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 …
Read More »Mozambique: teenager with albinism killed for body parts
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 …
Read More »Nigeria: leader of Methodist Church kidnapped
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 …
Read More »Ghana: two robbers sentenced to 30 years in prison with hard labor
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 …
Read More »South Africa: three pupils die after consuming energy drink
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 …
Read More »Chad: several dead in fights between miners
Deadly clashes have broken out between artisanal gold miners in northern Chad, leaving people dead and injured, the interim government announced on Wednesday. The violence broke out at an informal gold mining site in the mountainous Kouri Bougoudi district, near the border with Libya, where the army has been fighting …
Read More »South Africa: Crowd burns suspected drug dealers alive
An incident occurred in the Ga-Mokgopa section of South Africa’s North West Province where a mob burned to death three men accused of being drug traffickers, police said. The victims, aged 22 to 36, burned and died in the home, police said in a statement. According to the police, members …
Read More »Tech: Here’s what you risk leaving your charger in an outlet
We sometimes leave our phone and computer charger plugged in, even when there is no device charging. A gesture that may seem innocuous but very dangerous. Depending on the type of charger you use, when it is plugged in empty, it can very quickly overheat and start a fire. Indeed, …
Read More »South Africa: hundreds evacuated after new floods
South African authorities have evacuated hundreds of residents from KwaZulu-Natal province following a high alert for further flooding, local media reported. KwaZulu-Natal province experienced deadly floods last month. Heavy rains hit the area over the weekend and the local administration is on high alert to prevent any loss of life. …
Read More »“It’s not biblical for a wife to have her husband’s surname” – Ghanaian pastor
The Accra Regional Overseer of Resurrection Power and Living Bread Ministries, Bishop Yaw Owusu-Ansah, claimed that it is unbiblical for a woman to adopt her husband’s surname after marriage. Bishop Owusu-Ansah made the controversial statement while speaking on Accra-based Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Friday, May 20. “I believe …
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