Society

A new law on the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS was unanimously adopted on October 6 by lawmakers in the Central Africa Republic. In detail, the text penalizes discrimination against HIV-positive people. This is a step forward that has been welcomed by human rights associations. Discriminatory practices will be …

More than 600 people have died since June in the deadliest floods of the decade in Nigeria caused by exceptional rains, forcing 1.3 million inhabitants to flee their homes, according to a new report published by authorities. Since the start of the rainy season, many parts of Africa’s most populous …

Solomon Kwaku Nuwordu, 46, a Ghanaian media personality and managing editor of Joy Daddy Multimedia, has been reported dead at the Eastern Regional Hospital in Ghana. According to reports, he died after following short illness on Thursday, in the morning and his body has been deposited at the mortuary. Solomon Kwaku …

A 15-year-old boy, Chukwuemeka, the only son of Jerome Akwuene, was found dead in his bedroom in the Ago-Okota area of Lagos State in Nigeria while preparing for his Examination Board exam of West Africa (WAEC) for next year. His corpse was found in his bedroom and knives next to …

Indian conservation authorities on Thursday captured a tiger blamed in the deaths of 13 people, an official said. The five-year-old male, dubbed “Conflict Tiger” or “CT-1”, was tranquilized and captured nearly a week after authorities agreed he posed a threat to humans, authorizing his capture. The big cat has been …

The prosecution in the case of a Chinese national accused of using a flip knife to slash the neck of a Ghanaian concrete mixture operator, has preferred fresh charges against the accused person. Xue Hui, a manager of Poly Changda Engineering Company, was initially charged with attempted murder but has now been …

A 40-year-old Ghanaian farmer is in custody after his girlfriend identified as Aboagyewaa, 20, was found dead in his bedroom. Aboagyewaa is said to have traveled from Assin Brasiako in the northern Assin district of the central region to lodge with her boyfriend. She was found dead the next morning …

At least 21 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have spent the night on the streets in Belgium, for lack of accommodation from the authorities. The federal agency responsible for the reception of asylum seekers (Fedasil) is encountering enormous difficulties in finding accommodation and shelter, aggravating the migrant crisis which has lasted for …

Ghanaian authorities announced the repatriation of 21 victims of human trafficking, including children, to Nigeria after being rescued from a suspected gang in the capital, Accra. Authorities say the victims – aged between 15 and 20 – were sent home on Tuesday with the help of Nigerian authorities. Ghana’s Economic …

The Beninese Minister of Health has recognized a dysfunction after the death of four patients admitted Friday to the intensive care unit of the National University Hospital Center (CNHU). On social networks, they denounced a “terrible and unacceptable drama”. Beninese President Patrice Talon has ordered an investigation by the regulatory …