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Uganda: Smugglers Fire At URA Operatives

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) operatives on Monday exchanged gunfire with a gang of smugglers they were pursuing in the Murchison Falls National Park.
Africa    Crime


Rwanda: Examining Women As Victims of the 1994 Genocide

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
Although men don't run away from the wrath of war and Genocide, women suffer from the effects of war and Genocide in an unusual way. Considering the specific dangers of war and Genocide during and after the Genocide, the Humanitarian
Africa    Crime

Uganda: Budo Parents Oppose Mass Grave

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
Parents of the 20 pupils of Budo Junior School who were killed in a Monday night inferno at the school's dormitory have asked government not to burry their children in a mass grave.
Africa    Crime

Liberia: Illicit Tapers Attacks Firestone Employee

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
As the activities of illicit tapers roaming the concession area of Firestone Liberia continue unabated, a gang of them has assaulted and wounded an employee of the company in Division 40.
Africa    Crime

Namibia: Omusati Businessman Arrested on Ammunition Charge

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
The Police at Oshakati have arrested a businessman at Elim village in the Omusati Region after he was allegedly found selling ammunition without a licence.
Africa    Crime

Namibia: 30-Year Prison Term for Rape

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
A YOUNG resident of the Caprivi Region was sentenced to an effective 30 years' imprisonment after being convicted in the Katima Mulilo Regional Court on four counts of rape yesterday.
Africa    Crime

South Africa: Cops Deny Cape Hijacking Ring

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
Provincial police have reassured motorists that there is no hijacking syndicate operating in the Western Cape, despite similar tactics being used in four recent attacks.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Corruption - CD Gives FG 6-Week Ultimatum

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
Campaign for Democracy (CD), has given the Federal Government six weeks from today, to prosecute those alleged to have misappropriated funds meant for power projects and those accused of complicity in allocation of federal government houses, or face mass action
Africa    Crime

Namibia: I Was Only Playing - Murder Suspect

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
The death of a 15-year-old boy who was found tied up in a pool of water in the Fish River near Mariental in May 2006 was the result of an innocent game gone terribly wrong, the young man accused of
Africa    Crime

Liberia: NGOs, Locals Implicated in Gravel Theft

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
Unidentified non-governmental organizations have been implicated in stealing gravel from refurbished roads in the country.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: N300 Million Scam And Senate Clean Bill of Health

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
The fight against corruption by the present administration was recently rubbished by the refusal of the Senate to allow Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello undergo trial at the competent court of law for alleged corruption. BEN ADOGA examines the issue and says
Africa    Crime

Ghana: Alleged Visa Deals - Afeku's Woes Deepen

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
The allegation of visa racketeering, which stalled the vetting of Mrs. Catherine Afeku, Government Spokesperson on Social Services and Infrastructure, from the Evalue-Gwira primary on the ticket of her party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), is far from ending as
Africa    Crime

Gambia: Sanyang Armed Robbers' Case Resumes

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
The 2005 armed robbery case of Sanyang village, Kombo South, in the Western Region, involving four people, namely, Onyeka Okenwa, Luis Karlu, Ananyo Chi and Charles Ndeka, Tuesday resumed at the High Court before presiding Judge Yamoa.
Africa    Crime

Botswana: State Loses Committal Papers in Murder Case

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
The state cannot locate a murder suspect's papers for committal to the High Court, the prosecution told a judge yesterday.
Africa    Crime

Sierra Leone: Nigerian Sued for Possessing Cocaine

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
A Nigerian national David Anunihu was Wednesday arraigned before Magistrate Deen Tarawallie of Court No.1A for unlawful possession of substance believed to be cocaine.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Journalist's Family Condemns Attack By Security Men

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
THE family of Mr. Fidelis Soriwei, the correspondent of The Punch Newspaper in Owerri, Imo State, who was manhandled by four men on the order of the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the Imo State Governor, has expressed shock at
Africa    Crime

Botswana: Rape Convict Seeks Freedom

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
A former employee of the Department of Customs and Excise Mmolotsi Tlhowe told the Court of Appeal yesterday that he should be discharged and acquitted because his incarceration has interrupted his accounting studies.
Africa    Crime

Botswana: Policeman Admits Lying to Court

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
Acting chief magistrate, Lorraine Makati-Lesang ruled this week that a man who was brought to court to answer a charge of threat to kill is a victim of mistaken identity.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Delta Assembly Hails Power Sector's Probe

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
MEMBERS of the Delta State House of Assembly yesterday commended members of the Power and Energy Committee for their exceptional patriotism in exposing the rot in the power and energy sector during the last administration and has therefore called on
Africa    Crime

Botswana: Slow Start to Daisy Loo Fraud Case

17.04.2008 19:51    allafrica.com
Not much progress has been made in the fraud case against former Gaborone City(GCC) Council employees Frank Molaletsi, Gilbert Sithole, Frank Stegling, Bitsang Abby and Daisy Loo cleaning company and its managing director Moemedi Dijeng. The case, which was adjourned
Africa    Crime

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