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General
Australia media can be sued for social media comments, court rules
Legal experts say the ruling also raises wider issues about online liability for individuals and businesses.
DL News8 September 2021
Asia
Vietnamese man jailed for 5 years for spreading coronavirus
Vietnam has been one of the world’s coronavirus success stories, thanks to targeted mass testing, aggressive contact tracing, tight border restrictions and strict quarantine.
DL News7 September 2021
General
5 things to know about the law which forces men to marry more than 1 wife
In a world where polygamy is shunned in some parts, it has become legal to practice polygamy in other parts (taking away religion).
DL News4 September 2021
Africa
Moove raises $23 million to democratize vehicle ownership
he new Series A funding will allow Moove to grow and expand into new markets as well as develop and launch new products and services. The equity raise follows a year of momentum and success for Moove with the launch of three cities and 60%...
DL News11 August 2021
Crime
Malawi’s Energy Minister arrested over corruption in fuel deal
Malawi is one of the world’s poorest countries
DL News10 August 2021
Africa
Child Labour: Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire urged to mend cocoa slavery slur
It would not solve issues of farmers but rather de-risking them for supply chain players.”
DL News5 August 2021
Europe
German pensioner given hefty fine for WW2 tank in house
Local media reported that the man had been seen one winter using the tank as a snow plough.
DL News5 August 2021
Business
Energy Minister indicts ECG management, past boards, others for sad state of company
Chairman of the board Keli Gadzekpo pledged to turn the business around with new ideas.
DL News30 July 2021
General
Organized Labour calls for new Commission to restructure public sector salary
The Ghana Statistical Service in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme and the World Bank in a survey on the effects of the pandemic showed that 35.7 percent of private businesses had to close down during the partial l...
DL News27 July 2021
US
The Trump Organization has been charged with tax fraud. What could that mean for the former president’s company?
The former president himself has not been charged by prosecutors, but they say investigations are ongoing.
DL News6 July 2021
Courts
Abuga Pele gets presidential pardon on health grounds after 3-yrs in jail
Abuga Pele had always stated that he was only used as a scapegoat by the previous NDC government, whiles the real culprits were made to walk free
DL News4 July 2021
General
Until we empower Ghanaians legally, the law will serve the privileged – Prof. Atuguba
“That unless we empower the bulk of Ghanaians legally, we can’t solve that problem where the law seems to be working just for the privileged and not for the underprivileged”
DL News21 June 2021
Europe
U.S, EU agree truce in 17-year aircraft subsidy battle
The two sides have been battling since 2004 in parallel cases at the World Trade Organization over subsidies for U.S. planemaker Boeing (BA.N) and European rival Airbus (AIR.PA)
DL News15 June 2021
Others
Copa America can go ahead in Brazil, court rules
Judges held an emergency session on Thursday to consider requests to halt the competition because of the coronavirus pandemic
DL News11 June 2021
Africa
Twitter ban in Nigeria: Can you be arrested for tweeting?
Chris Ewokor in Abuja has compiled this report for the BBC
DL News9 June 2021
General
Former Ghana international Derek Boateng: Arrested and fined for driving above the legally specified speed limit in Accra
The former Fulham and Getafe midfielder was among 35 drivers who were arrested for flouting various road traffic regulations.
DL News27 May 2021
Africa
Copyright protection in the digital age
Year 2020 forced changes in the way we do things in the world, caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which is still on rampage. Several countries went into series of lockdowns and ordered its citizens to stay at home.
DL News4 May 2021
Crime
‘I shot AWA engineer because I mistook him for a pig’ – Suspect
The prime suspect in the killing of the Aeronautic Engineer with African World Airline (AWA) has admitted committing the act.
DL News20 April 2021
Asia
China: Alibaba slapped with $2.75bn fine
The world’s biggest online retailer – China’s Alibaba – has been hit with a record fine equivalent to $2.75bn (just over £2bn).
DL News13 April 2021
General
Making sexual comments about women at workplaces is abuse – Lawyer
Ms Freda Aniwaah Boateng, the Group Head, Legal & Corporate Services, Alianz Ghana, says men passing sexual or romantic comments about women at the workplace is a form of sexual violence.
DL News9 April 2021