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Three pit bulldogs who had attacked a young girl were stoned to death and then burnt by members of a community in Cape Town, South Africa. The incident comes amidst growing calls for a ban on the breed in South Africa. A local animal welfare organization said the child was …

A lady was arrested by the Lagos State police Command for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend to death at Agungi, in the Lekki area of the state, Nigeria. His stepfather reported the incident to the police after being briefed that his stepson had been stabbed by his girlfriend. He was rushed …

One of the creators of the famous video game character Sonic the Blue Hedgehog was arrested in Japan for insider trading, accused of using information that was not yet public to speculate on the stock market, AFP reported. The charges against Yuji Naka, 57, by the prosecution date back to …

Several students have been injured at a primary school in the Australian city of Sydney after a classroom science experiment involving baking soda and rubbing alcohol went wrong. At least two students were taken by ambulance to hospital with serious burns and nine others reportedly suffered superficial burns. One teacher …

South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered former President Jacob Zuma to return to prison after upholding an earlier ruling that his medical parole had been unlawful, media reported. But it is not clear if he will spend any more time in jail. The 80-year-old was given a 15-month …

A Kriel High School student in South Africa has hanged himself in a storage area of their classroom, after being falsely accused of raping a female student. A snapshot of the deceased’s last note was shared by a lawyer identified as Barry Roux on Twitter where he maintained his innocence …

A 13-year-old girl escaped death after being hit in the back of the neck by an unidentified person at Pumpside in the Assin Fosu Municipality of the Central Region of Ghana. “My daughter was sweeping the compound when suddenly an unknown man appeared from a nearby bush and hit her …

Equatorial Guinea’s main opposition party says irregularities took place in the country’s general elections on Sunday in which the world’s longest-ruling leader, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, sought to extend his 43-year rule. The Convergence for Social Democracy (CPDS) said it would not recognize the results of “the fraudulent elections” and …

A groom called off his wedding at the last minute, in Nigeria, after discovering that his wife was the mother of two children. The man said he trusted his lover so much but felt betrayed that she hid not one, but two children from him. In a trendy video, he …

A five-storey residential building collapsed on Monday in Ruiru on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, barely a day after its tenants were evacuated, local media reported. The evacuation was witnessed by the local governor, Kimani Wamatangi, on Sunday after the building developed cracks. It had more than 100 …