Our Legal Team’ll Go After Ibrahim
The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) is in the process of retrieving GHS10million that two companies – MBG Limited and Holman Brothers – belonging to Ibrahim Mahama, owed the state as duties in...
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Chinese Illegal Miners Abused Ghana’s Immigration Law
The five Chinese and their Ghanaian counterparts arrested in March 2017 for mining illegally on River Ankobra at Dawule in the Nzema East Municipality of the Western Region, abused Ghana’s...
South African Suspect Taken To Scene of Family Axe Murders
The 22-year-old South African man on trial for murdering his wealthy family with an axe was taken on Tuesday to the home where his parents and brother were killed. Henri van Breda is accused of...
Suspect Smears Himself With Faeces To Avoid Trial
Proceedings at the Ashaiman circuit court was Monday halted for two hours after a-19-year old accused person who was to appear before it eased and smeared himself with the faeces in the holding cell....
Tunisia Parliament Votes To Ease Harsh Drug Law
Tunisia's parliament voted on Tuesday to ease the country's harsh law on drugs, in a move that could see offenders like youths caught smoking marijuana escape jail terms. The North African country...
Lily Dzigbordi Asigbetse Murder Trial Begins
Trial of a 17-year old third year student of Achimota Senior High School who allegedly shot a female colleague with his father’s single barrel gun has begun at a Juvenile Court in Accra. A three...
Court Jails Indian Fugitive Gangster For Seven Years
Indian gangster Chhota Rajan was jailed for seven years on Tuesday for passport fraud, the first prison term handed to the so-called "Hindu don" who had evaded capture for more than 20 years. Rajan,...
Israel Appoints Country’s First Female Sharia Judge
Israel appointed its first female judge in its Muslim sharia court system on Tuesday, officials said, a move hailed as historic. Hana Khatib, an attorney from the northern town of Tamra, was selected...
Witness In Akua Donkor’s Robbery Case Fails To Show Up In Court
A second prosecution witness expected to testify in the case in which Akua Donkor, founder of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP) and failed presidential hopeful – has dragged four persons, including her...
Man Charged Over Anal Sex With 3 Kids
A 29-year-old fashion designer, Richard Isaac Dankyi, is standing trial for allegedly taking turns to have anal sex with three children, two males and a female. Dankyi, an uncle to the victims, aged...
Chad’s Hissene Habre Awaits Appeal Verdict For War Crimes
Chad's former president Hissene Habre will Thursday hear the final decision on an appeal against a life sentence for war crimes, crimes against humanity and rape, following his landmark conviction...
Cameroon Journalist Jailed For Terror-Related Offences
The reporter's sentencing has been described as a travesty of justice Radio France Internationale (RFI) says its correspondent in Cameroon, Ahmed Abba, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a...
Man Charged Over Anal Sex With 3 Kids
A 29-year-old fashion designer, Richard Isaac Dankyi, is standing trial for allegedly taking turns to have anal sex with three children, two males and a female. Dankyi, an uncle to the victims, aged...
Pakistan Hangs Four Militants
Pakistan on Tuesday hanged four militants involved in attacks on civilians, police and troops after they were convicted by the country's controversial military courts, an army statement said. It said...
Police Officer Found Dead In Room With Gunshot Wound
A police officer with the Garu police command in the Upper East Region, Constable Peace Agbemefo, was found dead in her room on Monday afternoon with a gunshot wound. The Garu police commander, ASP...
Trial of China Human Rights Lawyer Delayed
A Chinese court indefinitely postponed the trial of a prominent human rights lawyer on Tuesday, his supporters said, in a case that has sparked international concern after allegations he was...
Baatsonaa Police Arrest 2 Suspects Over Murder of Chinese Engineer
The suspects Ekow Korsa 23 and Michael Mensah 22 were arrested upon a tip off The Baatsonaa Divisional Police Command in Accra have arrested two Ghanaians suspected to have killed a Chinese engineer....
US State of Arkansas Executes Two Prisoners In One Night
The southern state of Arkansas, rushing to execute several inmates before a lethal drug expires next week, put to death two inmates late Monday, the first double execution in the United States in 17...
RFI Journalist Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison By Cameroon Military Court
The Cameroon-based correspondent of Radio France Internationale (RFI), FRANCE 24's sister radio station, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison by a court for "failing to report acts of terrorism"...
Huge Robbery Sparks Gun Battles In Paraguay and Brazil
Brazilian police near the border with Paraguay have exchanged gunfire with members of a gang who carried out what Paraguayan officials are calling the robbery of the century. Three gang members were...