Society

Uganda’s constitutional court is due this morning to start hearing three petitions challenging the anti-homosexuality law that came into effect in May. The law imposes capital punishments for those convicted of same-sex acts including death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” – which can involve sex with children or vulnerable people. It …

At least nine miners were killed when a gold mine collapsed near Chegutu, some 120 km west of Harare, Zimbabwe, according to reports. “Four bodies have been recovered so far” and five other miners are still trapped under the rubble, reports said. “Rescue workers found the inert bodies of five …

At least thirteen people died and at least four were injured after a fire in a nightclub in the city of Murcia, in the south-east of Spain, emergency services reported this Sunday, after an initial report suggested six dead. “Six new bodies were found in the rubble of the nightclub. …

The death of former First Lady of Ghana, Theresa Kufuor has hrown the nation into mourning as she passed on peacefully on Sunday, October 1, 2023. The former First Lady was 87 years old. Mrs Kufuor held the position of Ghana’s First Lady from January 7, 2001, to January 6, …

Three farmers were found dead after assailants attacked them in their farm in Panyam community, Mangu Local Government of the state, Nigeria. “The victims were working on their farms in the community when they were attacked by assailants which led to their death,” according to reports. The corpses of the …

A 37-year-old man has been found dead after going missing during a downpour in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality, Ghana. “The deceased went missing after embarking on a fishing expedition in the Okwe River,” according to his brother. “Residents supported family members to launch a search operation along the riverside …

An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court has remanded a man in custody for allegedly deflowering his lover’s four-year-old daughter in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Nigeria. The defendant is facing a charge of defilement of a child preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. “The defendant …

The Italian government adopted a decree providing for the expulsion of unaccompanied young foreigners if they have lied about their real age. According to reports, 21,000 unaccompanied minors, 85% of them male, have landed in the country, and they continue to pour in as migrant boats continue to converge on …

A woman has been arrested for hitting her 67-year-old husband with a pestlwhile he was asleep, at the Government Reserved Area of the community, Ghana. The son of the deceased who witnessed the incident confirmed that his mother hit the head of his father while he was sleeping and ran …

A 62-year-old fetish priest has murdered his 25-year-old junior wife for alleged suspicion of infidelity in Pru East District of Bono East Region, Ghana. “The man therefore stabbed the woman to death and later committed suicide by stabbing himself too,” reports said. “The man suspected that his wife had been …