General
AG to train RTI Commission staff on prosecution of offenders
The Commission has secured a fiat from the Office of the Attorney General relative to the prosecution of offenders under Act 989.
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GBA condemns recent coup mongering, misguided statements by protestors
The Martyrs' Day has been held each year in remembrance of the three judges who together with a retired military officer, Major Sam Acquah, were abducted and murdered at the Bundase Military range on June 30, 1982.
DL News
Courts
Ejura incident: Police secures injunction to stop planned Muslim prayers by families of victims
The prayers scheduled for Thursday, June 30, 2022, were to mark the one-year anniversary of the Ejura disturbance.
DL News
Africa
Ex-Barcelona star Samuel Eto’o handed 22-month suspended prison sentence
Eto'o previously blamed his agent Jose Maria Mesalles for the tax evasion - who has also been given a one-year suspended prison sentence.
The sun
Africa
Moroccans accuse French tycoon Jacques Bouthier of sexual harassment
The women said they had been sacked after refusing to give in to harassment and intimidation.
BBC
Africa
Rwanda asylum plan: Campaigners' challenge to be heard on Monday
About 31 people have been told they could be on that flight on Tuesday, with more planes to go later this year.
BBC
Africa
South Africa: Wealthy Gupta brothers arrested in UAE
Ajay, Atul and Rajesh Gupta moved to South Africa from the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in 1993, just as white-minority rule was ending.
BBC
General
Keeping dogs without licence in KMA areas is an offence
“Any person who contravenes any provision of these Bye-laws commits an offence and shall on conviction by a court be liable to a fine of 30 penalty units or a term of imprisonment not exceeding two months.”
DL News
Courts
Opuni trial:I broke 2015/2016 harvest year record with Lithovit- 3rd witness tells court
At the last sitting of the court, the presiding judge, Clemence Honyenuga JSC ordered the former CEO of the COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni to call his next witness as the 2nd witness recuperates.
DL News
Africa
Sudan protester killed as security car runs over him
Sudanese people have continued to demonstrate since the coup in October last year, with dozens of civilians killed in the crackdown by the security forces
BBC Africa
Africa
Hotel Rwanda hero's family files $400m US lawsuit
Hotel Rwanda hero's family files $400m US lawsuit
BBC
US
Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
Canada removes ban on blood donations from gay men
BBC
Africa
Nigerians sharing ‘school sex tape’ face 14 years
According to Lagos state laws, it is illegal for minors to engage in sex. Any image showing sexually explicit conduct involving a child - including "producing, distributing, receiving or possessing" one - was an offence liable to a sentence...
BBC
Courts
Defilement: Jail term for convict reduced
The convict, Oppong Yeboah was arrested in March of 2018 for defiling a six-year-old girl.
DL News
Courts
South Africa's $1m shopping-spree student jailed
Sibongile Mani received 14m rand instead of her monthly student grant of 1,400 rand in June 2017 and started spending it immediately, the court heard during her trial.
BBC
Crime
North East Region: Man arrested for abducting 5-year-old
The suspect allegedly escaped with the child from Walewale in the North-East Region to a farming community in the Kassena-Nankana Municipality in the Upper East Region.
DL News
Courts
Man sentenced 20 years to prison for defiling girl with health condition
The victim's condition makes her unable to talk or walk on her own.
DL News
Africa
U.S. sanctions one of Africa’s biggest gold refiners for allegedly contributing to conflict in DRC
Belgian gold trader Alain Goetz and his Ugandan-based African Gold Refinery Ltd, are said to be key players in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s illicit gold trade.
Bloomberg
Courts
State ordered to file disclosures in Togolese murder trial
Lucas Agboyie is being held on the charge of murder of Ruth Ankomah, a minor.
GNA
Courts
Painter jailed 20 years for defiling, impregnating girlfriend’s 13-year-old daughter
Acquaye pleaded guilty with an explanation that he went to pour water on the victim in the bathroom when she told him she was feeling warm.
GNA