Seven people, including armed robbers and a National Democratic Congress chairman, have been shot dead at Tatale in the Northern region in a gun battle that foiled a robbery attack Sunday evening....
The Ghana Prisons Service is pushing for the creation of a separate ministry to take care of the Service and also tackle challenges confronting prisoners. The Prisons Service is currently under the...
A 23-year-old Indian woman has cut off the genitals of a Hindu religious teacher in the southern state of Kerala, claiming he raped her for years. Police said the suspect, named as Gangeshananda...
Sweat soaks into the bright red neckerchiefs of the soldiers slouching to attention on a steamy parade ground deep in the inaccessible forests of Central African Republic (CAR). The military display...
I had a sweet dream: The special prosecutor retrieved over GHC20 billion The introduction of a Special Prosecutor is a way of tackling bribery and corruption cases head-on This is probably the most...
India has redrafted a law to allow politicians to be forcibly removed from official homes within three days of leaving office, to end the practice of squatting by powerful figures. Prime Minister...
Police at Agogo in the Ashanti Region have arrested a herdsman for raping a woman on a farm. Thirty-two-year-old Abubakari Aliu allegedly chased the lady with a machete, overpowered and forcibly had...
Eight (8) members of the Pro-New Patriotic Party (NPP) vigilante group, Delta Force who were standing trial for aiding 13 of their colleagues to abscond were yesterday Wednesday May 17, 2017 freed by...
An Accra High Court has adjourned a bail application by Aisha Huang, a Chinese woman believed to be deeply engaged in illegal mining to May 23, 2017. Aisha Huang was remanded in prison custody...
The police officers who handled the case of the eight members of the Delta Force who were freed by the Kumasi Circuit Court on Wednesday, were either "monumentally incompetent or criminally...
Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is to be released from a British prison this week, a London court was told Thursday. The 87-year-old former television star has been appearing via videolink during...
Twenty-one alleged members of a notorious Los Angeles-based gang associated with Mexican organized crime groups have been arrested as part of a sweeping probe, authorities said Wednesday. The...
Gospel musician, Mary Agyemang, has been named brand ambassador for Juvenile Reform Foundation (JRF)-Ghana, a non-governmental organisation focused on stemming juvenile crime and violence in Ghana....
Maverick politician and former Municipal Chief Executive of Ejisu Juaben Yamoah Ponkoh has dared anyone who believes he committed a crime by paying Gh¢300,000 bribe to assembly members in his bid to...
The Kpandai District in the Northern Region recorded thirty-two assault cases in 2016, topping the list of sexual and gender based violence. Abduction and kidnapping came second with 10 cases. Other...
Men in Sri Lanka are being raped in custody nearly a decade after the civil war, when sexual assault was routinely used to torture detained Tamils, a report said Wednesday. The rape of men and boys...
The prison in Lae, Papua New Guinea, has seen repeated similar escapades over the years Prison guards have shot dead 17 inmates after a mass breakout at Buimo prison in Papua New Guinea. Three...
Former president Mahama has debunked the common misconception that Africa holds a monopoly when it comes to corruption, a tag which he finds humiliating. ‘‘I reject that tag of trying to...
Seventeen prisoners have been shot dead after a mass breakout at a jail in Papua New Guinea, reports said on Monday, with 57 still on the run. Inmates from the Buimo jail in the Pacific nation's...
A jilted man who kidnapped and raped his ex-girlfriend before smashing her head with bricks and running her over with a car has been arrested, Indian police said on Sunday. Police in the northern...
