A friend of stabbed teenager Kodjo Yenga today told of the events that led to the 16-year-old being killed. The girl, also 16, revealed how a petty squabble over text messages spiralled out of control ...

THE grieving mum of a lad of 16 murdered by schoolchildren sobbed yesterday: "Why did they kill my precious boy?" Ladjua Yenga's son Kodjo was stabbed to death by a 10-strong mob in school uniform ...

Each Monday, the editor of the Observer Magazine holds a features meeting and sketches out the articles that we'll be running that coming Sunday. Last week, as usual, we worked through the list - a ...

Two teenagers found guilty of murdering 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga have been given life sentences. Kodjo was stabbed in the heart in March 2007 after being ambushed by a gang, including two ...

The reason: He was born with a cleft, considered a curse in Ghana. His life was saved by a stroke of luck. The day Kodjo was born four years ago in a small village in eastern Ghana, his mother was ...

Five teenagers have been found guilty of killing 16-year-old schoolboy Kodjo Yenga. The gang, armed with knives, bats and a bull terrier, screamed "kill him" as they ambushed Kodjo last March. One ...

The day Kodjo was born four years ago in a small village in eastern Ghana, his mother was given devastating news: Her baby boy was a river god's son, and the elders of the village said he would need ...