AFRICA

Two policemen were on Monday, dispatched to their early graves by a tipper truck in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital. The policemen who were on their way to resume duty were killed at Adebayo area of Ado Ekiti metropolis while traveling on a bike along Ado-Ifaki dual carriage way. …

A 25-year-old man who was dancing on top of a trailer slammed into an overpass and died. The unidentified man was knocked off an 18-wheeler on Eastex Freeway in Houston, Texas, around 11.30am on November 10. Footage recorded by a driver shows the man standing on a white truck and dodging …

Nine people from one family including four children, have died in a head-on collision en route to a wedding in Limpopo, South Africa. The Department of Transport and Community Safety, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. The statement said the fatal crash which involved two vehicles …

A woman has been rescued after her husband allegedly detained her in his house for one year with limited food in Nguru town, Yobe State. Sadiya, a mother of four, was allegedly given only kunu – a local drink – to survive on by her husband Ibrahim Yunusa Bature. He claimed he locked …

Senegal’s poster boy, Sadio Mane has been ruled out of the opening Group A match against the Netherlands at the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The former Liverpool star, unfortunately, suffered an injury while in action for Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga encounter against Werder Bremen. Subsequently, he was ruled …

Rwandan president Paul Kagame over the weekend had cause to slam the police for not taking action on a Member of Parliament, MP, who was involved in a drink-driving offence. According to local media reports, the MP was not arrested because he enjoyed ‘immunity,’ as a lawmaker. MP Gamariel Mbonimana, …

The US Department of State is offering a reward for information that would lead to the arrest or disruption of three Al-Shabaab leaders said to be responsible for attacks in Somalia, Kenya and the neighbouring countries. Anyone with information on any of the three could receive a reward of up …

Zambia is seeking answers from Russia over how a government-sponsored nuclear engineering student got killed on the front line in Ukraine. The 23-year-old Lemekhani Nyirenda, was student at the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, but in 2020 he was sentenced to nine years in prison for an unspecified offence. Zambia’s Foreign …

These ethnic communities practice certain traditions that will shock you, Africa is full of bizarre practices some of which are known, and many others that are unknown to the world. Some of these strange customs still exist many years after civilization. These ethnic communities practice certain traditions that will shock …

Police in Busia District in eastern Uganda are hunting for a 20-year-old mother who allegedly buried her 10-month-old son alive after developing a misunderstanding with her boyfriend. Sharon Anyango, a peasant and resident of Luhalali village, Buhehe Sub-county in Busia District allegedly killed her son, Humphrey Bwire on Wednesday, after …