Courts
Man jailed nine months for accusing NDC of hoarding weapons
The convict, Ebenezer Asare, pleaded guilty to the charge and begged for leniency in a court presided over by Major Illiasu Iddrisu.
GNA
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Africa
Poor Kenyans likely to end up on death row - Study
Kenya's death penalty disproportionately affects people from low-income households, many of whom lack proper legal representation.
DW
Europe
Crypto founder charged with $700m financial crimes
The US Department of Justice charged Anatoly Legkodymov, a Russian national living in China, with running a business that catered to what he once described as "crooks".
BBC
Africa
Nigerian court sentences Peter Obi's campaign chief Doyin Okupe for money laundering
The court convicted Doyin Okupe on 26 counts of money laundering.
Premium Times Nig
General
UPSA Law School to host esteemed J.H. Jackson moot court competition in March
The contest, organized by the European Law Students Association and the World Trade Organisation(WTO), is the biggest moot court competition on WTO Law in the world.
DL News
Africa
Zimbabwe: New law bans MPs with criminal conviction from participating in future elections
According to the country's Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2022 which was gazetted on Friday, legislators or councillors will be disqualified if they commit physical violence or dishonesty crimes and get convicted within a period of 12 months...
AllAfrica
General
ECOWAS Court working on programme to improve enforcement of its decisions by Member States
“Some States have been relying on their non-ratification of these Protocols as a basis for the non-enforcement of the decisions of the Court,” the court said on its website.
DL News
Europe
Glencore ordered to pay millions over Africa oil bribes
The company paid $26m (£23m) through agents and employees to officials of crude oil firms in Nigeria, Cameroon and Ivory Coast between 2011 and 2016.
BBC
General
Register all Excavators at MMDAs within 7 days- Lands Minister tells owners
The Minister’s statement notes first of all that this has become necessary due to the devastating effect of ‘galamsey’ and as a fallout of the national Consultative Dialogue which empowered him to take appropriate steps to give effect to it...
DL News
Africa
Rwandan Parliament rejects Bill on contraceptives for 15-year olds
Rwandan legislation considers a child any person who is under 18 years old. Currently, contraceptives are not allowed for children in Rwanda.
AllAfrica
Africa
Chinese Rhino Horn Smuggler Escapes From Namibian Prison
Chinese national Wang Hui is on the run after he escaped from the Windhoek Correctional Facility, where he had been serving a 15-year sentence for the illegal export of controlled wildlife products.
VOA Africa
Courts
High Court awards GHC 500,000 as damages against Sammy Gyamfi
This is a decision of the court in a defamation suit filed by the Manhyia South MP and the current Energy Minister, Matthew Opoku Prempeh against the opposition officer.
DL News
Africa
South Korea accuses Liberian maritime officials of rape
The two senior employees of the Liberia Maritime Authority (LiMA), who were accused by South Korean police, have had testimony taken while awaiting a judge to determine whether there is probable cause for prosecution.
Daily Observer
Others
China’s ex-justice minister sentenced to death for corruption
Fu Zhenghua was accused of “taking advantage” of his position between 2005 and 2021, including accepting bribes totaling more than 117 million yuan (about $16.76 million) and “bending the law for personal gains.”
Anadolu Agency
Europe
French footballer Pogba’s brother charged in extortion case
Mathias Pogba, 32, has admitted to being behind a bizarre video published online on August 27 promising “great revelations” about the Juventus player and French national team member.
AFP
Africa
Nigeria: 26-year-old lawyer gets five years for drug trafficking
She was said to have been attempting to export the banned substance.
The Nation
US
Trump sues US government over FBI search of Mar-a-Lago
The ex-president seeks to prevent bureau from reading seized documents until court official weighs in.
The Guardian
Europe
FIFA trial: Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini cleared of corruption
Prosecutors acquitted Blatter on charges of unlawfully funneling 2 million Swiss francs ($2.06 million) of FIFA funds to Platini, a former France national team captain and manager in 2011.
DW
General
Housing deficit inhibiting government’s implementation of 6 months rent advance, Rent Act - Asenso- Boakye
“The deficit is creating imbalance, demand and supply imbalance, therefore, it is inhibiting government’s effort in implementing the current rent Act.”
DL News
Tech
Should Banks create their own cryptocurrencies?
Even as far back as 2013, bitcoin was worth almost as much as gold. And, at the end of 2016, the total value of bitcoins in circulation was US$14bn. Is it time for banks to consider creating theirs?
The Conversation | Nafis Alam & Graham Kendall