Crime - Page 2
Nigeria: President’s kidnapped advocate freed
The national chairman of an independent campaign team mobilizing support for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of forthcoming presidential elections has been released just...
Hilary Clinton condemns mass rapes in DRC
Reports that between 150 and 200 women and children were raped by rebel forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) prompted pledges...
How I stumbled on my Facebook spy
In the week that Eric Schmidt, Google CEO warned of the danger that the Internet could strip current and future generations of their privacy,...
South Sudan: U.S. law weak amid LRA rebel attacks
A United States law that was passed in May and which demands the Washington administration to develop a strategy to ensure civilians are protected...
Guinea-Bissau: A time for change
The government of Guinea-Bissau, including its military, civil society, political parties and diplomatic corps have been challenged to work together and build a stable...
Somali terrorists training in Uganda
The Uganda inspector general of police, Kale Kayihura, has revealed that terrorists are using the eastern and northern districts of Uganda as training grounds.
While...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s amnesty plea for criminals condemned
The Movement for Democratic Change and human rights activists in Zimbabwe have expressed outrage at President Mugabe's call for amnesty to perpetrators of politically...
Guinea-Bissau: EU and U.S. lose war against crime?
The European Union has given up on its mission to build a stable democracy in Guinea-Bissau just two years after it launched a mission...
Second class French citizens?
A proposal to strip French citizenship of foreign-born offenders who put the lives of public officers in danger, by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s Zanu-PF to face ICC
A United States based Aids advocacy group is planning in August to hand over what it says is evidence on politically motivated rapes committed...
Guinea: Radio journalist stabbed by armed men
Colleagues of a radio journalist who was attacked by unknown assailants on July 16, 2010 are suspecting the military of being behind the attack.
"Mansaré...
India reinforces Seychelles anti-piracy operations with new aircraft donations
The Government of India has pledged a donation of 3 new air surveillance assets to the Seychelles; 1 Dornier surveillance aircraft and 2 Chetak...
Zimbabwean authorities distance themselves from Mugabe’s killer aide
A policeman tasked with protecting Zimbabwe’s First Lady Grace Mugabe
shot his wife nine times at the weekend citing infidelity. However, Zimbabwean authorities have...
Trial Chamber I order the release of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo – implementation of the decision is pending
Following its decision, dated 8 July, 2010, imposing an unconditional stay on the proceedings of the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Trial...
Africa has more Serial-Killers than U.S. and Europe
Given to ritual murders and a sedentary lifestyle, African serial killers are quite peculiar. And with most countries lacking the resources to keep DNA...
UAE AIDS Seychelles anti-piracy infrastructure
The Government of the United Arab Emirates has signed an agreement with the Government of Seychelles to fund the construction of a new Seychelles...
New Orleans Man Charged with Shooting African-Americans in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Roland J. Bourgeois Jr., 47, currently a resident of Columbia, Miss., was charged in a five-count indictment with conspiring to commit a hate crime,...
Seychelles and the USA sign Piracy Agreement
The government of Seychelles has signed a Transfer of Suspected Pirates Agreement with the United States of America at the Ministrty of Foreign Affairs,...
Naomi Campbell’s blood diamond testimony crucial for justice
New developments emerge as the date set by The Special Court for Sierra Leone's decision to allow top model Naomi Campbell and actress Mia...
Somaliland: Racist killings and marginalized Gabooyos
Ahmed Shide Jama, in his late 60s, is the leader of one of Somaliland's marginalized minority groups, the Gabooyo. He lives in the Daami...
Uganda-Rwanda: Genocide pastor to face prosecution in Tanzania
One of the most wanted promoters of the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994 has been arrested in Uganda. The former pastor...
Tanzania-Rwanda: Munyakazi Sentenced to 25 Years Imprisonment
On 30 June 2010, Yussuf Munyakazi, a former businessman in Bugarama, Cyangugu was sentenced ...
Terrorists: Sexually depraved idiots
Two American researchers, Daniel Byman and Christine Fair, have published an unusual report in the July-August edition of the popular American culture magazine The...
East Africa: Rwanda government condemned over murder
The media fraternity in the east African countries of Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have condemned the brutal killing of Jean Leonard Rugambage,...
Rwanda: Assassination attempt linked to President Kagame
A critic of Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has survived an assassination attempt in South Africa, and his wife has claimed that President Kagame wanted...
Nigeria: President vows to flush out kidnappers
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has identified the increasing spates of kidnapping in Nigeria as a threat to development, and has vowed to stamp out...
Guinea: The military won’t go unpunished
Nouhou Thiam, Chief of General Staff of the Guinean Army announced Wednesday that all soldiers must be held responsible for their acts, especially for...
Sudan-ICC: Surrendered Darfur rebels to appear in court
Sudan rebel leaders wanted for war crimes in connection with the deaths of 12 African Union peacekeepers in 2007 have voluntarily surrendered to the...
Springfield, Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Church Arson
The Justice Department today announced that Benjamin Haskell, 23, of Springfield, Mass., pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with two crimes related...
UN Secretary-general welcomes outcome of first review conference of International Criminal Court, historic agreement on definition of crime of aggression
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
The Secretary-General welcomes the outcome of the First Review Conference of...