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A panel in Mali has recommended extending the military transition to democracy by three years and allowing junta leader Assimi Goïta to run in possible elections. National consultations lasting several months, boycotted by many members of the opposition, resulted on Friday in a series of recommendations, including the extension of …

Police arrested three men who camped out with three teenage girls for weeks while the suspects engaged in an orgy with them at Bossman, a suburb of Obuasi, Ghana. “The students were reported missing on April 24, 2024,” according to reports. On May 8, 2024, the mother of one of …

Nigeria’s Senate on Thursday proposed significantly toughening penalties for drug trafficking, making the death penalty the new maximum sentence through a law amendment. The amendment, which is not yet law, replaces life imprisonment, which was previously the harshest punishment. It was tabled on Thursday by Senator Mohammed Monguno on behalf …

22 people died after consuming a stolen pregnant goats at Akyem Osenase community in the Eastern Region, Ghana. According to reports, “deaths have been reported within a month after the deceased allegedly consumed stolen pregnant goats.” “The suspects sold the stolen goats to a drinking bar operator who prepared pepper …

The Nigerian Senate has proposed tougher penalties for drug trafficking, suggesting the death penalty as a new maximum sentence. This would replace life imprisonment, which until now has been the most severe penalty. Nigeria has gone from being a transit point to a major producer, consumer and distributor of illicit …

A B737/300 airliner chartered by Air Sénégal missed its takeoff at 01:00 on Thursday morning, injuring 11 people, including 4 seriously, according to reports. The incident occurred at Blaise Diagne International Airport in Diass, some 40 km from the capital Dakar, when the aircraft overshot its runway and came to …

Chad’s electoral commission has declared interim President Mahamat Idriss Deby the winner of the presidential election. According to the results, Gen Déby won 61.3% of the vote, while his closest rival, Prime Minister Succes Masra, won 18.53%. Mr Masra had earlier declared that he had won a “resounding victory” in …

Peace talks involving South Sudan’s government and opposition representatives begun in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday. The talks are between the government and rebel opposition groups that were not part of an 2018 agreement that ended a five-year civil war. Some of the issues in the 2018 agreement, including a …

A 24-year-old South Korean student died after paying 6.5 million won, or around £3,800, for surgery to reshape his chin and give him the appearance of a K-pop star. The man was conscious about his looks tragically died after plastic surgery, with CCTV revealing the horrifying truth. The family of …

Four TikTokers have been charged in Kenya over publishing false information, after they were arrested for filming a video of a staged robbery outside a police station, local media reported. The content creators, including a 17-year-old boy, were arrested on Wednesday in Kilifi county after the video went viral on …