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Fuel tanker explodes; at least 13 killed

At least 13 people were killed when a petrol tanker overturned and caught fire in western Kenya over the weekend. The truck collided with another...

Man plays ‘football’ with bundles of cash at mother’s funeral [Video]

Nigerian businessman, Obi Cubana, has been trending over the weekend on social media after his friends presented 246 cows to him during his mother's...

Reporters Without Borders calls for prosecution of Kennedy Agyapong

Reporters Without Borders has urged Ghanaian authorities to prosecute Assin Central Member of Parliament (MP), Kennedy Agyapong, for threatening a journalist with The Multimedia...

WhatsApp to let users message without their phones

WhatsApp is testing a new feature that will let people message without using their phone for the first time. At present, WhatsApp is linked to...

Cocaine disguised as charcoal worth up to $41 million seized by police

Cocaine disguised as charcoal with a potential street value of up to 35 million euros ($41.4 million) has been seized in a joint operation...

Pirates on rampage in Gulf of Guinea – Abducts Ghanaian fishing vessel crew

Pirates have abducted nine crew members of Ghanaian-registered fishing vessels in separate attacks off the Gulf of Guinea. Five abductees in the first attack have...

‘Virginity-repair’ surgery set to be banned

Virginity testing, where women are examined to see if their hymen is intact, and repair surgery are set to be outlawed in England and...

Haiti First lady breaks silence, gives details of assassination

The wife of assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moise has spoken for the first time since gunmen stormed the couple’s home in Port-au-Prince, saying the attack that...

No-stress scripture: Nigerian Christians embrace Pidgin Bible

At the Heavenly Citizen's Church in Lagos, the pastor and congregation have adopted a new tool to help them understand Christian scripture: the first...

At least 33 killed as heavy rains batter western Germany [Photos]

At least 33 people have died and dozens are missing, according to regional officials, after heavy rains triggered flash floods in parts of Germany,...

Covid in Namibia: ‘Fifteen of my relatives have died’

Former Namibian football star Marley Ngarizemo has lost 15 relatives including his father, brother, sister-in-law and an aunt since the third wave of Covid...

Rapper shot in his car while doing Instagram live stream

Los Angeles-based rapper, Indian Red Boy, was ambushed and shot dead in front of horrified viewers while doing an Instagram Live chat. The rapper, whose...

Three-headed baby hailed as incarnation of God [Photos]

A baby born with three heads has attracted pilgrims who refer to the child as an incarnation of God. Strangers in India have reportedly been making pilgrimages...

Pope Francis leaves hospital after undergoing surgery

Pope Francis was discharged from Gemelli University Hospital in Rome on Wednesday, 10 days after undergoing surgery for colon diverticulitis. In response to questions from journalists,...

Influencer, 32, dies after falling off waterfall while taking selfie

Instagram influencer, Sofia Cheung, username @hike.sofi, recently died after falling 16 feet off a cliff in Hong Kong on July 10th. Her latest Instagram post...

Buhari to get US$11.6M for monitoring of WhatsApp, phone calls

The Nigerian Senate has approved N4.8 billion (equivalent to US$11.6 million) to be allocated to the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) for the monitoring of...

At least 45 dead in South Africa riots after jailing of ex-president

At least 45 people have now died in the violence that has been engulfing parts of South Africa since the jailing of former President...

Six dead as pro-Jacob Zuma protests intensify in South Africa

Six people have so far been confirmed dead amid #FreeZuma protests in South Africa, where the army has been deployed to quell tension. The protests...

Rare photos reveal what the interior of aeroplane looked like in 1930

Only the rich and famous flew in the 1930s, but while it looked glamorous the planes were cold, loud and often dropped hundreds of...

Nigeria stun US basketball team after winning pre-Olympic friendly game [Video]

Nigeria has pulled off one of the greatest upsets in international basketball history by stunning the United States in an Olympic exhibition game in...

Haiti President’s widow speaks for first time

The injured widow of Haiti's president has described the moment assassins "riddled" her husband with bullets after bursting into their home in the middle...

Lightning strike kills 16 selfie-taking people

Some 16 people have reportedly been killed by lightning strike in India. Many others have reportedly been injured in the lightning strike in Jaipur in...

Checkout TB Joshua’s final resting place [Photos]

Popular Nigerian televangelist TB Joshua has been buried in Lagos after a week of funeral rites. He was buried at the church’s premises after an...

COVID-19: Nigeria records first confirmed case of deadly Delta variant

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2. A statement released...

New York train station flooded

Heavy rains continued to spill through New York, New Jersey and Connecticut on Friday as Tropical Storm Elsa made its way up the Northeast...

Waitress loses job after being sent home for ‘ugly and inappropriate’ top

A waitress claims she was sent home for wearing an "ugly and inappropriate" top to work - and then lost her job when she...

2 US citizens among group held over killing of Haiti President

Two US citizens are among 28 people detained over the assassination of Haiti’s president, the chief of national police has said. Jovenel Moise, 53, was shot...

Woman crushed to death while celebrating birthday in a nightclub

A woman was crushed to death by a giant karaoke television screen while celebrating her birthday in a Russian nightclub. Tatiana Pokhorenko, 35, died on...

Biden defends decision to end Afghan military operation

US President Joe Biden has defended his decision to withdraw military forces from Afghanistan, saying that US operations will end on 31 August. The fourth...

Meet man with ‘world’s longest tongue’

A man has broken a record for having the 'world’s longest tongue". Praveen, from Tamil Nadu, made it to India’s Book of Records after stretching...

Pastor Chris to hold healing crusade on TB Joshua’s funeral date

Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, Founder and President of Christ Embassy church, is set to hold a three-day healing programme ‘Healing Streams With Pastor Chris’ from...

Haitian First Lady in critical condition after husband’s assassination

Haitian first lady Martine Moïse will be treated at a hospital in Miami following an attack on Wednesday morning in which her husband, Haitian...

Thief leaves emotional apology note after stealing from policeman [Photo]

A thief in Madhya Pradesh's Bhind city stole valuables from the home of a policeman and left behind a note of apology to the...

Brand influencers to face jail over edited photos

Influencers in Norway will soon have to label any photo they post on social media which has been retouched. The new regulation comes as an...

South African police plan to arrest ex-President Zuma

South African police plan to arrest former President Jacob Zuma by midnight on Wednesday, in the absence of any further instruction from the Constitutional...

Soldier kicked out of military for stealing colleague’s ATM card

A British Army soldier has been kicked out the military after nicking a colleague's bank card - to buy FIFA points for his Xbox. Private Lewis Billam...

Jamaica to petition Queen Elizabeth for compensation

Jamaica will demand slavery reparations from the Queen as former colony's government is set to petition Her Majesty for compensation to all its citizens. Jamaica...

President assassinated at home

Haiti's President, Jovenel Moïse, has been killed in an attack in his home in the nation's capital, according to the country's interim Prime Minister. Claude...

Man bitten by python while sitting on the toilet

A 65-year-old man was left with minor injuries after a reticulated python bit him while he was sitting on the toilet. He was said to...

Covid-19: UK to scrap wearing of face masks, distancing rules

Face masks will no longer be legally required and distancing rules will be scrapped at the final stage of England’s Covid-19 lockdown roadmap, Boris...