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People in West and Central Africa are experiencing problems connecting to the internet with Ivory Coast being the worst-affected country, the monitoring group NetBlocks reports. It says that the companies operating the sub-sea cables linking the region to the internet are reporting multiple failures. But the exact cause of the …

An explosion due to a probable gas leak in a restaurant took place in Sanhe, a Chinese city less than 50 km from Beijing, on Wednesday, killing seven people and injuring 27 others. The explosion occurred shortly before 8 a.m. (local time) in Sanhe, a city located in a large …

Four people have died and three others are wounded after being struck by lightning in Mozambique, which is now bracing for Storm Filipo, local media reported. The lightning strikes happened in the northern town of Mogincual, in Nampula province. Meanwhile, the southern and central provinces of Gaza, Inhambane, Sofala and …

At least 78 people had to be hospitalized and 9 others died in the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar after eating sea turtle meat. Eight of the deceased are children. Eating sea turtle flesh can cause chelonitoxism, a rare but potentially fatal food poisoning. No antidote is known to counter intoxication. …

A US-based Ghanaian woman was pushed to death by her boyfriend in Chicago, Illinois in the United States. “The victim aged 29 was pushed into the path of a moving vehicle on a highway,” according to reports. The unfortunate incident occurred on February 23, 2024, when a heated argument ensued …

An 80-year-old man has committed suicide at the Watch Tower in the Araromi Imota rea of Lagos State, Nigeria, according to reports. “The deceased hung himself with a rope in the kitchen,” according a tenant. “The lifeless body of the tenant hanging on a rope that was tied to the …

More than 280 schoolchildren have been abducted by dozens of armed men in the town of Kuriga in northwest Nigeria, according to reports. “The pupils were in the assembly ground when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school,” according to a witness said. “The students, between the ages …

The lifeless body of a 26-year-old man was discovered in bizarre circumstances in the municipality of Mfantseman, in the Central Region of Ghana. “The victim was found dead in Baifikrom cemetery with multiple bullet and cutlass wounds on his body,” according to reports. His body was discovered by some residents …

A mother of three children has committed suicide in Enugu State over the unbearable economic hardship and rising cost of living in Nigeria. “The woman had gone to the Ogui Police Station in the Enugu North Local Government Area of the state and dropped her three kids, without leaving a …

Ghana is set to commence salt production on a large scale as the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has announced. In his 67th Independence Day celebration address at Koforidua, he attributed the feat to the Ada Songhor Salt project, led by Electrochem Salt Mine Limited. This development Akufo-Addo expressed confidence …