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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A 57-year-old woman her son have been arrested over the death of a 56-year-old farmer at Akyem Manso in the Eastern Region, Ghana. “The woman and the deceased had a misunderstanding that turned into a dispute between the two,” reports said. The two suspects brutally assaulted the deceased with clubs …

The Zambian government announced that it had evacuated 77 nationals from Israel amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Hamas militants, local media reported. The evacuees, who returned to Zambia on Wednesday, include 72 students. Zambia’s Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo said on Thursday that 172 Zambians, including 143 students, …

Four women died and 13 were injured in a stampede at Kericho Stadium, hours before Kenya’s Mashujaa celebrations, according to reports. Mashujaa Day’s stampede was caused by a lady selling tea outside the stadium who accidentally spilled hot tea into the fire near the public road. This resulted to a …

Mozambican health authorities have reported an outbreak of highly pathogenic H7 avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, among poultry in the southern part of the country, the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) said on Thursday. The bird flu outbreak was found on a farm of 54,207 laying hens aged …

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has withdrawn charges against a former militia leader from the Central African Republic (CAR) as there were no prospects of conviction, the prosecutor’s office said on Thursday. Prosecutors had earlier said that Maxime Mokom, a former national coordinator of so-called anti-balaka militias, …

A 42-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old female house help in Obio Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The man is married with three children and the girl has been staying with them. He is a rig worker and not usually around. He comes on …