Society

A 30-year-old man was arrested after attempting to kill himself by climbing a telecom mast at Kasoa CP in the Awutu Senya East municipality, Ghana, due to the current economic hardship. According to witnesses, the suspect was seen climbing an MTN mast in the afternoon. Despite warnings from passers-by, he …

Nigerian media personality, Amanda Chisom, on her Facebook page shared the burial details of a family who died after having their dinner. Father, mother and children were all dead. Their father was aged 41 years while his wife was 39 and the children between three and twelve years. Their funeral …

Two women were arrested at two separate airports in Colombia for attempting to smuggle cocaine in their hair extensions, the country’s Ministry of Defense said. They were headed to Madrid, Spain, and were stopped after going through security when a body scan showed foreign objects were stashed in their hair, …

Nigeria’s Ogun State Police Command announced the arrest of a prophet for defiling two sisters members of his church and impregnating one of them. The prophet of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, was arrested after the victims’ father reported the case to the police, local media reported. The two victims …

Two Mozambicans have been sentenced to 30 years in prison for illegal hunting and possession of a firearm. They were arrested in September last year with a firearm and ammunition at a game farm with the aim of slaughtering rhinos to extract their horns for commercial purposes. The game farm …

Police command in Nigeria announced the arrest of a 16-year-old boy, for raping his brother’s wife as well as nine other women on different occasions. In an interview with newsmen, he admitted to committing the crime and then confessed to have raped nine other girls at a farm settlement in a …

French media RFI and France 24 have launched the seventh edition of the Africa App Challenge under the theme “digital at the service of sustainable agriculture”. This challenge is open to all Africans and companies from the continent with a project applicable in French-speaking Africa. Projects must be submitted in …

An eight-year-old boy had been kidnapped in Kenya by his stepfather who demanded a ransom from his wife before releasing the boy. The mother reported the matter of the missing child at Embakasi police station as she found a note by the husband demanding a ransom to release the minor. …

A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing bread and other items worth N679,000 in Nigeria’s Osun state. Among the items he stole were packs of soft drinks, table water, a carton of wine and 50 loaves of bread, among others. He pleaded guilty to …

The world population exceeds 8 billion inhabitants on Tuesday, according to the official estimate of the United Nations, which sees in it “an important milestone in human development” and a reminder, in the midst of COP27, of “our shared responsibility to take care of our planet”. For the UN, “this …