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A 45-year-old police inspector has been killed by some commercial motorcyclists in Ogwashi-Uku, the Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria. “The inspector was on his way to church with his wife and three children when a commercial motorcyclist hit his vehicle from behind,” the deceased brother said. …

Italian police announced on Tuesday the arrest in Milan of two men suspected of financing the Islamic State (IS) organization and disseminating jihadist propaganda. The two men, an Egyptian and an Italian of Egyptian origin, are suspected of “participation, association and incitement to commit a crime for the purposes of …

A Somali TV journalist was on Monday killed in a suicide bombing at a restaurant in the capital, Mogadishu, police have said. Abdifatah Moalim Nur, alias Qeys, who worked for Somali Cable Television, died in the explosion at Blue Sky restaurant near the presidential palace and national museum. In a …

Kenyan marathon runner Titus Ekiru has received a 10-year ban for doping and tampering. One of his positive tests was taken at the Milan Marathon in 2021, which he won in a time of two hours, two minutes and 57 seconds. That time would currently rank him the seventh-fastest marathon …

A woman has been arrested for pouring hot water on her husband following a domestic dispute in Agbonchia community, Eleme Local Government Area of the state, Nigeria. “The woman had accused her husband of not giving her N15,000 shared between them and their children leading to a heated argument,” according …

Ugandan police foiled a bomb attack on churches by a notorious Islamist militant group, President Yoweri Museveni has said. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) were on Sunday planning to plant two bombs in churches in Kibibi, about 50 km (30 miles) from the capital Kampala, Mr Museveni wrote on X, …

A lifeless male body has been discovered floating on the Volta Lake at Asutuare in the Shai-Osudoku District of the Greater Accra region, Ghana. “The man went fishing on the lake or went to work on his tilapia farm and got drowned due to the heavy spillage of the Akosombo …

The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Sunday called on Hamas to release all Israeli “civilian hostages”, while declaring himself “very concerned” about Israeli bombings against “Palestinian civilians” in the Gaza strip. “Innocent civilians and children are paying the price,” he warned from Manila, at the …

A pastor and three other people were arrested in possession of a human skull in the Saje district of Abeokuta, the capital of Ogun State, Nigeria. “The suspects claimed they had intended to use the skull for rituals,” according to reports. “The arrest was made following a tip-off from members …

At least four children have died in Burundi after a church collapsed during a storm, state media reported. According to state media, 15 others were injured in the incident early on Sunday. The south of the country – where the church is located – had been hit by strong winds …