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Religious leaders in Kenya have urged rival politicians to pursue peace following a day of violence that ended with a church and buildings attached to a mosque being attacked in Nairobi, local media reported. On Monday protests called by opposition leader Raila Odinga led to clashes with police. A farm …

Forty-six people are missing and seven others died in southern Ecuador, in a landslide caused by heavy rains overnight from Sunday to Monday, according to an official report. Several dozen houses were buried in the town of Alausi about 300 kilometers south of Quito, in an Andean area hit last …

A bus carrying pilgrims to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, burst into flames after a collision on a bridge on Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring around 30 others, according to Saudi state television. The accident, which took place in the province of Asir, underlines the constant challenge of the …

This health structure has the particularity of treating free of charge the poorest people in the capital Kinshasa, Congo, which has one of the highest death rates from tropical diseases in Africa. “For the moment, we can accommodate 300 people per day,” said Indian businessman Harish Jagtani, owner of this …

A woman has stabbed her friend to death at her residence in the Greenville Estate, Badore, in the Ajah area of Lagos State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased paid a visit to the suspect at her residence and they both had an argument”. “The argument degenerated into a scuffle and …

The body of a 30-year-old woman has been found floating in the Lafa River at Santa Maria Blue Kiosk in the Ga Central Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, Ghana. “We have seen a dummy-like object on the surface of the river,” children reported. “The matter was immediately reported to …

One of eight cheetahs flown to India from Namibia in September last year died on Monday, local media reported. Namibia’s environment ministry spokesperson Romeo Muyunda said the cheetah, aged five, died of kidney failure. He said the cheetah, named Sasha, was under medical care for the past three months. “The …

Five suspected robbers were set on fire after they failed in their attempt to snatch telephone handsets from passers-by at Nkpor, near Onitsha, Anambra State, Nigeria. “The suspects usually use a tricycle to rob unsuspecting members of the public of their telephones, bags, money and other valuables in the area,” …

A seven-year-old boy died when a wall collapsed at Prang in the Pru West District of the Bono East Region of Ghana. The deceased was playing with his other friends when the wall collapsed and trapped him. The Pru West District Director of the National Disaster Management Organization, Martin Owusu, …

More than 2,000 mummified rams’ heads dating from the Ptolemaic era have been discovered in the Temple of Ramses II in the ancient city of Abydos in southern Egypt, authorities said on Sunday. Mummies of sheep, dogs, goats, cows, gazelles and mongooses were also exhumed by a team of American …