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Five activist groups have sued French oil major TotalEnergies for a second time over its projects in Uganda and Tanzania in a Paris civil court, they said on Tuesday, after an earlier fast-track attempt was dismissed in February, Reuters reported. The French and Ugandan groups, led by Friends of the …

Gabonese people are called to the polls on August 26, according to the draft calendar published by the Gabonese Election Center (CGE). Incumbent President Ali Bongo is still keeping his candidacy for a third term under wraps. But the Centre Gabonais des Elections (CGE) has already announced the draft electoral …

A butcher accused of making blasphemous remarks against Islam’s prophet, the Prophet Muhammad, has been beaten to death by an angry mob in Nigeria’s Sokoto state, local media reported. According to multiple reports, the incident occurred at the Sokoto metropolis abattoir on the morning of Sunday, June 25, 2023. Although …

Four people were injured to varying degrees after gas cylinders exploded in a gas store in Ijaiye, Agege, Lagos State, Nigeria. “The gas cylinders exploded as a result of gas leakage and caught fire in the process,” the Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Femi Oke-Osanyintolu said. …

Nigeria’s Burna Boy has been acclaimed as the best international act at last night’s BET awards in Los Angeles making it the fourth time he has won the award. This time he was up against the likes of South Africa’s Ko and Britain’s Stormzy and Central Cee. Cameroon’s Libianca won …

A man was sentenced to 17 years and two months in prison on Wednesday for holding a woman captive for 30 years in Maracay, Venezuela, before she managed to escape, local media reported. The individual, now 58, was tried for “sexual abuse”, “psychological violence” and “threats”. He had kidnapped Morella …

An electrician was discovered dead while working on a rural electrification project in Jachie-pramso in the Bosomtwe district of Ghana’s Ashanti region. “The deceased was part of a team of five individuals employed by Wilkwak Engineering Limited for the rural electrification extension project,” the assembly member for the area, Richard …

Cameroonian pastor Orock Henry Betang has urged the famous Nigerian singer Davido to sell his car, a Mercedes Maybach Virgil Abloh 2023, freshly purchased for 394 million naira. “God has blessed the singer, but the devil intends to bring him down, through the Mercedes-Maybach 2023,” according to the Pastor. The …

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian opened up about her vision of the ideal man during an appearance on Hailey Bieber’s YouTube show in America. The mother of four confessed that finding a partner who meets her criteria is no easy task. In particular, she spoke of the importance of good …

A 50-year-old farmer has been arrested for killing his wife in Apla, a rural community in the Lower Manya Krobo municipality in Ghana’s Eastern Region, according to reports. “The suspect after the alleged murder, told the Dadematseme of the area that a side wall of their building collapsed over the …