Tag Archives: en.africatopsuccess

More than one in four children under the age of 5 in the world live in “severe food poverty”, or more than 180 million children who risk serious after-effects due to lack of a nutritious and diversified diet, Unicef warns. A “shocking” number of children “survive on a very poor …

A 54-year-old man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for attempting to sexually assault a 13-year-old girl in Ikeja, Lagos State, Nigeria. The convict pleaded guilty to the charge brought against him by the Lagos State Government and was sentenced accordingly. “The convict attempted to penetrate the victim’s …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old woman who was captured maltreating a female child in a viral video in Nigeria. Before her arrest, an X.com user had shared the video asking for help rescuing a female child who was being maltreated. A voice in the video condemned …

A Senegalese court has jailed two men for “spreading false news” after they accused Prime minister Ousmane Sonko of tolerating homosexuality. Activist Bah Diakhate and Imam Cheikh Ahmed Tidiane Ndao were jailed for three months and fined 100,000 CFA francs ($165, £130) each. They were arrested two weeks ago after …

Dozens of gold miners are trapped underground after a mine collapsed in central Nigeria’s Niger state, local media reported. The incident happened on Monday after heavy rainfall in Niger state but news was slow to emerge because of the country’s general strike, which was called off on Tuesday. Niger State …

In the Zaria region of Kaduna state, Nigeria, a young bride was said to have cut off her 40-year-old husband’s manhood for no reason at all. “The incident happened after the husband returned from the mosque where he observed the early morning Muslim prayers,” according too reports. The victim explained, …

A married woman has been arrested for stealing a week-old baby from Zebilla District Hospital after faking her pregnancy in Bawku West District, Upper East Region, Ghana. The suspect was arrested upon a tip-off from a local chief in the area. “She had stolen the baby at the blind side …

An American citizen was found guilty of the femicide in 2023 of a locally renowned Colombian DJ, whose body was found in a trash can in the capital, Bogota. He was sentenced this Tuesday, June 4, to more than 42 years in prison. “A prosecutor (…) demonstrated during the proceedings …

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday it was “very concerned” by the tightening of American immigration policy, announced earlier by President Joe Biden, urging Washington to reconsider its decisions. President Biden, campaigning for his re-election, signed an executive order that will prevent migrants who entered …

Nigeria’s trade unions have suspended a general strike by workers that has brought economic activity to a halt this week. The decision comes after the government promised to increase the national minimum wage to at least 60,000 naira ($40) a month. This falls below the $330 that unions have been …