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Police in Nigeria arrested two people suspected of being linked to the murder of a Christian student accused of blasphemy against Islam. The young woman was attacked by Muslim students at her college in the city of Sokoto, who killed her and set her body alight. Religious and political leaders …

No one survived after the small plane carrying 11 passengers crashed in the forest near the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, state radio reports. An unnamed official from the transport ministry also told AFP that “there were no survivors”. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. “The plane lost radio …

A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced to death Christian Ngoy Kenga Kenga, a Top police officer for his role in the murder of top human rights activists Floribert Chebeya and his driver. Mr Kenga was found guilty of murder, desertion and the misappropriation of weapons …

A High Court in the northern Nigeria has sentenced a 19-year-old man to death for the kidnapping for ransom and killing of his five-year-old nephew in 2019. Ibrahim Khalil allegedly kidnapped his sister’s son, Ado, and used a sellotape to cover his nose and mouth before burying him in a …

A small passenger plane carrying 11 people crashed in a forest near the Cameroonian capital, Yaoundé, on Wednesday, the country’s transport ministry said. The aircraft was flying from Yaoundé Nsimalen airport to Belabo, in the east of the country, it added. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. …

Mozambique’s Tax Authorities (AT) seized luxury vehicles, alcohol and around 20,000 mobile phones smuggled into the country. Addressing a Maputo press conference on Monday, the AT’s director of customs operations, Gimo Jona, said the phones were contained in 250 disguised boxes. They were seized for lack of import documents, false …

In an interview with Ghanaian TV3 television, a sex worker said one does not become prostitute by chance, that it would be like a call from God, a vocation. “This task is only possible if God has called you,” she said. She said her dream was to become a marketer, …

Elephants have killed at least 60 people and injured 50 others in Zimbabwe so far this year, according to government spokesman Nick Mangwana. “The issue of Human/Wildlife Conflict has become quite emotive. This year alone 60 Zimbabweans have lost their lives to elephants and 50 injured. In 2021, 72 lost …

Authorities in Ghana have suspended a search operation for the missing crew of a fishing vessel that sank off the country’s western coast. Stormy weather conditions and difficulty in hauling in a net full of fish are believed to have led the vessel to capsize, according to a fisheries official. …

At least seven people died in a road accident on Sunday in the locality of Abong Mbang, east region of Cameroon, local authorities announced. “The tragedy occurred on Sunday evening near the Ntoung village on the Abong Mbang – Yaoundé axis. There were seven deaths,” Haut-Nyong prefect Joseph Bertrand Mache …