Africa
Rwanda fines man $900 over death of top journalist
John Williams Ntwali was killed last month when a speeding vehicle hit the motorcycle on which he was a passenger.
BBC
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Europe
Manchester City charged by Premier League over several alleged breaches of financial rules
The alleged breaches span a period across a number of seasons and relate to several areas of financial information including revenue, details of manager and player remuneration, profitability and sustainability.
Sky News
Africa
Ex-policeman gets death penalty for lawyer’s murder
Kenya does not carry out death sentences, even though the death verdict is allowed by law.
BBC
Crime
Police Inspector interdicted for leaving service rifle in commercial vehicle
Inspector Adam, with the Rapid Deployment Force, Takoradi, has been referred to the Police Professional Standards Bureau to allow for a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident.
GNA
Crime
EOCO seeks public assistance to arrest Lebanese convicted for fraud
The convict, Naji Khalil, who was tried in absentia because he jumped bail, was sentenced to five years imprisonment on 22nd June 2022.
DL News
Africa
Nigerian woman jailed in UK for stealing £19,650 from vulnerable patients
Her lawyer told the court that Mrs Abiola Akinremi took to fraud because she was suffering from depression and needed money for childcare.
Peoples Gazette
Europe
UK law will recognise children born from rape as 'victims of crime' for first time
England and Wales will be among the first countries in the world to give victim status to those conceived through rape.
Law Society Gazette
Africa
Equatorial Guinea president's son arrested over plane's sale
Both the vice-president and his half-brother are sons of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mangue.
BBC
Europe
Hong Kong activist's London lawyers receive rape and death threats
Lai, 75, who is a British citizen, has been in jail since 2020 and faces a trial on national security charges for sedition and colluding with foreign forces, related to the work of his online newspaper Apple Daily.
The Law Society Gazette
Courts
Association International School sued by 2 former students
In a human rights action, the applicants suing per their mother, note that after making an initial payment of GHC 100,000, they later decided to settle the remaining amount but only to be told by the school that the balance had ballooned du...
DL News
Europe
Ex-Premier League star jailed over £8m fraud
Ex-Charlton Athletic player Richard Rufus was found guilty of fraud, money laundering and carrying out a regulated activity without authorisation.
BBC
Crime
Four arrested for possessing 104 bags of suspected narcotic substances
The four suspects – Ntow Prince, Felix Owusu, Jerry Quartey and Daitey Mashack- were arrested while discharging sacks of the compressed plant materials into a boat at the seaside at Sege.
GNA
General
Ghana School of Law UK satellite campus in the offing – Director
“The idea is to improve the learning experiences of our foreign-based students most of whom are Ghanaians but who for circumstances beyond their control, have had to be either national of the UK and who still want to have the benefit that G...
DL News
General
Forced labour: Stakeholders call for stiffer sanctions, media focus
At a roundtable discussion held at an IJM-organised seminar on forced labour in Accra, calls were made by the various speakers for the sanction(fine) for convicted offenders to be heightened and a custodial sentence added
DL News
Africa
Niger lawmakers want gay relationships criminalised
The vast majority of Niger’s population is Muslim, but it has a secular government and there is currently no specific law on same-sex relationships.
BBC
Africa
Nigerian singer D’banj arrested over alleged fraud, diversion of N-Power funds – Report
Premium Times reported on Wednesday that D’banj has been detained by the ICPC after ignoring multiple invitations to explain his role in the alleged diversion of funds earmarked the N-Power project.
The Guardian Nigeria
Others
Indonesia passes criminal code banning sex outside of marriage
Under the new laws - which will also apply to foreigners visiting Bali and other Indonesian holiday destinations - unmarried couples can be jailed for up to a year for having sex.
BBC
US
Kanye West to pay Kim Kardashian $200,000 per month in child support as divorce settled
Kardashian filed for divorce in 2021, after eight years with West, who has legally changed his name to Ye.
BBC
Africa
ICC seeks charges against LRA leader Joseph Kony
This is the first time the prosecutor's office has sought a hearing to confirm charges, in a suspect's absence.
BBC
Africa
Notorious Kenya policeman to be charged with murder
Kenya’s police watchdog, the Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA), says it has obtained a summons against Corporal Ahmed Rashid for the two killings in broad daylight in Eastleigh suburb in the capital Nairobi in March 2017.
BBC