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Police arrested Mauritania’s former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz on Tuesday on the eve of his trial for abuse of power and amassing an illicit fortune, a lawyer said. The 66-year-old was first told to report to police, but refused, defence lawyers said. The police “came to look for him …

Police in Uganda are holding a pastor and three of its officers following a case in which a Latvian woman was allegedly raped and defrauded of her money. This past weekend, Nation Media Group-Uganda exclusively reported about the predicament to which Anda claims Joseph Collins Twahirwa subjected her shortly after …

The founder and leader of Heaven Way Champion Ministries, Evangelist Patricia Oduro Koranteng alias Nana Agradaa has been rearrested by the police. According to a report by Oman Channel, Agradaa who is facing multiple criminal charges in various courts was rearrested on Monday, January 16, 2023, after making an appearance before the …

The government in 2022 was heavily criticized for the arrest of persons who made some allegations against the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, and his family. In fact, leaders of civil society organizations in Ghana and other notable Ghanaians accused the government of subtly reintroducing the abolished Criminal Libel Law, which …

Tanzanians were surprised when a young father was arrested for defiling his 6-year-old daughter. The 30 years old father, Elias Handa, was arrested and accused of having raping his own daughter. It was reported that this is not the first time the girl has been defiled. Initially, another man named …

A disgraceful teacher got herself in trouble after inserting her fingers in a young child’s private parts. The teacher, named Zara, is suspected of being a lesbian and was arrested by the Borno State Police Command Center for sexual assault. Zara is said to be a primary school English teacher …

Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has arrested the country’s Vice President Saulos Chilima over corruption allegations, it said on Friday. Chilima is accused of accepting money and other items in exchange for awarding government contracts, the ACB said in a statement. The vice president would be taken to court where he is …

Three Chinese nationals have been arrested by personnel from the Ghana Police Service for allegedly killing a male adult at Bonsa, a town in the Western region. The suspects, according to a police statement available to GhanaWeb, shot and killed the victim at a mining site on Friday, November 11, …

Twenty-five commercial s*x workers have been arrested by the Jigawa State Hisbah Command. They were arrested in the Kazaure local government area of Jigawa. The spokesman of the Hisba Command, Muhammad Sale Korau disclosed this in a statement issued. He explained that the state Hisba commandant led the operation and …

A young man based in Ashaiman, Wisdom, has stated that the government of Ghana must provide jobs for the youths of Ashaiman, otherwise, the government must legalise the sale of weeds. According to Wisdom, he has been jobless for a long while and depended on weed to cater for himself …