Nearly 200 French soldiers have left Niger’s south-western Ouallam town amid ongoing withdrawals from the Sahel nation, state-owned Tele Sahel TV station reports. It said that 193 French soldiers based in Ouallam left their camp for Chad on Sunday. The troops reportedly left with 28 lorries as well as 24 …
Read More »Kenya: a man died after being electrocuted
A man was electrocuted while he was fixing power on a pole in Muyavwa sub-location in Busia County in Kenya, according to reports. “The deceased was on duty when he was hit by the live wire,” reports said. The man died on the spot after being burnt severely. The body …
Read More »Man falls into pit latrine while retrieving phone
A 29-year-old man fell into a pit latrine as he tried to retrieve a mobile phone in Emakwale area, Kakamega, kenya, according to reports. “A man went to relieve himself inside a pit latrine when his mobile fell into the pit latrine,” according to reports. “The deceased had offered to …
Read More »Man murdered on his farm at Agona Nyakrom Abrokro
A butchered body of a 45-year-old man was found on a farm in Abrokro, a suburb of Agona Nyakrom in Ghana’s Central Region. “The deceased was found with cutlass wound behindhis neck and on his head,” reports said. “The deceased told a co-tenants last Wednesday that he would be travelling …
Read More »Nigerian governor denies assassination attempt
The governor of Nigeria’s central Kogi state, Yahaya Bello, has denied he was the target of an assassination attempt along the busy Lokoja-Abuja highway. His spokesperson Kingsley Fanwo had earlier been quoted by local media saying that gunmen “dressed in military uniforms” attacked Mr Bello’s convoy on Sunday. Mr Fanwo …
Read More »Woman arrested for sexually assaulting 84-year-old man
A 39-year-old woman was arrested overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in Milan, Italy, suspected of having sexually assaulted an octogenarian in order to divert his attention and steal money and objects from his house, local media reported. It was the children of this 84-year-old man who alerted the authorities and …
Read More »Two women jailed forcing 4 girls into sex trade
Women alleged to be sex workers were sentenced to 17 years in prison in hard labour, for trafficking four girls and forcing them into sex trade in the Wassa Amenfi East Municipality, Ghana. The 30 year-old was handed 10 years for trafficking three of the victims, and thhe 28 year-old …
Read More »Italy signs agreement to welcome Tunisian migrant workers
Italian authorities signed on Friday an agreement to welcome some 4,000 Tunisian workers, in line with commitments made to help the North African state stem migrant pressure at its borders. “The deal was signed during a visit by Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani to Tunis, where he was scheduled to meet …
Read More »Morocco seizes 1.37 tons of cocaine concealed in frozen fish
Moroccan police announced on Friday that they had seized 1.37 tonnes of cocaine in the large city of Casablanca, Reuters agency reported. The drug was concealed in a cargo of imported frozen fish found at a distribution company in Morocco’s largest city, it said in a statement. Preliminary findings suggest …
Read More »Woman arrested after boyfriend dies in bedroom during sex
Kenyan police has announced the arrest of a 23-year-old lady whose 59-year-old boyfriend died in her room during afternoon sex, local media reported. According to reports, the boyfriend visited his lover on Wednesday, October 18 at her rental house before his mysterious death. She told police that she had prepared …
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