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At least 39 people have been killed in an oil tanker explosion in Nigeria’s central Niger state after the vehicle skidded off the road and crashed, spilling fuel.   Another 60 people with varying degrees of injuries are currently receiving treatment at a hospital. Villagers rushed to collect fuel from …

At least 19 people have died and 164 were injured after a Bangladeshi air force training jet crashed into a school campus in the capital, Dhaka. Footage from Milestone School and College in the northern suburb of Uttara shows a huge fire and thick smoke after the aircraft slammed into …

Ten people have been killed in a school shooting in the Austrian city of Graz, police have said. The incident took place at a secondary school in the northwest of the city. Six females and three males were killed in the attack, according to the Interior Minister. Police said the …

Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of imprisoned journalists in his first address to members of the media at the Vatican. He expressed solidarity with journalists who were jailed “for seeking and reporting the truth” and said their suffering “challenges the conscience of nations and the international community”. …

Burkina Faso’s military government has said it foiled a “major plot” to overthrow junta leader Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, with the army alleging the plotters were based in neighboring Ivory Coast. Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said the coup attempt was led by current and former soldiers working with “terrorist leaders.” The …

The president of the Czech Republic, Petr Pavel, has strongly criticised the United States for imposing sweeping tariffs on African countries, including Ghana, without prior consultation or negotiation. He described the move as “brutal” and “unfortunate,” calling for a return to multilateral, rule-based trade discussions. Speaking during a joint press …

Torrential rains and floods have killed at least 33 people in Kinshasa – the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo – according to officials. “The republic will not abandon you,” President Félix Tshisekedi promised victims on Monday, saying he had called a government crisis meeting. Desperate residents are trying …

  A 14-year-old boy has lost a court case he brought against his parents after they moved him from London to Ghana to go to boarding school.   The boy, described in court as shy, articulate, a keen cook, and a footballer, said his parents had tricked him into going …

Delta Air Lines is offering US$30,000 to each person on board a plane that crash-landed in Toronto on Monday – all of whom survived.   As it landed in the Canadian city, the plane skidded along the runway in flames before flipping over and coming to a halt upside down. …

A man who murdered his partner’s 22-month-old son has been jailed for at least 25 years. Christopher Stockton, 38, claimed Charlie Roberts choked on a biscuit at their Darlington home in January 2024, but doctors quickly deduced the toddler had been fatally shaken. Stockton was jailed for life with a …