Seven people were killed and several others injured overnight from Thursday to Friday in Bavaria, Germany, during the accident of a minibus suspected of transporting migrants and which wanted to flee a road check, according to local police. The minibus, a Mercedes Vito carrying more than 20 people and registered …
Read More »Robbers attack gas station, bolt with huge cash
Eight armed robbers attacked the SP gas filling station and made away with an unspecified amount of cash at Trom in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region, Ghana. The incident happened around 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 11, 2023. According to reports, “the armed men subjected the pump …
Read More »Kenya plans advance Haiti visits before deployment
Kenya’s interior minister has said that the country will send assessment delegations to Haiti before deploying police officers to address gang violence there. “There will be other pre-mission visits to Haiti by different players before our officers set foot there,” Interior Minister Kithure Kindiki told a parliamentary committee on Thursday. …
Read More »Ghana: chinese man found dead at Asutaure
A Chinese national was found dead in Asutaure, in the Shai Osuduku district, in the Greater Accra region, Ghana, according to reports. The lifeless body was found after the spillage of the Kpong dam. “The deceased was fishing when he was swept away by the water,” according to Adom News. …
Read More »Sports: the IOC suspends the Russian Olympic committee
The International Olympic Committee suspended the Russian National Olympic Committee (NOC) this Thursday “with immediate effect” for having placed several organizations in occupied Ukrainian regions under its authority, the organization’s spokesperson announced. This decision automatically deprives the Russian body of Olympic funding, but has no consequences on the possible presence …
Read More »Ghana: assailants kill a 33-year-old nurse
A 33-year-old nurse has been allegedly killed by unknown assailants at Atwima Boko in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, according to report. The victim’s husband reported to the police that his wife had not returned home from work the previous day. The police and community members searched for her and found …
Read More »Nigeria: a boy arrested for burying his brother alive
A boy is currently in the custody of the Kogi State Police Command for allegedly burying his younger brother alive in the Adavi Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The suspect carried out the directive of his mother who allegedly asked him to punish his brother for stealing N10,000,” …
Read More »Man executed for murder of 70-year-old woman
A man was executed in Texas, United States, on Tuesday after being sentenced to death for the murder of an elderly woman in 2000. “Jedidiah Murphy, a 48-year-old American, received a lethal injection in a Huntsville prison and was pronounced dead,” the Texas Department of Justice reported. This year, already …
Read More »UN suspends some Congo peacekeepers for sexual abuse
The U.N. peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of Congo announced that it has suspended some of its peacekeepers. “This is in response to reports of serious misconduct,” it said in a statement, adding that it had “zero tolerance for sexual exploitation and abuse”. It did not say how many peacekeepers …
Read More »Father arrested for defiling his 13-year-old daughter
Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 42-year-old man for allegedly defiling his daughter for three years in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, Nigeria. “The man has been defiling the girl since she was 10 years old,” according to reports. The victim’s teachers noticed her strange behaviours …
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