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Ten prison guards at a correctional facility in Reggio Emilia, a city in northern Italy, were charged with torturing and beating a detainee of Tunisian origin in April, local justice said on Thursday. “The guards were relieved of their duties after being charged with torture, bodily harm to a detainee, …

Gunmen shot dead a businessman living in Balele village, Ningi Local Government Area, Bauchi State, Nigeria. “The gunmen stormed the village and started shooting indiscriminately,” according to a resident. “The gunmen went to the house of the late 37-year-old businessman and shot him many times in his stomach and head,” …

A police sergeant has been found dead in a bizarre state while on duty at a checkpoint at the Bia-Tano Forest in the Ahafo region, Ghana. “The lifeless body was found with blood all over him,” reports said. “A timber truck driver who was driving on the Kasapin-Bediako highway found …

A 72-year-old man has been found dead in his room in Takoradi in the Western Region of Ghana, according to reports. “A foul smell started emanating from his two-bedroom apartment, which he had occupied alone for the past three years,” according to reports. Residents broke into his room only to …

A Roma court on Saturday decided not to convict a 66-year-old man who admitted intentionally touching the buttocks of a 17-year-old girl, as the attack lasted “between 5 and 10 seconds”. But according to the judges, “this handful of seconds” is too short and the act, in fact, “does not …

A magistrate’s court in Osogbo has sentenced a 25-year-old man to three years imprisonment for falsely presenting himself as a lawyer in Nigeria, according to reports. “The suspect had presented himself as a barrister at law and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, duped five unsuspecting members of the public, and …

A man has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing chemicals worth N130,000 from Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The suspect, who is a pastor, broke into a chemical shop and stolen the items,” reports said. He was caught, charged and arraigned before the …

According to reports, a mentally handicapped man was hit by a car on the Kwame Nkrumah interchange in Ghana. The accident reportedly occurred at 7:00 am on Wednesday, July 12, 2023. “The individual was struck by a vehicle while wandering through the narrow streets of the interchange,” reports said. The …

Readers surveyed by the UK’s Telegraph newspaper say South Africa is the world’s best tourist destination. The right-wing paper gushes over the beauty of Cape Town, calling it “a supermodel at the foot of Table Mountain”. It also hails the “fine vintages” of South Africa’s wine country and calls the …

The White House announced on Tuesday that it must crack down on a steep rise in deaths from overdoses of Xylazine, also known as the “zombie drug”. Xylazine is a particularly dangerous substance, originally an anesthetic for horses, regularly mixed with other drugs such as fentanyl or heroin. A study …