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Charles Taylor’s billions traced in US banks
Charles Taylor, the former head of state of Liberia, who is currently being tried in the Hague by the Special Court for Sierra Leone...
Twin babies sold for US dollars
The Nigeria police have paraded a 26-year-old woman and her accomplices in the commercial city of Lagos after she allegedly sold her twin boys...
Crime on the rise in Mozambique
Crime in Mozambique is on the increase, according to Attorney-General Augusto Paulino. In his annual report Tuesday to the country's parliament, Paulino said the...
Egypt discovers petrol tunnels in Sinai
Egyptian security officials in the Sinai Peninsula have un covered at least five tunnels used for smuggling petrol into Gaza on Tuesday.
An official said...
Liberia to make armed robbery, rape, terrorism… capital offenses
In a move to check violent crimes in the country, the Liberian legislature on Wednesday began debating a draft bill aimed at making armed...
MEND claims Shell Nigeria activities stopping after attacks
The string of attacks on Shell oil export pipelines by the militants from the Movement from the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has...
Murderer changes journalist killing story and blames another
The man who led the death squad that murdered Mozambique's foremost investigative journalist, Carlos Cardoso, in November 2000, Monday changed his story and claimed...
‘Justice for Darfur’ calls for the arrest of Sudan gov’t officials
Rights groups numbering more than 2,000 and under the banner "Global NGO Coalition on International Criminal Court (CICC)" Friday launched a campaign dubbed "Justice...
India assists Mauritius to fight cyber crime
A team of Indian experts in computer technology is expected in Mauritius Monday to assist that African country in the setting up a "National...
Nigeria financial crimes commission searches for missing senator
The Nigerian Senate has asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to comply with all due processes of law in its search for...
Wife of Nigerian oil executive abducted at gun point
Armed men on Sunday stormed the residence of a Nigerian oil executive in the oil city of Port Harcourt and took away his wife,...
Youtube video of Florida teenage girls attacking another raises concern
Florida, Eight teenagers were arrested on charges of battery and false imprisonement on a 16 year old teenager.
The teenagers had attacked thier victim to...
Nigeria : Anti-corruption agency recovers over $500m in 5 years
Nigeria's Anti-Corruption Body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), convicted 250 persons and recovered more than US$ 500 billion in cash and property...
155 illigal immigrants intercepted in Malawi
The Mozambican police have intercepted a truck carrying a container in which 155 foreigners from Ethiopia and Somalia were traveling, reports Wednesday's issue of...
MEND claims there is a plot to “poison” their leader
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has alleged there are plans by unnamed persons to poison its incarcerated leader Henry...
Gov’t blamed for the escape of multiple killer
The President of Mauritania's Bar Association, Ahmed Ould Youssouf Ould Cheikh Sidya, says the government should shoulder "political responsibility" for last Wednesday's escape in...
Morocco : Mohamed Serraj attacked
The general secretary of the moroccan press national syndicate Mohamed Daw Serraj, (SNPM from its french acronym, Syndicat National de la Presse Maroccaine), is...
No press coverage for MEND leader’s trial
Journalists have been barred from the venue of the Thursday's arraignment of Nigerian militant leader Henry Okah and an accomplice, Edward Atatah in Jos,...
MEND says no talks without leader
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said it will not participate in this month's Niger Delta Peace Summit being...
British and Kenyan abducted in Somalia
A British national and a Kenyan contractor working in Southern Somalia were kidnapped on Tuesday by gunmen in the volatile region, known for kidnapping...
State official’s body discovered as state accuses opposition
The Commissioner for Information in Nigeria's Mid-western state of Edo, Mr. Calus Enoma, was found dead Monday, two days after he was declared missing...
Stiffer penalities for human traffickers in Mozambique
The Mozambican government favours stiffer penalties for criminals found guilty of trafficking in people, Justice Minister Benvinda Levi said Thursday.
Levi was speaking at a...
Darfur attacks hampering UN relief efforts
Attacks against aid workers in western Sudan have reached unprecedented levels, jeopardizing vital relief operations in the war-wracked Darfur region, the United Nations Resident...
Malian Touareg rebels vow more violence
The March 8 release of 22 Malian soldiers, by touareg gunmen led by Brahim Bahanga has not done much to calm down the Malian...
Heavy arms discovery made in Morocco
The Moroccan security service (DST) is believed to have laid their hands on arms weighing 2,270 tonnes of different varieties, including shells. According to...
Horror at the killing of three WFP food supply drivers in Sudan
The World Food Programme (WFP) says it is shocked and sad at the murder of three drivers of trucks contracted by the United Nations...
Mother and 3 month baby abducted
In the first of its kind, a mother and her three-month-old baby were kidnapped from their home in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers in...
Diana wanted by two governments for crimes
A team from the Mozambican Criminal Investigation Po lice (PIC) and the Attorney General's Office have arrived in South Africa to negotiate the extradition...
Nigerian Ministers charged with corruption resign
The two Ministers in Nigeria's Health Ministry have resigned over corruption allegations and they are expected to face corruption charges, the presidency said in...
Violent attack on cartoonist
Reporters Without Borders, Paris, has condemned an attack on "The Guardian" newspaper's cartoonist Obe Ess, who was hit by armed intruders in his home...