The Tanzanian health ministry says a mysterious disease that killed five people has been identified as Marburg haemorrhagic fever, local media reported. The virus causes high fever, often accompanied by bleeding and organ failure. It is part of a group of viruses that includes Ebola. Tanzania’s health minister, Ummy Mwalimu …
Read More »Vladimir Putin’s entourage now deprived of iPhone
The Kremlin has asked all employees of the internal political bloc of the presidential administration, to swap their iPhones for smartphones of different brands, the daily Kommersant reported. At the beginning of March, a seminar was organized in the Moscow region to ensure that all people working in national and …
Read More »A grandmother sets fire to her son and family in Ondo
A grandmother set fire to her son, wife and two grandchildren in Apomu community in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, Nigeria. The old woman complained of being starved of food while living with her son in the same house. “She set the house ablaze while the family members were …
Read More »Several people injured in an accident in Ghana
19 people have sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident at Gomoa Onyaadze on the Kasoa-Cape Coast Highway, Ghana, according to reports. “The unfortunate incident occurred after the back tyre of a sprinter bus with number GN 3452-17 travelling from Adubiase burst,” according to Adom News. This caused the …
Read More »Man found hanging dead in uncompleted building
The lifeless body of a man was found hanging in an uncompleted building at Tanokrom, a community in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region, Ghana. The man was found hanging on a rope in the building by residents and they rushed to inform the the assembly member of Tanokrom …
Read More »African languages now taught in Russian schools
Some Russian secondary schools have started teaching African languages, a way to strengthen the country’s relationship with Africa, Professor Alexeï Maslov announced at the 2nd Russia-Africa Parliamentary Conference. It is above all about Swahili and Amharic, which are languages originating in East Africa, Alexeï Maslov, director of the Institute of …
Read More »Student died while denied treatment over bed space
An undergraduate of the University of Port Harcourt died due to a lack of bed space in the hospital for prompt treatment in the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria. “The victim was studying in school when she suffered a crisis and was rushed to the hospital,” according to information. She …
Read More »Man’s life destroyed after having sex with popular pastor’s wife (video)
A man in Ghana said he is going through hard times after having a sexual relationship with the wife of a popular pastor, local media reported. According to the man who pleaded for anonymity, he did not know that the woman was a wife of a man of God, but …
Read More »European Union fears “a collapse” of Tunisia
European Union is concerned about the deterioration of political and economic situation in Tunisia and fears a collapse of the country, the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell declared on Monday. “The situation in Tunisia is very dangerous,” he warned after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. The …
Read More »Nine Chinese killed in Central African Republic
Gunmen killed nine Chinese miners in an attack near Bambari, Central African Republic as the Chinese President Xi Jinping called for the perpetrators of the attack to be severely punished. “Two wounded and nine dead bodies had been counted and the victims were Chinese who worked at a site run …
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