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Heavy rain has caused the loss of a five-year-old girl in Moshie Zongo, Kumasi, in the Ashanti region of Ghana. “The lifeless body of the girl was discovered floating in a drain, still wearing her school uniform,” according to reports. “Residents and the police worked together to retrieve the girl’s …

A thousand cases of s3xual abuse have been documented in a survey of the Swiss Catholic Church, according to reports. More than 1,000 victims of abuse, the majority of them men, since the 1950s: that’s the conclusion of the investigation commissioned by the Swiss Catholic Church itself to shed light …

A two-week-old baby was found wrapped in a cloth and placed in a black polythene bag in the Gomoa Central district of the Central region, Ghana. Residents have been thrown into a state of shock following the discovery of the two-week-old baby abandoned by its mother on a heap of …

Gunmen have killed three person during an attack in Opi-Agu community in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State, Nigeria. “The herders had arrived in the farms of the villagers but were asked to leave, they left and returned later to attack and kill the villagers,” reports said. “They actually …

A 40-year-old man has been arrested for killing two casual laborers for ritual purposes in Taranka village, Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Nigeria. “The suspect suspected to have come to the village for charcoal business, and in the course of his stay, the two persons went missing,” according …

Three volunteers have died while helping victims of raging floods in eastern Libya, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said. Volunteers Hamdi Belaid, Khaled Adwal and Abadi Al-Kharm died while helping some residents of Derna town trapped by floods, said Jagan Chapagain, IFRC secretary general. …

The police have apprehended a 24-year-old illegal miner for defiling a little girl at Akrokere in the Adansi North District of the Ashanti Region, Ghana. “The woman had requested the suspect to provide a place for the little girl to sleep in his room whenever her boyfriend or fiancé visited …

Around 10,000 people are thought to be missing following major floods in Libya according to an official from the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). “We can confirm from our independent sources of information that the number of missing people is hitting 10,000 so far,” …

Some twelve Nigerian suspects including a heavily pregnant woman have escape from police custody in Ghana, according to reports. “They have been arrested separately, but have since gone missing after they were sent to the National Operations Department (JOC) at Police Headquarters in Accra for an interrogation,” reports said. They …

An 18-year-old man was found dead in Gomoa Buduatta, in the Gomoa East district, in Ghana’s Central Region. The lifeless body of the boy was discovered by a fence wall along the Buduatta-Dominase road. “They suspect was murdered and dumped in the area,” according to Adom News. “Building blocks and …