The 3 major news stories this Thursday, October 15, 2026

In Batsinglah, in the Menoua department, a transport operator from Dschang was allegedly killed with an axe by his son while he slept; the circumstances have not been officially confirmed. In Dangbo, Benin, a trader was fatally attacked with a bladed weapon by her twin brother, whom she had supported financially since his release from prison; an argument over a request for money may have led to the attack. In Ghana, 87-year-old Yaw Gahornu was sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment with hard labor for sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl in Ofankor.