Category: World
Hong Kong: Fire rips tower blocks in Tai Po, 55 killed, hundreds missing
Fire tore through the Wang Fuk Court housing estate in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district on Wednesday, becoming the city’s deadliest blaze in decades.
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Soldiers seize power in Guinea-Bissau and detain president Umaro Sissoco Embaló
Gunfire crackled around Bissau as a group of military officers announced they had seized “total control” of Guinea-Bissau, closing all borders and hal [...]
Fugitive Nigerian murderer arrested in Akyem Wenchi
The Eastern South Regional Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 26-year-old Nigerian national who fled to Ghana after allegedly murdering a wo [...]
Cameroon’s opposition leader in The Gambia after fleeing for his safety
Cameroonian opposition leader Issa Tchiroma Bakary, who is contesting the outcome of the presidential election, has fled to The Gambia for his safety, [...]
Pupils abducted from Catholic school in fresh Nigeria attack
An unknown number of pupils have been abducted by armed men from a Catholic school in central Nigeria, the second mass school kidnapping this week.
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GHS on high alert amid Marburg virus outbreak in Ethiopia
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has intensified preparedness efforts following the recent outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) in Ethiopia, highligh [...]
Ethiopia receives historic artefacts held in Germany for 100 years
Twelve historical artefacts have been formally returned to Ethiopia after being kept by a German family for more than 100 years.
The artefacts, ori [...]
Otumfuo calls for stronger Africa–Caribbean economic alliance
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has renewed calls for a stronger and more deliberate economic alliance between Africa and the Caribbean, urging [...]
Armed men kidnap 25 students in north-west Nigeria, killing one teacher
Armed men stormed a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria and abducted 25 students in a pre-dawn raid, leaving the community reeling after a night o [...]
Tanzania president promises probe into election protest deaths
Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced an official investigation into the unrest that broke out during election week, following accusa [...]