Addis Abeba — The federal police have released a list of suspected corruption practices allegedly committed by The Federal police has detained Mitiku Kassa, Commissioner of the Ethiopian National Disaster Risk Management Commission (NDRMC), who has been detained on 13 June. Upon his detention, Tadesse Ayalew, deputy commissioner of the Federal Police’s Criminal Investigation Department, […]
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A Gambian court has sentenced five former members of the intelligence service to death for the murder of a political activist during the rule of ex-dictator Yahya Jammeh. High Court Justice Kumba Sillah-Camara pronounced the sentence against the former head of the National Intelligence Agency, Yankuba Badjie, after finding him guilty of murdering Ebrima Solo […]
Husband of the late Augustina Awotwi, the lady who died in an ambulance after child birth complications early this year has told a Parliamentary Adhoc Committee probing the circumstances surrounding his wife’s death that his pleas to the ambulance crew to overlook financial considerations for the deceased’s life fell on deaf ears. According to John […]
Sirba / El Fasher / Nyala — A villager was shot dead by armed robbers in his house in Sirba, West Darfur, on Tuesday. In another incident in Sirba that day, two people were shot by elements of the Rapid Support Forces. Army officers responded to calls for justice from the people and detained four […]
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered a total ban on use of Police Spy Vehicle Number Plates by vehicle owners across the federation without exception. A statement by Force Headquarters stated that the ban was irrespective of whether the earlier issuance was authorised or not. It said: “All authorisations are hereby […]
Equal Education members demand Eastern Cape education MEC intervene Scores of learners and Equal Education members donned their school uniforms on Wednesday and marched to the Eastern Cape Department of Education in Zwelitsha. They are opposed to proposed amendments to minimum norms and standards for public school infrastructure. Under the new draft amendments, deadlines have […]
Nairobi — With 25 days to the August general election, the question on whether Former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko will be on the ballot still remains a big headache to the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The Commission’s Chairman Wafula Chebukati and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Marjan Hussein are reading from different scripts on […]
Cape Town — Flags, Now Philharmonic Orchestra – What’s Nathi Mthetwa’s Next Move? Arts and Culture Minister Nathi Mthetwa has done it again – this time around he wants to establish a R30 million philharmonic orchestra that was according to News24, approved in 2018. Far from being music to the ears of political parties […]
Kusile was meant to be finished in 2014 with a budget of R81bn, but so far only four of the six planned units have achieved commercial operation, with R152bn already spent. In a joint operation with the Hawks and the SA Revenue Service on Tuesday, the National Prosecuting Authority’s Investigating Directorate (ID) arrested two former […]
Mr Abacha, who connived with his family and associates, systematically plundered Nigeria between 1993 when the dictator seized power and 1998 when he died. The more than two decades international hunt for Nigeria’s billions stolen and stashed in various banks across the world by late dictator Sani Abacha and his family and associates yielded its […]
Sir Mo Farah has said he is relieved that the Home Office will not take action against him after he revealed he was trafficked into the UK. The Olympic star disclosed on Monday that his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin, but he got British citizenship under the name Mohamed Farah. Mohamed Farah was the […]
New York / Sirba / Khartoum — Reports of violent suppression of freedoms that characterised the 30-year regime of Omar al Bashir, on all levels of society, are increasing again. Last month, police forces in Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur, held four Christian men in a church in the city. A 20-year-old woman was sentenced […]
Tunis — July 25 Referendum on a Text Weak in Rights Safeguards The draft constitution proposed by Tunisian President Kais Saied enumerates many rights but eviscerates the checks and balances needed to protect them, Human Rights Watch said today in a question-and-answer document about the draft. Saied unveiled the text of the draft constitution on […]
In this report, Vanguard Law and Human Rights chronicles cases of jailbreak in Nigeria between 2010 and 2022 with deliberate focus on how they were carried out in order to establish a pattern of attack; digs into existing literature on the social problem and interacts with experts to identify in clear terms, what the problems […]
Cape Town, South Africa — Authorities in South Africa have arrested the owner of a bar and two employees in connection with the deaths of 21 teenagers, who lost their lives at a tavern last month under mysterious circumstances. Vicky Stark reports from Cape Town, South Africa. A team of detectives working on the case […]
The decision by the Cour d’assises de Paris to hand former Gikongoro prefet Laurent Bucyibaruta a 20-year jail sentence for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi sends a strong message to Genocide fugitives and deniers that truth is catching up with them, survivors and observors say. A senior Rwandan government official has […]
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta has drummed up support for Azimio la Umoja – One Kenya saying it will be the weapon that will ultimately slay the corruption ‘dragon’ in the country. President Kenyatta stated that the presidential ticket flag bearer Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua will transform the nation from the […]
The Cour d’assises de Paris has handed former Gikongoro prefet, Laurent Bucyibaruta, a 20-year jail sentence for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. He was immediately placed under arrest following the sentencing. Bucyibaruta, 78, has lived in France for over two decades. His trial that started on May 9, lasted two months […]