planet once and for all, at an international health conference in Berlin. “The eradication of polio is within reach. But the disease remains a threat (…)”, estimated Bill Gates, co-president of …

Female motorist has caused accident in Agege area, Lagos State, Nigeria after hitting a tricycle carrying a pregnant woman, an elderly lady and a girl, local media reported. Reports said those carried by the tricycle unfortunately lost their lives. An eyewitness said, “A woman was driving a private car at …

Ninety-two refugees were found naked after being forced, according to Athens, to cross the Evros river separating Turkey from Greece. The European border surveillance agency Frontex confirmed to AFP “the rescue of 92 migrants on Friday” with the help of the Greek authorities, according to a spokeswoman, Paulina Bakula. “The …

A new law on the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS was unanimously adopted on October 6 by lawmakers in the Central Africa Republic. In detail, the text penalizes discrimination against HIV-positive people. This is a step forward that has been welcomed by human rights associations. Discriminatory practices will be …