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A South African woman is recovering in hospital after being discovered alive in a mortuary fridge. The woman was taken to Carletonville morgue, in Gauteng province, having been declared dead by paramedics following a road accident. Ambulance company Distress Alert said

A Catholic archbishop in Australia has been given a maximum sentence of 12 months in detention for concealing child sexual abuse in the 1970s. Philip Wilson, now archbishop of Adelaide, is the most senior Catholic globally to be convicted of the

Ugandans have taken to Twitter to complain about the imposition of a 200 Uganda shilling [$0.05, £0.04] tax on the use of social media. Some have also used Virtual Private Networks (VPN) to get around paying. Parliament approved the tax in

A fuel-laden tanker has exploded along the Otedola Bridge axis of Berger in Lagos with the blaze engulfing at least 30 other vehicles. The tanker was heading out of Lagos towards the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway when the crash occurred, causing panic and

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, said he suspects a group linked to the former first lady was behind an attempt on his life. Two people died and more than 40 were hurt in an explosion near Mr Mnangagwa at a

Seventeen US states have sued the Trump administration over its “cruel and unlawful” break-up of migrant families. Democratic attorneys general from states including Washington, New York and California launched the lawsuit. The legal action objects to the policy of refusing entry

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed satisfaction with the Ghana government and how it is handling the economy. In a statement to announce the conclusion of its staff visit to Ghana, the team leader Annalisa Fedelino said: “Macroeconomic stabilization is

President Nana Akufo-Addo has disclosed that his net salary is GHS29, 000. He made this known during an address at a meeting with business leaders and entrepreneurs in Accra on Monday, 25 June 2018. After disclosing that he will be making