AFRICA

Muhammad Adulganiyu and Ma’arufat Ibrahim’s three-month-old marriage was dissolved by a Magaji-Gari, Kaduna court. The husband, Muhammad Adulganiyu, reportedly claimed that his wife had abandoned their marital residence without explanation. “I tried my best to provide for her, but she and her mother do not appreciate my efforts, and we’ve …

The Makaza family were shocked to find their grandmother’s coffin dug out and deposit in an open place in the Ofzi cemetery. The family said they buried their late grandmother, who was 98, two weeks ago after her death from diabetes and asthma. It has been reported that residents have …

Two car bombs killed several people and flattened houses in central Somalia’s Hiraan region on Wednesday, security officials and witnesses said. “We were awoken this morning by two huge explosions,” Ahmed Nur, a local elder, told Reuters. “We have seen many houses leveled to the ground. At least 10 people …

Twenty-eight bodies have been found in northwest Burkina Faso over the weekend, the government said, noting an investigation was underway as speculation grows over who may be responsible. “The government was informed of an incident at Nouna … during the night of December 30-31,” a government statement said late on …

Kingstone from Nairobi said that he joined Illuminati to kill his wife after he caught her cheating with her boss. He was born in western Kenya and grew up there. After he finished high school, he moved to Nairobi and went to college there. After he finished school, he met …

In surprising news, two brave teenagers from Zimbabwe fought off a charging lion bare-handed while protecting the cattle they were herding. The two teenagers, Khulekani Ndlovu (16) and Njabulo Ncube (17), walked away with relatively minor injuries after the death-defying encounter with the lioness. According to the daily publication The …

The male lawmakers attacked Amy Ndiaye after she criticised an opposition religious figure. The judge also ordered Mamadou Niang and Massata Samb to pay Ms Ndiaye five million CFA francs ($8,100; £6,750) in compensation. In a video widely shared online, Mr Samb is seen walking towards Ms Ndiaye and slapping …

Suleiman, a young man, has asked God to take his life because of the pain in his body. He is sick with a disease no one knows about. Suleiman, a 27-year-old man, says that he started to feel pain in his chest and had wounds that started to get worse. …

A woman in India is asking for help after growing horn-like features on her head that have left her in ‘unbearable pain’.   Mimiya Bai says doctors are ‘puzzled’ with her condition, which began three years ago. Now aged 60, Bai is waiting for treatment and is in consultation with …

When I heard rumours of a new contender for the world’s tallest man in northern Ghana, I set out to find out if it was true. The only problem? Measuring him. A local hospital in northern Ghana told 29-year-old Sulemana Abdul Samed during one of his recent check-ups that he …