Society

A 38-year old Ghanaian fetish priest who killed his wife and daughter and sacrificed them to his idols has been sentenced to life imprisonment, Ghana News Agency reported. The priest, Mbawona Tindana , was arrested in 2019 for allegedly killing his 25-year-old wife, Talata Abigail Kurug, and 2-year-old daughter, Nyapoka …

Police in Ghana arrested 18 people over the public flogging of a pair at the palace of a traditional chief in Wa in the northern Upper West region, local media reported. The victims of the flogging, a man and woman, are reported to have been lovers. They were each tied …

Moroccan police on Monday arrested 16 people who were taking part in a libertine party punctuated by group sex and excessive alcohol consumption in Casablanca. According to the Moroccan daily Assabah, these sixteen people arrested were brought before the king’s prosecutor at the court of first instance in Aîn Sebaâ. …

At least 3,000 travelers to South Africa have been left stranded after airline Comair abruptly suspended all flights with immediate effect. The airline announced the suspension on Tuesday evening, citing financial issues, the BBC reported. Angry customers say Comair offered specials and accepted bookings just hours before announcing the suspension. …

A 17-year-old male student of the Sokode Senior High School in the Volta Regional Capital, Ho, has died after being struck by lightning, local media reported. The incident occurred during a downpour in the late hours of Monday. The deceased, identified as Emmanuel Dorli, was reportedly hit by a thunder …

Ghanaian police arrested a 21-year-old woman for allegedly flushing her one-day-old baby down a pit toilet on Friday, May 27, Pulse news agency reported. She was arrested by the Jasikan Police together with an elderly woman, believed to be her mother, who is said to have helped the 21-year-old to …

A teenager with albinism was killed and dismembered in Mogovolas district, in Mozambique’s northern Nampula province, for his body parts, the BBC reported. Police say they have arrested the main suspect, who they say confessed to the murder. The detained suspect is the victim’s uncle, aged 22, according to the …

The leader of the Methodist Church in Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Kanu Echu, was abducted in the southeastern Abia State on Sunday, police confirmed. The priest was abducted alongside two other clerics. Abia state police said a manhunt had been organized to rescue the priests. In Nigeria, the Methodist Church …

A court in Koforidua, eastern Ghana, convicted and sentenced two armed robbers, aged 47 and 38, to 30 years each in prison with hard labour. According to adomonline.com, the convicts attacked and robbed a resident of Klo-Agogo, in the amount of 4,500.00 GHC. The bandits also attacked and robbed a …

A father is being investigated in South Africa for the deaths of three of his sons after consuming an energy drink he allegedly gave them, local media reported. Two of the siblings died at school and the third died on the way to hospital. A fourth child who consumed the …