An attack on Wednesday at a kindergarten in central China left three people dead and six injured, local police said. “A malefactor wearing a cap and a mask, armed, burst” at 10:22 a.m. (local time) into this establishment in Jiangxi province, the statement said. Police say the 48-year-old suspect fled …
Read More »Nigeria: six people arrested for fraud on a homosexual site
Police in the central Nigerian state of Nassarawa announced the arrest of six people on suspicion of operating a fraudulent dating site for same-sex couples, the BBC reported. The suspects, four men and two women are said to have used the site to woo their victims before robbing them. The …
Read More »Belgium: suspect escapes from police station after breaking toilet
A 25-year-old man arrested in a case of rebellion against the police managed to escape from a police station in Brussels after breaking the toilet bowl in his cell, investigators said on Tuesday. The facts occurred on the night of Monday to Tuesday at the police station of the Brussels …
Read More »Somalia: former al-Shabab leader appointed cabinet minister
Former deputy leader and spokesman of Al-Shabab Islamist militant group, Mukhtar Robow, has been appointed religious affairs minister in Somalia’s new government. The former militant leader had been under house arrest for four years. He was detained during the previous president’s term for organizing a militia. He was also accused …
Read More »Canada: Absence and removal of condoms without consent become a crime
Canadian Supreme Court has ruled that removing a condom during sexual intercourse without the explicit permission of a partner is a crime. When a person is required by their partner to wear a condom during sex but either fails to do so or removes it during the act, they can …
Read More »Who was Al-Zawahiri, Egyptian doctor who became leader of Al-Qaeda?
Ayman Al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian doctor who was imprisoned in the 1980s for involvement in radical Islam. He left Egypt after his release and eventually settled in Afghanistan where he joined forces with Osama bin Laden. Zawahiri was considered to be the ideological brains of al-Qaeda. He was indicted in …
Read More »Nigeria: young lady sells her baby to buy a cell phone
A young mum in Nigeria sold her six-week-old baby to an orphanage for 200,000 naira for an unbelievable reason, sparking outrage in the country, local media have reported. According to local press, the 23-year-old mother used some of the money to buy a cell phone. Later arrested by Edo State …
Read More »DR Congo: authorities to discuss UN troops withdrawal from the country
Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo will hold talks with the UN mission in the country, Monusco, on the withdrawal of UN peacekeepers, local media reported, citing government spokesperson Patrick Muyaya. The announcement came after President Félix Tshisekedi chaired a meeting with the presidents of the two chambers of …
Read More »Health: Ghana confirms first death from monkeypox
Health authorities in Ghana have confirmed the first-ever death from monkeypox, as the virus wreaks havoc in the West African country. The infected person was a military officer who died three days after going to hospital in north-eastern Ghana. Thirteen people believed to have been in contact with the deceased …
Read More »Ghana: church demolished for operating without license
A combined team of Ghanaian Police and Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) Task Force demolished the Apostolic Movers and Shakers Chapel building in Dansoman on Monday for operating without a permit, Pulse news agency reported. This follows an earlier warning by the AMA to the Church to vacate the area in …
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