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National Democratic Congress (NDC) communicator has been stabbed to death by his wife at Asante Mampong, Ghana, according to reports. “The deceased, 45-year-old was stabbed while fighting with his wife,” reports said. “The first son of the deceased rushed for help when his father was stabbed,” according to the decease’s …

South African footballer Luke Fleurs has been shot while waiting to be attended to at a petrol station in the Honeydew suburb in Johannesburg, according to reports. “Luke Fleurs tragically lost his life during a hijacking incident in Johannesburg. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends at …

Six Kenyan traders were brutally killed in a cross-border in the Somalia border town of Dhobley, according to reports. The victims were hawkers who regularly crossed the border to open their shops in Dhobley. “Gunmen with covered faces, suspected to be Al-Shabaab militants, arrived in a white Probox vehicle and …

The remains of 16 soldiers killed in an armed attack in Nigeria’s Delta State were laid to rest in the capital Abuja on Wednesday, according to reports. On March 17, 16 soldiers, including two majors and a captain, were killed in an attack on soldiers on a peacekeeping mission in …

Gunmen killed 21 people in a random attack on a busy market in Niger State, northwest Nigeria, according to reports. More than a dozen gunmen stormed the Madaka market in Rafi local government area at the height of commercial activities, and opened fire at random, according to Ayuba Katako, head …

More than 280 schoolchildren have been abducted by dozens of armed men in the town of Kuriga in northwest Nigeria, according to reports. “The pupils were in the assembly ground when dozens of gunmen on motorcycles rode through the school,” according to a witness said. “The students, between the ages …

A prisoner has been found hanged to death in his cell in the Akatsi district of Ghana’s Volta region, according to reports. The deceased accused of murder was going through committal at the Akatsi District Court and was remanded to reappear on March 13. But, he hanged himself ahead of …

An explosion shook more than a dozen buildings, killing 2 and injuring 77 in one of Nigeria’s largest cities, according to reports. Rescue workers are still digging through the rubble in search of people who may have been trapped. The provisional death toll stands at two, with a further 77 …

English has been replaced by Swahili as the official and national language in Tanzania, according to reports. Swahili is a Bantu language spoken by over 100 million people in East Africa. From now on, Swahili will be the language of choice in Tanzania’s schools and administration. Studying in a language …

Cameroonian troops have rescued eight abducted students of a government school in the country’s war-torn English-speaking region of Northwest, according to reports. “The students were kidnapped by armed terrorists from their school in Esu village in the Menchum division of the region,” reports said. The vice-principal and discipline master of …