More than 1,000 European Union citizens were evacuated from Sudan over the weekend amid the deadly fighting between rival army factions, the EU’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has said. Mr Borell told journalists that it had been a complex operation but had been successful – adding that the EU …
Read More »24-year-old man shot dead in Ogun State
Suspected cultists have killed a 24-year-old man in Igode, Ogijo, the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, reports said. “The deceased, a native of Benue State, was shot dead at about 8 p.m.“ “The deceased was outside their house at Fakile in the Igode community, when the assailants …
Read More »Korean singer Moonbin, K-pop star, dies at 25
South Korean K-pop star Moonbin, a member of the band Astro, died on Wednesday at the age of 25, according to his label Fantagio and national police, sparking a wave of emotion among his fans. The singer was found dead at his home in southern Seoul late on Wednesday, a …
Read More »Nigeria: father starves his two children to death
A 45-year-old man has been arrested for chaining and locking his two children in solitary confinement which led to their death in Ibiade, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria. “The suspect, father of three accused his children of stealing,” reports said. “He chained and locked the children …
Read More »Three teenagers drown in White Volta river
A community in the Kassena Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region, was thrown into a state of mourning when two siblings and their friend got drowned in the White Volta River, Ghana. The deceased, all teenagers, were among eight others who had gone to the river to wash mango …
Read More »West Africa faces acute food shortages with thousands near famine, UN says
Forty-eight million people in West and Central Africa will face acute food insecurity in the coming months, a 10-year peak spurred by insecurity, climate shocks, COVID-19 and prices high, United Nations humanitarian agencies warned on Tuesday. West and Central Africa has faced increasing risks caused by higher temperatures and erratic …
Read More »Japan to evacuate citizens amid fighting in Sudan
Authorities in Japan are planning to send a military aircraft to evacuate the country’s citizens from Sudan amid the deadly fighting. Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said that as of Wednesday, there were 60 Japanese nationals stuck in Sudan. He said the government would do “its utmost to ensure the …
Read More »Fire kills at least 21 in Beijing hospital
A fire at a hospital in the Fengtai district of Beijing has killed 21 people, the official newspaper of the Chinese capital’s Communist Party, the Beijing Daily, reported on Tuesday. The alert of a fire starting at Changfeng Hospital was given shortly before 1 a.m. and the disaster could be …
Read More »Woman sells her 18-year-old baby for N600,000
A 33-year-old woman has sold her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 to offset her bank loan in Sango in Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Nigeria, according to reports. “She borrowed money from a microfinance bank and was unable to pay back the money,” reports said. “The bank agents …
Read More »Teacher arrested after organizing fights between students in class
A 24-year-old American teacher has been indicted on four counts after being heard in a video, organizing fights between her students. The scene, filmed discreetly under a school desk, is surreal. It shows a substitute teacher, officiating in an American college, explain to her students the rules to follow for …
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