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A family of three has been burnt to death in a domestic fire at Abuakwa Nsonyameye in the Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality of the Ashanti region, Ghana, according to reports. A mother aged, 28, the daughter of the landlady and her two children aged nine and six years. “The mother …

A Magistrate’s Court in Makurdi, Benue State, has remanded a 40-year-old housewife and her son in custody for beating her brother-in-law to death in Nigeria, according to reports. “The woman and her son beat up her in-law living with her,” according to information. The woman claimed that her in-law stole …

Forty-nine students between seven and fourteen years died when their overloaded boat capsized in northwest Pakistan, reports said. “The water of the dam was freezing due to cold weather that impeded the rescue mission” said Khateer Ahmad, a senior official with Rescue 1122. “The bodies of a teacher and one …

A military officer of 48 Engineering Regiment, is in the grips of Kasoa Divisional Police Command for allegedly brutalizing a civilian in Ghana, reports said. “The victim was accused of demolishing the suspect father’s building construction,” information said. The suspect mobilized some persons to attack the victim in his home. …

A sex worker was found dead when cleaners swept her room in a hotel in Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria, according to reports. The victim was suspected to be murdered or had committed suicide. The positioning of the body suggested that she was strangled. A colleague of the deceased said she …

A group of soldiers have shot dead a 25-year-old man, assaulted two others at Agbozo Junction near Hobor in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana, according to reports. The soldiers were in the community protecting a vast land belonging to a company. “Some residents were grading …

The lifeless body of a young woman, stabbed with multiple stab wounds, was found in a vehicle parked in Ingolstadt, southern Germany, on August 17. As reported by The Guardian, local authorities initially identified the body as that of Sharaban, a 23-year-old beautician from Munich of Iraqi origin. Only, and …

The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed on Monday that the Covid-19 pandemic remains a public health emergency of international concern as it first did on January 30, 2020. The world then had fewer than 100 cases and no deaths outside of China. The WHO on Friday identified more than 752 …

Four deaths and 116 confirmed cases of the Monkeypox disease in 2022, in 14 out of the 16 regions recorded in Ghana, according to reports. “Monkeypox could affect anyone despite the age, disclosing that a 13-day-old baby got infected and died,” according to Dr Abudulai. However, more than half of …

33 killed and 150 wounded in a blast at a mosque during afternoon worship in the provincial capital of Peshawar, close to former tribal areas that border Afghanistan. A frantic rescue mission was underway at the mosque, which had an entire wall and some of its roof blown out by the …