Results for "Gabon"
17 results.
Africa
Legal row over 2,800,000% mark-up for African mask
The pensioner couple found the mask from Gabon at the home of an ancestor who had been a colonial governor.
BBC
Africa
Wife of Gabon's deposed leader jailed - report
Mrs Bongo was last month charged with money laundering, receiving stolen property, forgery and the use of forgery.
BBC
Africa
Gabon charges wife of ousted president with 'money laundering'
Gabon's former first lady has been indicted with receiving stolen goods among other charges.
Africa News,
Europe
Former Miss France charged over ex-Gabon ruler gift
Sonia Rolland has been charged with receipt of embezzled public funds for accepting an apartment from him in Paris worth $750,000 (£600,000).
BBC
Crime
Wa Brutalities: GAF to deal with deviant soldiers
A video surfaced on Thursday, July 1, 2021, in which armed military officers could be seen brutalizing some residents of Wa. Multiple reports indicate that this was over a missing mobile phone.
DL News
General
Withdraw anti-LGBTI Bill-Amnesty International charges Ghana Parliament
The Bill encourages hatred and intolerance and promotes persecution against people based on their real or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity simply because they do not or cannot conform to dominant social and gender norms,”
DL News
Africa
Gabon coup plotters get 15 years prison sentence for trying to remove President Ali Bongo
Two other putschists were shot dead by the security forces at the time of the attempted takeover in January 2019
DL News
General
Ghana ranks 58 out of 140 in 2022 Rule of Law Index, maintains position from previous year
Ghana’s overall rule of law score was 0.55, with an annual change global rank of 0, indicating the country’s adherence to rule of law is neither low nor strong.
DL News
Africa
Nigeria harbours 53% of death row inmates in Sub-Saharan Africa
Observed every 10th of October, the World Day Against the Death Penalty consolidates the global movement against capital punishment and mobilizes civil society, political leaders, activists, lawyers, change agents and more to support the ca...
Vanguard Nigeria
Crime
165 currently on the death row in Ghana – Amnesty Int’l Report reveals
This was revealed at a news conference to launch its Death Sentence and Execution Report.
DL News
US
Suspension of Russia from UN Human Right Council: Ghana abstains from voting
Ghana joined a group of countries to back a resolution in February to condemn the Invasion of Ukraine by Russia thus calling on the Kremlin to withdraw its troops from Ukraine.
DL News
Africa
Pandora Papers: Uhuru Kenyatta family’s secret assets exposed by leak
Another BVI company which Mr Muhoho owned had a $30m valuation in stocks and bonds as of November 2016.
DL News
Africa
Equatorial Guinea authorities detain 6 French soldiers
A French military spokesman denied that the case could be related to “espionage” by France.
DL News