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A collision between a bus and a fuel tanker in south-east Algeria has left nine people dead, local media reported citing the civil defence. Six other people were injured in the weekend crash in the Illizi area. The civil defence in its statement on Sunday did not identify the cause …

Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the Student Representative Council (SRC) in Ghana, Raphael Sarkodie, has revealed that high school students now carry guns in school, Ghana Pulse reported. According to Mr Sakodie, Ghana students reel frequently from pains of the criminal use of guns. “The trend has become problematic even during …

A young man is in the grips of the police after it came to light that his 15-year-old girlfriend had injected herself with his HIV-positive blood in a bid to prove her love for him, odditycentra website reported. According to the website, the teenage girl hails from Suwal Kuchchi, a village in …

Nigeria’s Lagos state authorities expanded their ban on motorcycle taxis, locally known as okadas, to a further four local government areas and local council development areas, local media reported. The commissioner for transportation, Frederic Oladeinde, said the expansion of the ban was for security reasons and the best interests of …

A school of witchcraft inspired by Harry Potter will soon open its doors in Brittany in the North-East of Ille-et-Vilaine in France. Manuel Roussel, the owner of the castle Le Rocher Portail since 2016 in Maen Roch, had the idea of building the school of witchcraft. This Château du Rocher …

Police in southern Nigeria have arrested three people following the discovery of 20 mummified bodies near Benin city in Edo state. The corpses were found in a building suspected to be used for a voodoo shrine. A police spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, told the BBC that the corpses of 15 men, …

In complete ignorance that her husband had installed a surveillance camera in the kitchen, a 45-year-old dermatologist was filmed pouring a household product into her husband’s lemonade. The video that goes viral, outrages internet users. Police arrested the woman for attempted poisoning as soon as they received the CCTV footage. …

Chinese authorities are trying to bring rain to several provinces bordering the Yangtze River in the center of the country to alleviate the drought in the country. Faced with the drought currently affecting China, Hubei province is the latest to announce its participation in “cloud seeding” operations on Wednesday, US …

A French tourist died Tuesday of her injuries after being bitten by stray dogs in a resort in western Sahara, southern Morocco, local authorities said on Wednesday. The victim, 44, whose identity was not disclosed, was attacked by a pack of stray dogs while walking away from her hotel in …

Khaby Lame, the most followed influencer on TikTok, has officially obtained Italian citizenship, La Repubblica and The Guardian reported. Khaby, 22, who started on the social network after losing his job at the start of the coronavirus crisis, said he was “very proud”, the two media reported. The Tiktoker was …