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Morocco’s King Mohammed VI has said that the country will spend $12bn to rebuild the regions destroyed by the 8 September earthquake. The funds will also be used to support the more than 4.2 million people in the provinces most affceted by the earthquake. The palace said on Wednesday said …

Three South African navy submariners have died and four others injured after being washed off the deck of a submarine by high waves. The vessel was off the coast near Cape Town when the seven crew members were swept away. A helicopter was delivering supplies during a refuelling operation at …

A 29-year-old man has hacked his mother to death at Wurumrumso, a farming community in the Asutifi South district of the Ahafo region, Ghana. “The suspect has bucthered his mother with machete,” according to reports. “The exact motive behind this horrifying act, remains a mystery, ” according to the eigth …

The imposing ancient Greek site of Cyrene in Libya, classified since 2016 by UNESCO as world heritage in danger, is at risk of collapse after the devastating floods which hit the east of the country, according to testimonies and an archaeologist. “It is a gigantic site and the largest Greek …

A 27-year-old electrician has been found dead with his eyes missing at Kasoa new market in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central region, Ghana. According to eyewitnesses, “the assailants carried out the gruesome a²²ct approximately 1000 meters away from where the victim’s lifeless body was later discovered.” After …

A Bolgatanga Circuit Court has sentenced a farmer to three years imprisonment for defiling an eight-year-old girl at Kanga, in the Bongo District of the Upper East Region, Ghana. The victim was at her father’s fuel station with her sibling, the accused person went there and sent her to buy …

An Islamic teacher has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for attempting to sexually assault his 15-year-old pupil in Nigeria. The convict was handed down the sentence by Justice Rahman Oshodi following his guilty plea to the two amended charges of attempted sexual assault by penetration and indecent treatment …

12-year-old boy has been electrocuted behind his house in the Awutu Senya East Municipality of the Central Region, Ghana. “The victim cry for help from the back of the house, drew the attention of his parents who rushed to the scene only to find their young son lifeless,” according to …

At least 25 people, including two children, died in a bus accident that plunged into a ravine in the Andean region of Huancavelica, in southern Peru, the authorities announced in an upwardly revised assessment Monday evening. An initial report from the police reported 20 dead and 35 injured, then a …

Gumen have killed eight security agents comprising soldiers, policemen and Nigeria Security And Civil Defence Corps in Imo State, Nigeria. The joint security taskforce team who were in two security trucks were ambushed and set ablaze by their attackers. “None of them survived as they were burnt inside their operational …