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Kenya rolls out one town, one pub policy

Kenya's deputy president has ordered government administrators in the country's central region to enforce a one-pub-per-town directive that was issued last week. Rigathi Gachagua also...

Ex-student gets 8 years for spying for Chinese government

A former Chicago graduate student was sentenced to eight years in prison Wednesday for spying for the Chinese government by gathering information on scientists...

Dog shoots owner during hunting

A dog stepped on a loaded rifle, fatally shooting a passenger in his owner’s car during a hunting trip in Geuda Springs, Kan., sheriff’s...

Doctor who molested patients convicted of federal sex counts

A gynecologist accused of molesting hundreds of patients during a decadeslong career was convicted of federal sex crime charges Tuesday in a victory for...

Homosexuality not a crime – Pope Francis

Pope Francis criticised laws that criminalize homosexuality as “unjust,” saying God loves all his children just as they are and called on Catholic bishops...

Cough syrups kill 300 children, WHO issues another alert

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a fresh warning to all the countries after finding a possible link between child cough syrup and...

South African student turns down offer to study in U.S., chooses local university

South African student Aphiwe Hlatshwayo has rejected an offer to study in the U.S. on a scholarship. Aphiwe, who achieved six distinctions in her...

North Korea’s secret squad to shoot anyone caught watching pornography

Kim Jong Un's new secret squads will execute anyone viewing pornography under the North Korean dictator's efforts to clamp down on 'foreign influences'. Enforcers are working...

Senegal named true home of jollof rice over Ghana, Nigeria

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has officially recognised Senegal as the origin of Jollof rice, also known as Ceebu jën in...

Arsenal fans arrested in Uganda after celebrating Manchester United victory

At least eight Arsenal fans have been arrested in the Ugandan city of Jinja after celebrating the club's win against Manchester United in the...

Pig kills butcher at slaughterhouse

A butcher died while trying to slaughter a pig in Hong Kong on Friday, the city’s police said. The 61-year-old butcher, who worked in the...

Woman delivers record-breaking giant baby

A woman has given birth to a giant baby weighing 16lb and measuring 2ft tall in Brazil.  Angerson Santos was welcomed into the world via...

Ukraine war: Zelensky adviser says West’s ‘indecision’ is killing Ukrainians

An adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that the West’s “indecision” over sending extra weapons to Ukraine is “killing more of our people”. “Every...

Ghanaian nurses in Belfast dance in snow as they see it for the very first time

Adwoa, Freda and Richmond, who work at Kingsbridge Private Hospital on Belfast’s Lisburn Road, experienced the wonder of winter earlier this week with the arrival...

British Prime Minister fined for not wearing seat belt

British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak has been fined for not wearing a seat belt in a moving car while filming a social media video. Lancashire...

Girl, 8, meant to inherit a $61m diamond business in India renounces her fortune to become a nun

An eight-year-old diamond heiress in India gave up her fortune this week to become a nun under the Jain faith. Devanshi Sanghvi stood to inherit...

Nigeria elections 2023: How influencers are secretly paid by political parties

A BBC investigation has discovered that political parties in Nigeria are secretly paying social media influencers to spread disinformation about their opponents ahead of...

Illinois Legislative Black Caucus apt to bridge gap via business, tourism after visit to Ghana [Video]

The Black Caucus Education and Exploration Tour 2023 had executive members of the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation (ILBCF) visiting Ghana as part of...

Aid groups urge debt cancellation to ease Ghana’s economic woes

More than two dozen aid and campaign groups have called for international creditors to cancel a large portion of Ghana’s debts as it struggles...

BBC renders apology after sex noises heard during FA Cup coverage

The BBC has apologised after sexual noises interrupted live television coverage of the FA Cup. Moaning was heard while Gary Lineker presented the third-round replay...

Ukraine crash: Ministers killed as helicopter comes down near nursery

Eighteen people have been killed, including Ukraine’s Interior Affairs Minister, after a helicopter crashed beside a kindergarten in an eastern suburb of the capital...

Man going through divorce rams truck into wife’s home [Video]

An estranged husband whose wife says they are going through a divorce was captured on camera repeatedly ramming a dump truck into his partner’s...

Kenya’s president alleges plot to kill electoral chief in last polls

Kenya’s President William Ruto has made sensational accusations of a plot to abduct and kill the head of the electoral commission in the run-up...

Biden reaches a vital new tipping point on Ukraine

The West has reached its latest fateful crossroads over Ukraine. Looming decisions on deepening support for Kyiv’s fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s onslaught have been...

Murdered Kenyan LGBTQ activist buried

The funeral of Kenyan LGBTQ activist Edwin Chiloba, who was smothered to death in a killing that caused outrage, is taking place at his...

China’s population falls for the first time since 1961

China’s population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low – 6.77 births per...

Woman’s head found in shower after decapitation by her husband

The Texas woman who was allegedly decapitated by her husband was found in a pool of blood near the couple’s bed — and her head was...

Taliban buys blue ticks on Twitter

The Taliban have started using Twitter's paid-for verification feature, meaning some now have blue ticks on their accounts. Previously, the blue tick indicated "active, notable,...

AA investigates after two planes nearly collide on JFK runway

US officials have launched an investigation after two planes full of passengers almost collided at a New York airport last week. The close call happened...

Survivor of 2005 Ghanaians’ massacre testifies at German court

A survivor of the 2005 Ghanaians massacre in Gambia, Martin Kyere, is set to testify in a German court this week. This follows the arrest...

About 20 dead after Russia fires new waves of missiles at Ukraine

Russia launched fresh waves of missile attacks across Ukraine on Saturday, killing at least 20 people in a strike on an apartment block in...

Ghanaian-American soldier allegedly killed by colleague during altercation

A soldier assigned to Fort Rucker, Alabama, was arrested Tuesday after brutally attacking a fellow soldier, officials told Army Times in a Wednesday afternoon...

Family would never forgive me if I told all – Prince Harry

Prince Harry claims he had enough material for “two books”, and did not include some things in his memoir because his father and brother...

The royal tragedy at the heart of ‘Spare’

Maybe “Megxit” was never about Meghan Markle. Maybe it was always driven by Prince Harry, who, in his American wife, found the much-needed catalyst to leave...

Second potentially habitable Earth-size planet found orbiting nearby star

A NASA mission has spottedan Earth-size exoplanet orbiting a small star about 100 light-years away. The planet, named TOI 700 e, is likely rocky and...

Married Zimbabwe cricket coaches die three weeks apart

Cricket in Zimbabwe is mourning the death of two married national team coaches who passed away within weeks of each other. The couple are survived...

Nigeria rule on unmarried pregnant officers quashed

A Nigerian court has struck out a police regulation that forbids unmarried female officers from getting pregnant, local media report. In a landmark judgment, a...

Akufo-Addo receives Harvard students at Jubilee House

President Nana Akufo-Addo has said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme Ghana has opted for will boost investor confidence in the country. He has...

Five dead; 13 injured after man drives into crowd

Chinese police have arrested a man who drove a car into pedestrians in Guangzhou, killing five people and injuring 13 others. The incident has...

Four police officers caught on CCTV camera attempting to rob businessmen

A Kenyan media outlet has shared camera footage of the moment four police officers allegedly attempted to rob two people of 2m Kenyan shillings...