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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has approved a resolution on religious hatred and bigotry in the wake of a Quran-burning stunt in Sweden that led to protests across the Muslim world. The motion passed on Wednesday, but was opposed by the United States and the European Union, which …

Ghana’s former First Lady, Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has recalled the initial moments of the overthrow of the country’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah. Having been a student of Achimota School at the time, Nana Konadu wrote in her book, It Takes A Woman, that among the things that shocked her, was the burning …

A 24-year-old woman suspected to have set ablaze an apartment in Kampala, Uganda, killing two people has been charged in court and remanded to prison. Susan Kaitesi was arraigned before Nabweru Chief Magistrate?s Court and charged with two counts of murder and another count of arson. She?s accused of burning …

The  Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has cautioned the public to refrain from burning rubbish indiscriminately during the harmattan season.   According to the service, nonselective   flaming of backyard debris increases the risk of major fire outbreaks especially in dry seasons.   Head of Public Affairs for GNFS, ACFO Timothy Osafo Afum …

  The police in Adamawa state have arrested four men for allegedly lynching a woman, Martha Mamman, over claims she was a witch in the Michika area of Adamawa State on December 4. The suspects identified as James Dogara, 34; Emma Pious, 22; Irmiya Joshua, 22; and Sini James, 22, …

A California man has been arrested for allegedly stabbing to death his heavily pregnant sister and setting her body on fire just days after her baby shower, police said. The Fresno Police Department on Wednesday, Dec. 14, announced the arrest of 41-year-old Aaron Dudley for the killings of 26-year-old N’kya …

Ghanaian socialite, Richard Brown, known widely as ‘Osebo the Zaraman’, has shared on social media that he nearly lost his life and that of his child when his vehicle burst into flames and was consumed totally. In a Facebook post, ‘Osebo the Zaraman’ unveiled that he was thankful to God …

A 29-year-old nursing mother from Oforikurom, a town near Samreboi in the Wassa Amenfi West Municipality, has been arrested for burning her four-year-old daughter’s lower area for misplacing her sandals worth GH₵8. According to the assembly member, Azure Suleman, the woman was allegedly punishing her child for misplacing her sandals …

A 14-year-old boy has been praised for quickly rescuing a mother and her child from a burning house in Taifa. According to the ‘heroic’ rescuer, he was watching over his mother’s hairdressing salon when he heard cries for help and therefore sprang into action. The teenager, identified as Henry Laryea …

The police at Yamfo in the Tano North District of the Ahafo Region have arrested a 32-year-old woman, Stella Owusu, for using a hot iron to burn her seven-year-old son’s thumbs to stop him from sucking them. After the wicked act, she went further to use a razor blade to inflict …