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A convoy of some fifteen World Food Program and Unicef trucks delivering food and medical aid from Port Sudan was bombed near the town of El Fasher on June 2, killing five people. The inhabitants of this town, besieged by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, no longer have access to …

A high-tension cable has felt on three school pupils at Kasoa Ofaakor in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana. Three school pupils are in critical condition and receiving treatment at St. Joe’s Clinic and the Kasoa Polyclinic. The unfortunate incident happened on Monday behind the Kasoa …

Three members of a Nigerian cyberfraud syndicate have each been sentenced to five years prison after a court found them guilty of defrauding a female teacher through an online scam in India. According to reports, the three convicts scammed the victim, an Indian school teacher, out of approximately Rs 6.3 …

The war between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, and the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhane, has entered its third year. “The crisis in Sudan is currently the worst humanitarian catastrophe in the world and is extremely worrying,” said David Lammy, head …

Forty-three people, including children, have died in armed attacks in Benue state, central Nigeria, according to reports. “Herdsmen from the Fulani tribe, who make their living from livestock, attacked the Gwer West and Edikwu Akpali areas of the state,” reports said. Some houses were burnt down during these attacks, which …

Dr Titus Beyuo, a member of the parliamentary health committee, warned parents and guardians against bleaching their children’s skin to make them fairer and more beautiful. He outlined numerous health complications associated with the practice, warning that affected children are likely to suffer severe medical consequences. His caution follows a …

President Donald Trump bid farewell to Elon Musk in the Oval Office on Friday, bringing to a cordial conclusion a tumultuous tenure for the billionaire entrepreneur. Musk is stepping down as head of the Department of Government Efficiency and will return to running his businesses, including electric car maker Tesla, …

Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League against Inter Milan in Munich on Saturday, May 31, in a one-sided 5-0 final. It is only the second French club to lift the Cup of Champions after Olympique de Marseille in 1993. Paris had been chasing the Grail since 2011 and the arrival …

Gabon is set to stop exporting raw manganese by 2029, as part of a national strategy to boost local industry and reduce dependence on exports of unprocessed resources. The government announced the move as part of efforts to transform its economy. Manganese, alongside oil and timber, is one of Gabon’s …

After being dismembered more than a century ago and sent to Germany for racially motivated phrenological research, the remains of 19 African-Americans were repatriated to New Orleans for a proper send-off. In the 1880s, Dr. Henry D. Schmidt, a physician in New Orleans, sent 19 skulls to Leipzig, Germany, for …