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Health authorities in Nigeria have announced an epidemic of diphtheria in the capital, Abuja, after the death of a four-year-old child, local media reported. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) said there had been multiple outbreaks across the country since late last year, with almost 800 confirmed …

Three students of the Kwadaso SDA Nursing and Midwifery Training College in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, have been suspended by the management of the institution for one year for their involvement in a leaked sex tape, local media reported. The three students, all of whom are in their first year, …

At least 24 people, including children, died after a gas leak in a slum near Boksburg, about 40 kilometers east of Johannesburg, emergency services and firefighters reported on Wednesday evening. “We have counted 24 bodies,” emergency services spokesman William Ntladi confirmed to AFP, on the spot, adding that the search …

The United Nations has condemned what it called rising sexual violence against women and girls in Sudan in more than two months of conflict, the BBC reported. The UN human rights office in Sudan said it had received credible reports of more than 20 incidents of conflict-related sexual violence against …

A 25-year-old fetish priest has been jailed for defiling a six-year-old girl at Twifo Ampekro in the Twifo Hemang Lower Denkyira District of the Central Region, Ghana. “There had been a change in the way my daughter walks and also the little girl cries anytime she is urinating,” according to …

Scientists in the United States says they have discovered that elephants eat a varied diet, with individuals choosing among hundreds of plants to suit their needs and appetites. In a study, researchers at Brown University analysed plant DNA found in elephant dung in Kenya. They discovered that an individual elephant’s …

A man was charged with homicide and attempted homicide on Monday after six bodies were found in a burning house the day before in the southeastern United States, authorities said. Alerted by an emergency call about a knife attack in Green Pond, South Carolina, police arrived to discover the home …

Security operatives in Kakiri Wakiso District have arrested three suspected robbers in Bulabakulu village in Mende Sub County, Uganda. The three suspects have been terrorizing people in the area using machetes. They carried out the operations following the spate of killing and robbering in the area,” according to the spokesperson …

Senegalese President Macky Sal has renounced his bid for a third term under pressure from the opposition, which denounced his illegal candidacy. The Senegalese president has put an end to the suspense surrounding whether or not he will take part in the February 2024 presidential election. Macky Sall announced his …

A motor rider has been burnt to death in a fatal accident on the Haatso-Atomic road in the Greater Accra region, Ghana, according to reports. The incident is said to have occurred in a head-on collision with a Honda Accord vehicle. The rider was thrown and trapped under the vehicle …