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At least eleven hikers were found dead following the eruption of a volcano in the west of Indonesia, a local rescue official said on Monday. “There are 26 people who were not evacuated, we found 14, three were found alive and 11 were found dead,” said Abdul Malik, head of …

Kenyan police announced on Sunday the arrest of a woman accused of throwing her eight-month-old baby into the Indian Ocean. Witnesses told local media that the woman allegedly tossed the infant into the ocean from a ferry as it was docking in the coastal town of Mombasa. A video of …

Ethiopian Airlines has banned passengers from using Ghana-Must-Go on any of its flights from Nigeria, according to reports. The restriction was disclosed in a letter signed by Henok Gizachew, the airline’s Manager of Airport Services, addressed to the Regional Manager of the Federal Airports Authority Of Nigeria (FAAN). “The use …

Two persons were injured after a robbery incident on the Yeji Atebubu highway in the Pru East District of the Bono East Region, Ghana. “The victims were traveling on motorcycles when they noticed another motorcycle following them,” according to Adom News. “The suspect were robbers who shot one of the …

A 70-year-old woman has given birth to twins following in vitro fertilization (ivf) treatment, a hospital in Uganda has said. Safina Namukwaya delivered a boy and a girl via caesarean at a fertility centre in the capital, Kampala. Ms Namukwaya, who is is one of the oldest women to give …

A 30-year-old Mobile Money vendor has committed suicide over a GH₵15,000 debt at Awutu Bawjiase in the Awutu Senya West District of the Central Region, Ghana. “The deceased was defrauded of the amount which his employer was demanding refund,” according to Adom News. “The employer engaged the deceassed on the …

The bosses of the main social networks, Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord will be heard at the end of January in the US Senate on their efforts to protect children from sexual exploitation on their platforms, elected officials announced on Wednesday. This hearing, scheduled for January 31, is the …

A truck overloaded with food items and more than 200 people crashed, killing 25 passengers and injuring dozens of others in north-central Nigeria’s Niger state, according to reports. “The truck was on its way to Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos when it crashed in Takalafia village in Niger’s Magama district,” …

Nepal has recognized the marriage of a first LGBT+ couple in the country, the Nepalese authorities announced this Thursday, November 30. The newlyweds, now officially united, congratulate each other on a victory “for all”. Maya Gurung, a 41-year-old transgender woman, and Surendra Pandey, a 27-year-old man, who were married in …

Four Moroccan migrants died off Spain’s southern coast of Cadiz with four others being taken to hospital for severe hypothermia. The bodies of the four who apparently drowned were found on Wednesday near their boat that had been carrying 32 other migrants. Twenty-seven of the occupants were reportedly forced to …