Ngabi Dora Tue, consumed by grief, was barely able to stand on her own. The coffin of her husband, Johnson Mabia, sat amid a crowd of stricken mourners in Limbe in Cameroon’s South-West region – an area that had witnessed scenes like this many times before. While on a work trip, Johnson – an English-speaking civil servant – and five colleagues were captured by armed separatists. The militants were – and still are – fighting for the independence of Cameroon’s two anglophone regions in what is a predominantly francophone country. A near-decade-long conflict that has led to thousands of deaths...

A Japanese plane headed from Tokyo to Texas had to make an emergency landing after a passenger tried to open one of its doors during the flight. All Nippon Airways (ANA) Flight 114 was diverted to Seattle hours after taking off on Saturday “due to an unruly passenger”, the airline said. Port of Seattle police told media they had been notified of a man who “attempted to open exit doors during the flight”. The man, who was not identified, was “having a medical crisis” and had to be restrained by other passengers and flight crew, police said. He was later...

It was shortly after Moscow annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 that Sergei and Tatyana Voronkov decided they would leave Russia. The couple, who had long been critical of Vladimir Putin, had condemned the actions of Russia to friends and acquaintances. In response, they were told that if they didn’t like it they could leave. So the couple, both Russian citizens, decided to relocate to Ukraine, where Tatyana was born. In 2019 they eventually settled in Novolyubymivka, a village of about 300 people in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region. The couple got four dogs and started raising livestock, while Sergei, 55,...

An Australian state government is banning the sale of machetes after a violent gang fight in a suburban shopping mall injured a young man. Victoria Premier Jacinta Allan announced Monday the ban on the sale of large knives would take effect Wednesday after machete-wielding gang members clashed at a Melbourne mall on Sunday afternoon. A 20-year-old man was seriously injured in the fight that involved eight combatants armed with machetes, a police statement said. Four suspects had been arrested and charged by Monday. “I will introduce as many laws (as needed) to get these dangerous knives off the streets,” Allan told reporters. “We will...

The National Council of Women Societies (NCWS) is calling on the Kebbi State Government to take bold legislative steps to ban street hawking by young girls, describing the practice as a threat to girl-child development, education, and safety. State President of the council, Hajiya Hadiza Muhammed Kola, raised alarm over the increasing number of girl children hawking on the streets, warning that the practice exposes them to risks such as sexual exploitation, early sex-for-money transactions, and other forms of abuse. “It is troubling that young girls are left to roam the streets in the name of supporting their families. In...