Crime Africa
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Attack by al-Qaeda linked group in Mali killed more than 70 people
More than 70 people are thought to have been killed in an attack by an al-Qaeda-linked group on Mali’s capital…
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Watch as Nigerian prostitute weeps after being sentenced to 8 years for human trafficking
A Nigerian woman by the name Favour Ugwe, accused of prostitution and human trafficking, has been convicted by a court…
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Armed groups with links to ISIL, al-Qaeda terrorising Burkina Faso: HRW
Armed groups with links to al-Qaeda and ISIL (ISIS) have escalated attacks on civilians in Burkina Faso, Human Rights Watch…
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Al-Qaeda-linked group says it was behind Mali attack
An al-Qaeda-linked group has said it was behind an early morning attack in the Malian capital, Bamako. Armed men targeted…
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5 arrested for vandalizing Shs225m street light solar panels
Five people suspected of vandalizing street light solar panels worth Shs225.75 million in Kabale town have been arrested by the…
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US blocks Nigerian’s cryptocurrency fraud, imposes $50,000 fine
The Kansas Attorney General’s Office successfully thwarted an attempt by Bimbo Toyin Akinyemi, a Nigerian national, to defraud a Kansas…
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Nigerian brothers jailed in US for sextortion scam targeting teenagers
Two brothers from Nigeria who targeted a 17-year-old in a sextortion scam have been sentenced to 17 years and six…
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Police arrest ‘BBL doctor’ over lady’s death
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Dr. Idara Bassey in connection with the death of a 36-year-old woman during…
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Fake CV lands top ‘engineer’ in jail for 15 years
The man who had been chief engineer at South Africa’s state-owned passenger rail company has been sentenced to 15 years…
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Suspected Boko Haram militants kill at least 37 in Nigeria attack
Suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants roared into a northeastern Nigerian village on motorcycles, opened fire on a market and set…
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