Courts
Driver jailed for stealing gun, heavy industrial machines worth GH¢87,000
Abu Mohammed was found guilty by an Accra Circuit Court on the charges of stealing.
GNA
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Africa
Nigerian court orders Nnamdi Kanu to stay in jail
The court also ruled that his terrorism trial at a lower federal court should continue.
BBC
Courts
Housekeeper jailed for stealing gun, other industrial machines
Abu Mohammed was found guilty by an Accra Circuit Court on the charges of stealing.
GNA
Africa
South African woman jailed for 50 years for $28m theft
Hildegard Steenkamp siphoned off the money over a 13-year period from the healthcare company she worked at as an accountant in Gauteng province.
BBC
Crime
Traditional Priest to serve a day in prison for harming unemployed woman
Michael Martey Mamah charged with causing harm, pleaded guilty. Mamah, together with some of his relations, apologized to the court and the complainant.
GNA
Africa
Nigeria court convicts and sentences four Boko Haram financiers
According to the charge filed by the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, DPPF, Mr. M. B. Abubakar, one of the defendants, Aisami, provided funds for the terrorist group by buying food products from them.
Vanguard Nigeria
Africa
Niger coup leaders repeal law against migrant smuggling
The legislation allowed authorities to take action against smugglers who transported migrants through Niger's vast desert on to Libya and Europe.
BBC
Africa
Togolese journalists jailed for defaming minister
Newspaper editor Loic Lawson and freelance reporter Anani Sossou had accused the housing minister of failing to disclose the full details of a burglary at his home.
BBC
Africa
Ex-doctor on trial in France over Rwanda genocide
Sosthene Munyemana was a 29-year-old gynaecologist living in the south of Rwanda at the time of the 1994 genocide in which 800,000 people were killed.
BBC
Europe
Online Safety Bill: divisive internet rules become law
It seeks to force tech firms to take more responsibility for the content on their platforms.
BBC
Courts
Sales manager jailed 5 years for stealing GH¢62,970
Kofi Japhter, on September 15, 2023, who appeared before the Hohoe Circuit Court presided over by Mr Michael Johnson Abbey, pleaded not guilty to the charge of stealing.
GNA
Africa
Kenya's judiciary proposes abolishing death penalty, reduced sentences
Kenya's Chief Justice Martha Koome is seeking changes to certain laws drafted in 1930, before Kenya gained independence, that seek harsher penalties for capital offenders.
VOA Africa
Courts
Court jails three Cameroonians over immigration and documentation crimes
Tibab Beltus Mbachick, Mbaku Ransson, Mba Dieudonne Akuro were fined GH¢4,000 each and they are to serve a month’s imprisonment each.
GNA
Africa
Mass arrests in Nigeria over alleged gay wedding
It is the latest crackdown on gay people in Nigeria, where a 2014 law prohibited same-sex relationships and marriages.
BBC
Africa
Uganda: Six teachers jailed over leaked exams
The crimes allegedly took place during the months of September and October 2023 in Kampala and its surrounding areas.
AllAfrica
Africa
Divine Oduduru: Nigerian sprinter receives six-year ban for doping violations
The Athletics Integrity Unit announced the decision on Thursday, saying there was "overwhelming evidence" against the former world junior silver medallist. The violations were possession of prohibited substances and attempted use of a prohi...
BBC
US
Death penalty for child rape goes into effect in Florida
The controversial measure likely will draw legal challenges, as U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court precedents have barred death sentences for rapists.
CBS News
Africa
DR Congo colonel sentenced to death
The death sentence is often handed down in DR Congo but it's been more than 20 years since an execution took place.
BBC
Courts
Five illegal miners jailed 20 years each
The accused persons were arrested while mining in a river in the Prestea Huni-Valley Municipality
GNA
Tech
Cryptoqueen: Accomplice jailed for 20 years for OneCoin financial scam
Sebastian Karl Greenwood colluded with others, including the so-called "Cryptoqueen" who is now on the FBI's top 10 Most Wanted list, officials say.
BBC