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Nigeria: 5 sentenced to death over ‘witchcraft’ murder
Five men have been sentenced to death by hanging in Nigeria's Kano state for the 2023 murder of a woman they accused of witchcraft.
The convicted men attacked Dahare Abubakar, 67, as she was working on her farm, beating and stabbing her…
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Toddler who has just days to live evacuated for urgent medical care
A Palestinian toddler forced to wait weeks for permission to leave Gaza for life saving medical treatment has finally arrived in Jordan. The girl is now in hospital receiving critical medical treatment.
Two-year-old Habiba al-Askari left…
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El Salvador offers to lock up US criminals in its mega-jail
El Salvador has offered to take in criminals deported from the US, including those with US citizenship, and house them in its mega-jail.
The deal was announced after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Salvadorean President Nayib…
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South Africa Claps Back After Trump Threatens Funding Cuts
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa responded on Monday to US President Donald Trump’s threat to cut off aid over the alleged mistreatment of White farmers, denying Trump’s claim that authorities were “confiscating land.”
“South…
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Australia: Teenage Girl Dies in Shark Attack
A teenage girl has died after being attacked by a shark in Queensland, Australia.
Paramedics responded to reports of a "serious shark bite incident" at Woorim Beach, just north of Brisbane, around 16:45 local time (06:45 GMT) on Monday,…
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Trump Imposes New Tariffs on Mexico, Canada, China
On Saturday, President Donald Trump signed a controversial new policy imposing tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China, which he believes will reduce the flow of drugs and undocumented immigrants into the United States.
The…
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New Ebola Outbreak Alert
Uganda's ministry of health has confirmed a new outbreak of the Ebola virus in the capital, Kampala, with one reported death.
The victim was a 32-year-old male nurse whose symptoms included "high fever, chest pain, and difficulty in…
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20 dies in South Sudan plane crash
A small aircraft carrying oil workers in South Sudan’s Unity State crashed on Wednesday, killing 20 people, an official said.
The plane crashed at the Unity oilfield airport on Wednesday morning as it was heading to the capital Juba,…
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Nigerian extradited to US for alleged sextortion
A Nigerian man has been extradited to the US to face prosecution over alleged sextortion of a minor, which led to the victim’s death.
Hassanbunhussein Abolore Lawal, 24, from Nigeria’s Osun state was flown to the US on Saturday after an…
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258 Ghanaians deported from the US over four years
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported a total of 258 Ghanaian nationals between 2021 and 2024, according to the agency's Enforcement and Removal Operations statistics.
The deportations stemmed from various offences,…
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