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By Cherylann Mollan BBC News, Mumbai Parents of school students who were on the boat that capsized in a lake in India’s Gujarat state have alleged that their children were “not given life jackets”. At least 12 pupils and two teachers drowned in the incident, which took place on Thursday in Harni Lake in Vadodara city. Police have arrested two people in ...

By Adedayo Okedare BBC News Yoruba, Ibadan A deadly blast that rocked the Nigerian city of Ibadan overnight was caused by explosives stored by illegal miners, the Oyo state governor has said. Two people were killed and 77 others injured in the explosion that has affected seven suburbs of Nigeria’s third most-populous city. Crowds have thronged the site of the ...

By Kalkidan Yibeltal & Natasha Booty BBC News, Addis Ababa and London More than 200 people have starved to death since July in Edaga Arbi town, in Ethiopia’s drought-hit and war-scarred Tigray region, local authorities say. Another 16 have died in nearby Adwa town. Officials in Tigray warn the region is on the brink of famine on a scale last ...

By Chris Ewokor & Natasha Booty BBC News, Abuja and London Nigeria’s first lady has joined the chorus of voices condemning the killing of a student abducted along with her five sisters, calling it a “devastating loss”. Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, 21, was “super-bright, smart and kind”, her cousin Asiya Adamu told the BBC on Monday. Nabeeha also loved to write poetry ...

By Julius Addae ODURO Cape Verde beat the Black Stars in the ongoing AFCON 2023 group B opener at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium on Sunday, January 14, 2024.The Blue Sharks opened the score on the 17th minutes by Jamiro Monteiro.The Black Stars leveled on the 56th minutes through Alexander Djiku’s header. Cape Verde came back into the game to pick ...

By Julius Addae ODURO Selion Fc on Sunday, January 14,2024 to fight for their first three points of the season as they play African Stars in the central zone of the Volta Regional Football Association division two league at the Ho Sports Stadium at 10:00Am. At 1:00Pm Kpetoe Diamond Fc will seek to maintain their top spot on the table ...

By Julius Addae ODURO The Blacks Stars of Ghana begins their AFCON campaign at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium on Sunday, January 14,2024. The four-time champions are chasing their first AFCON trophy in 41 years. The Black Stars are currently lying 3rd on the medal table with four titles. The West African nation has played in 5 silver medals with one ...

Source: https://bbc.com/africalive Ugandan authorities are holding Kenya’s former Assistant Minister for Internal Security Stephen Tarus on allegations of smuggling gold into the country using forged documents. Mr Tarus was arrested last week and arraigned before a Ugandan anti-corruption court on Wednesday for falsification of export documents, the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) said.  The illegal trade documentation led to substantial financial ...

Ex NewsMore than one hundred learners of Klefe Demete Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) Primary school in Klefe Demete, within the Ho Municipality of the Volta region have been supported with learning materials. Ken Selase Bannor interacting with a pupil The learners received the items which included, exercise books, and pencils on Thursday (11, January 2024).The items were given to the ...

By Moses Kollie Garzeawu BBC News, Monrovia Liberia’s former chief justice and justice minister Gloria Maya Musu-Scott has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of her niece. It marks the fall from grace of one of Liberia’s most famous judges and politicians, who prided herself as a champion of women rights.  Musu-Scott, 70, is now in ...