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Father of Ghanaian female singer killed in the US breaks silence

The father of Ghanaian-American gospel musician, Britney Boateng, Ernest Boateng, has spoken out for the first time following the death of his daughter. Speaking in...

Court blocks Elon Musk from firing top Twitter executive

A court in Ireland has blocked billionaire Twitter CEO Elon Musk from firing a top employee of the company. Ireland’s High Court granted an injunction to...

Comoros ex-president sentenced to life in prison for treason

A court in Comoros has handed down a life sentence for high treason to former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi. He was convicted of selling passports...

Ghana wins appeal in Norway case

The Oslo Court of Appeal has in a unanimous decision dismissed an appeal filed by Jongsbru AS, the sellers of a property identified by...

Squid Game actor O Yeong-su charged with sexual misconduct

Squid Game actor O Yeong-su has been charged with sexual misconduct, South Korean judicial officials say. The 78-year-old is accused of touching a woman inappropriately...

All the beautiful pictures, videos from Rita Dominic’s white wedding in England

Nigerian actress, Rita Dominic and founder of Folio Media Group, Dr Fidelis Anosike, have tied the knot in the presence of family and friends...

Naked volunteers pose for Tunick artwork on Bondi Beach

Some 2,500 naked volunteers have posed in the early morning light on Sydney’s Bondi Beach for an artwork designed to raise awareness of skin...

Indonesian woman’s body found inside python, say reports

A woman in Indonesia’s Jambi province was killed and swallowed whole by a python, according to local reports.  Jahrah, a rubber-tapper reportedly in her 50s,...

South Africa police investigate killing of Zulu king’s ally

Police in South Africa are investigating two murder cases after an ally of King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini and a bodyguard were shot dead. Prince Mbongiseni...

Relationship allowance debated at Namibia’s men’s conference

Namibians have been reacting to a recommendation of the recent National Men’s Conference where what’s called a “girlfriend allowance” – a form of financial...

Rats blamed for eating 500 kilograms of marijuana seized by Indian police

Rats in northern India have been accused of eating hundreds of kilograms of marijuana seized from drug dealers and stored in police warehouses. “Rats are...

Here’s why Morgan Freeman wore gloves in Qatar World Cup opening ceremony

World Cup fans noticed that Morgan Freeman was wearing a glove - but didn't know that the Hollywood actor was the victim of a...

Boy, 5, rescued from python by dad and elderly grandad

A five-year-old Australian boy has survived being bitten, constricted and dragged into a swimming pool by a python about three times his size. Beau Blake...

Kanye West announces 2024 presidential bid

Rapper Kanye West has said he intends to run for US president in 2024, despite facing several scandals over his recent behaviour. The star, who...

Notorious Kenya policeman to be charged with murder

A Kenyan policeman who gained notoriety after mobile phone footage showed him gunning down two men in 2017 is to be charged with murder. Kenya’s...

Donald Trump sued as New York Adult Survivors Act takes effect

Writer E Jean Carroll has sued Donald Trump in the US state of New York for allegedly raping her in the 1990s. Ms Carroll is...

Here is how much Morgan Freeman is worth now

American actor Morgan Freeman hit global headlines when he headlined the opening ceremony of the Qatar 2022 World Cup on Sunday. The veteran Hollywood...

Newborn baby killed in Russia strike at Ukraine hospital

A newborn baby has been killed in a Russian missile strike on a maternity unit in Ukraine’s southern Zaporizhzhia region, emergency services say. The baby’s...

Mob kills patient inside ambulance

A South African mob attacked and killed a patient in an ambulance on suspicion of committing a crime, according to the Gauteng province health...

Man kills up to 10 in Virginia Walmart store

A gunman has killed up to 10 people in a Walmart supermarket in Chesapeake, in the US state of Virginia, police say. A man believed,...

Twins born from embryos frozen 30 years ago

Twin babies have been born in the US state of Tennessee from embryos frozen more than 30 years ago. It is believed to be a...

Canada: Why the country wants to bring in 1.5m immigrants by 2025

Canada is betting big on immigration to fill the gap in its economy left by ageing Baby Boomers leaving the workforce - but not...

Teacher’s aide arrested for sex with student 2 weeks after starting job

Granite Public Schools’ Superintendent Missy Berry has confirmed a woman charged last week for reportedly having sex with a 16-year-old student did work for...

Rugby player ‘terrified’ he would die after an injury is found dead at home

A young rugby player who was "terrified" of dying after suffering a concussion during a match tragically took his own life at home earlier this year,...

South Africa’s ex-President Jacob Zuma ordered to return to jail

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...

Three dogs burnt to death after attacking child

Members of a community in Cape Town, South Africa, stoned to death and then burnt three pit bulldogs who had attacked a young girl. The...

Students injured after science experiment goes wrong

Multiple students in a primary school in the Australian city of Sydney have been injured after a classroom science experiment went wrong. Reports say...

Elon Musk lifts Donald Trump’s Twitter ban

Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has said Donald Trump’s account has been reinstated after running a poll in which users narrowly backed the move. “The...

135-year-old message in a bottle found under floorboards

A plumber could not believe his eyes when he cut a hole in floorboards in an Edinburgh house and found a bottle containing a...

Forbes richest self-made billionaire jailed 11 years for fraud

Elizabeth Holmes, 38, who was once described by Forbes as one of the richest Self-made billionaires in America, has been sentenced to 11 years...

#Qatar2022: This new luxury cruise ship is a floating hotel for the World Cup

The World Cup is never without its share of spectacle, and now there’s a new luxury cruise ship on hand to kick off the...

Ghana denies issuing advisory against travel to Abuja

Ghana has denied issuing a travel advisory against non-essential travel to Abuja, the capital of Nigeria. The advisory circulating Wednesday (November 16, 2022) and bearing...

Pilot hangs out of cockpit window to retrieve passenger’s phone

Accidentally leaving your smartphone behind at home is one thing, but leaving it at an airport shortly before you’re about to board a flight...

Twitter hit with mass resignations after Elon Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum

Elon Musk is now facing a new crisis at Twitter as a wave of employees seemed to reject his ultimatum of an “extremely hardcore”...

‘Gogo’ Priscilla – world’s ‘oldest pupil’ dies at 100

Kenya’s Priscilla Sitienei, who was thought to be the world’s oldest school pupil has died peacefully at home at the age of 100. “Gogo”, which...

TV cult preacher jailed for 8,658 years in Turkey

A court in Turkey has sentenced a televangelist, who surrounded himself with young women he referred to as his “kittens”, to 8,658 years in...

World population hits 8 billion; UN report says

Until 1804, fewer than one billion people roamed our planet. More than a century later, in 1927, we crossed two billion. Since then, the world...

Man sentenced to life in prison for killing 6 at Christmas parade

A judge sentenced a man who killed six people and injured many others when he drove his SUV through a Christmas parade in suburban Milwaukee to...

US midterms: Republicans narrowly win back the House

Republicans have secured the 218 seats needed for a majority in the lower chamber of Congress a week after the midterm elections, the BBC’s...

Akufo-Addo meets King Charles [Photo]

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, November 15, met with King Charles III of England. The meeting, which took place at the Windsor Castle,...