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Crime
Police gun down two armed robbers, arrest four others
“Policing is a shared responsibility, therefore, we entreat everyone to get involved for a safer and peaceful society,”
DL News31 August 2021
Crime
Team arrest illegal miners in Juaboso District
“ We are ready to fight illegal miners who are destroying the environment and also water bodies in the mining communities.”
DL News26 August 2021
Crime
Police arrest suspected criminals in Kumasi commercial sex hub
A majority of the women arrested are Nigerians, with the majority of the males being Ghanaians.
DL News23 August 2021
Africa
Kenyan Appeals Court upholds order to halt President’s Constitutional changes
To win support for his reform drive, Kenyatta proposes to more than double county governments’ allocation to 35% of the budget, to spread more resources to the grassroots
DL News21 August 2021
Asia
Alibaba fires manager accused of rape
Regardless of gender, whether it is a request made by a customer or supervisor, our employees are empowered to reject it,”
DL News10 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
General
Parliament to lay Anti-LGBT bill for the first time
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin had previously announced that Parliament was preparing itself to pass a new law that would criminalize homosexual activities in the country by the end of 2021.
DL News2 August 2021
General
Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill is to expand legislation on homosexuality, not to criminalize
They are setting up recruitment drives in our Secondary Schools, they have pimps in the secondary schools who they pay monies to [recruit the students]
DL News31 July 2021
General
Draft anti-LGBT Bill to be laid before Parliament [PDF]
The bill, properly titled the “Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, 2021” intends to “provide for proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values
DL News23 July 2021
Asia
Yuen Long attack: Hong Kong court gives seven jail time
They were also accused of colluding with the attackers, some of whom had triad connections
DL News22 July 2021
Courts
Kidnapping of Canadian girls: 3 guns, 52 live ammunitions tendered in evidence
The prosecutor added that Aghalor, Ojiyorwe, Omarsar and Yakubu mentioned Nasir and Abubakari as members of the gang and the two were subsequently arrested
DL News21 July 2021
Africa
UN condemns child abductions and killing in Kenya
Mr Onyancha grabbed national headlines 10 years ago when he confessed to killing 17 women across the country and drinking their blood
DL News16 July 2021
Africa
Man arrested for infecting his wife, stepdaughter, 12 others with HIV
The suspect is a self-acclaimed chairman of the Iyana Iba motor part and had boasted that he was above the law
DL News8 July 2021
Courts
Court sentences 36-year-old man to eight years for human trafficking
Ametepe pleaded guilty to the charges and was convicted on his plea.
DL News7 July 2021
Others
Julia Banks: Ex-Australia MP alleges inappropriate touching by a minister
Ms Banks’ allegations have again highlighted the treatment of women in Mr Morrison’s conservative government and wider Australian politics
DL News6 July 2021
General
Parliament to pass anti-LGBTQ law by end of 2021
The Bill is expected to set out a legal regime that will ensure the prohibition of all LGBTQ activities in the country
DL News29 June 2021
Asia
Hong Kong police declare Apple Daily newsroom a crime scene as editors and executives arrested under national security law
Senior superintendent Steve Li, of the police’s national security department, said 18 million Hong Kong dollars ($2.3 million) in assets related to the newspaper had been frozen
DL News17 June 2021
Crime
Cases of robbery on motorbikes spike in Accra
In one of the attacks, the robbers made away with GH¢32,000 while in the other two, they collected GH¢600 and an unspecified amount.
DL News12 June 2021
Europe
French Court jails man who slapped President Macron for four months
Tarel attacked Macron when the French president was shaking hands with members of the public during a walkabout in France’s Drome region
DL News10 June 2021
Africa
Nigeria to suspend Twitter ‘indefinitely’
Nigeria’s government is suspending Twitter operations in the country “indefinitely”, the country’s information minister has announced.
DL News4 June 2021