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A woman has died in China from H3N8 avian flu, a virus that has been circulating since 2002 and has so far had no known human victims, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The H3N8 virus, which first appeared on the North American continent, was until now considered …

Kenya’s main opposition coalition on Tuesday announced plans to hold “direct engagements” with the public as it prepares for talks with the government on electoral reforms. Azimio la Umoja coalition, led by veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, said it remained committed to easing political tension through dialogue after its anti-government …

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested two suspects for stoning a 35-year-old man to death in the Ijoka Area of Akure in Nigeria, reports said. The deceased was killed by an angry mob for alleged reckless driving leading to a road crash. The accident resulted in the death of …

Police in Nigeria’s Osun State announced the arrest of a man, for allegedly attempting to traffick four teenage girls from Osun to Kano state enroute Tripoli in Libya, local media reported. This is contained in a statement released by SP Yemisi Opalola, spokesperson for Osun Police in Osogbo, quoted by …

Alpha Conde lost his wife, Djéné Kaba, the former first lady of Guinea, as a result of an illness, according to reports. A real shock for the former Guinean president, overthrown on September 5, 2021 during a putsch led by the military junta in power. In a statement, the president …

US President Joe Biden officially ended the national state of emergency linked to Covid-19 on Monday, in place for three years in the country which has officially paid the highest price for the pandemic, with more than one million dead. The White House said in a statement that the president …

A 12-year-old boy has met his untimely death after heavy running water swept him away and dumped him into river Kakum at Esuekyir, a suburb of Cape Coast in the Central Region, Ghana. “The deceased was playing in the heavy rain and accidentally fell into a gutter full of water …

The United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres has arrived in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, local media reported. There’s little information on the purpose of his visit. Local media reports that he is widely expected to address Somalia’s worsening humanitarian situation and show solidarity with its people in their fight against extremism. …

A 40-year-old farmer committed suicide by hanging himself with a rope in his room in Esaman, a suburb of Elmina in the Central Region of Ghana. “The deceased always said he will one day kill himself,” according to neighbors. “They did not take his comments serious because he was always …

Ex-Twitter executives filed a collective lawsuit on Monday against the platform, demanding that it reimburse them for legal expenses incurred in connection with shareholder lawsuits and authorities’ investigations into their former company. Parag Agrawal, the social network’s former boss, Vijaya Gadde, the former legal director and Ned Segal, the former …