Africa

No fewer than 29 people were killed in a stampede at a church gathering in Monrovia, Liberia's capital on Wednesday night. According to Jalawah Tonpo, the country’s deputy information minister, some other victims of the incident are in…

A Ghanaian woman, Mrs Akweley Koffie has been flown back to her country from Brazil after her son allegedly branded her mad and persistently maltreated her. According to Crime Check TV Ghana who broke the news, the woman returned to…

Four people were reportedly killed during a clash between two rival gangs in Nima, Ghana. The gangs were spotted engaging in a gun battle and knife fight in a disturbing video fast circulating on social media. A swift intervention by…

Police are investigating the mysterious murder of a woman whose body was found in a suitcase dumped outside the General Service Unit (GSU) Recce squad camp at Kimbo area in Ruiru, Kiambu County, Kenya. According to Citizen Digital, Juja…

Villagers in Inyathi’s Village 5 of Zimbabwe, alleged that a mysterious snake is “raping” women, inflicting weak erections on men and stealing their money. They are claiming that the snake belong to a fellow villager who is using it to…

The Head Pastor of the Mega Word Chapel International in Enchi, Kenneth Mensah, has been declared wanted by the Ghana Police Service for allegedly attempting to set a nurse on fire before fleeing with her GH40,000. Divisional Police…

A Pastor at Enlightened Christian Gathering (ECG) church, Eric Bhuka has been shot dead in South Africa while praying at a prayer mountain. The late Eric Bhuka is one of the ECG Pastors owned by controversial Malawian preacher Shepherd…

The suicide note left behind by 26-year-old mother of two, who hanged herself after poisoning her daughters aged 2 and 5 over her husband's infidelity in Katitika village in Gituamba, Muranga County, Kenya, has been revealed. WITHIN…

A middle-aged woman poisoned her two daughters and committed suicide over husband's infidelity at Gituamba village in Gatanga, Murang’a county of Kenya on Sunday morning, January 15. The woman reportedly left behind a suicide note in…

Six Chinese nationals have been arrested by the police for lack of work permits in Imara Daima, Nairobi county of Kenya. The arrest of the six suspects which include four women and two men follows joint efforts by a multi-agency team…

Family of Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has announced the demise of Keita who led the West African country from 2013 until he was ousted in a coup in 2020, died at the age of 76 in the capital Bamako on Sunday. A family…

A flamboyant butcher, Peter Njenga alias Sonko, has been arrested by the police over livestock theft in Kenya. The Directorate of Criminal Investigations - DCI, in a statement on Saturday, said that the butcher who operates a chain of…

A vicious hippopotamus on a lake in Kenya has tragically mauled to death a 54-year-old fisherman. On the evening of January 5, the fisherman named Michael Osano went fishing but failed to return home the same night, with worried family…

A Chinese man identified as "Soldier" was saved from being lynched by residents of Kwahu Apradang in the Eastern region of Ghana after he allegedly shot an eight-year-old boy. The incident reportedly occurred on Wednesday, Jan. 12, while…

A Police Inspector, Davis Simiyu was almost lynched on Wednesday evening, January 12, after he demanded for a bribe that was not forthcoming from a liquor store owner, in Thika’s Runda estate, Kenya. The Directorate of Criminal…

A Zimbabwean man, Ernest Chinuwo, who lives in a dilapidated one-room shack with his nine children, has shockingly disclosed that he wants to double the number of kids he has. Chinuwo lives with his very young family in a rundown,…

A Bishop of  Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) identified as Joel Waweru,has been charged to court for allegedly trying to touch and kiss a woman forcefully, without her consent. On Tuesday January 11, Waweru was arraigned before Kibra Law…

No fewer than eight soldiers have been reportedly arrested in Burkina Faso for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that an ex-army commander, Mohammed Zoungrana who is alleged to have been critical of…

Mali's military ruler, Assimi Goita has disclosed that the country is open dialogue with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in the wake of new sanctions imposed by the regional body. Recall that member nations of the…

A Nigerian rapper, Nicholas Ebanehita Ogbeifun has been arraigned over the murder of another Nigerian man identified simply as Ajence in Johannesburg, South Africa. WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that Ajence was shot and killed in an…

A family of six lost their lives when their vehicle plunged into a river while returning from a wedding on the Kumasi Nkawie Sefwi highways, Ghana. The victims identified as Eunice Maame Fosua, her husband, their child, her mother and…

A police officer, Hassan Mohammed Suleiman has been apprehended by locals in Wajir, Kenya, for reportedly being involved in a violent armed robbery. Suleiman of Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit (CIPU) based in Wajir, was…

Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives have launched a manhunt for 21-year-old Nancy Munjiro, who stabbed her two children, killing one instantly at Kianjogo village in Kahuro, Kenya. The single mother of two boys, aged…

Nigeria's vice president, Yemi Osinbajo has stated that the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) will not accept unconstitutional takeover of power. This was made known on Sunday by Osinbajo in Ghana where he is…

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has imposed economic sanctions on the Republic of Mali. Member countries of the West African bloc took the decision at an extraordinary summit in Accra, Ghana on Sunday. ECOWAS…