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Kenyan athlete Kipyegon Bett, who won a bronze medal in the 800m at the 2017 World Championships in London, has passed away at the age of 26 due to renal and hepatic failure. Bett first gained recognition as a champion at the U20 World Championships in 2016 in Bydgoszcz, Poland, …

9.7 million Tunisian voters were called to the polls on Sunday October 6 to elect their president from the three candidates in the running, according to reports. Incumbent President Kaïs Saïed faces two challengers, Zouhaïr Maghzaoui, a former member of parliament who headed an Arab nationalist party, and Ayachi Zammel, …

A Church of the Brethren (EYN) pastor collapsed and died during a child dedication in Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria. According to reports, the deceased was in the midst of the ceremony when he collapsed and lost consciousness. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead shortly thereafter. …

A 30-year-old man has been arrested by Lagos State police for stabbing his young wife to death during an altercation at their home in Lagos, Nigeria. According to a statement from the Lagos State Police spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, “the suspect allegedly stabbed his 25-year-old wife multiple times before locking …

Due to a sharp drop in the birth rate in South Korea, dogs and cats seem to be gradually replacing babies in their baby carriages. In 2023, and for the first time, the number of sales of pet strollers exceeded those of children’s strollers, notes The Korea Times newspaper. 43% …

At least 20 people, including children, were killed when gang members attacked a small town in central Haiti. Another 50 were injured as the Grand Grif gang burned homes and cars in the town of Pont-Sondé, said Bertide Harace, spokeswoman for the Commission for Dialogue, Reconciliation and Awareness to Save …

A baker has been sentenced t 25 years imprisonment with hard labourfor defiling an 11-year-old pupil atPrestea in the Western Region, Ghana. The suspect was found guilty and sentenced accordingly by the court presided over by Hathia Ama Manu. According to the prosecutor, Police Superintendent Juliana Essel- Dadzie, the suspect and …

A case of Mpox disease has been reported for the first time this year in the Bia region of Ghana’s North West Province, according to the Ghana Health Service. “The patient is 15 years old and that his prognosis is not life-threatening,” reports said. “The country has 230 suspected cases …

Every year or so, during the month of October dedicated to breast cancer worldwide, messages asking men to suck on their wives breasts to fight the disease flood social networks. If that’s all it took, no woman would suffer from breast cancer. According to a popular saying, “women’s breasts are …

At least 50 people have died after a boat carrying many passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo, reports said. According to witnesses “Rescue services recover at least 50 bodies from the water, 10 people survived and were taken to the local hospital.” The boat, overloaded with passengers, sank …