The Commissioner of Prisons and Rehabilitation, Herman Kau is alleged to have caused a scene recently when he kicked-out off duty officers socialising at the Gaborone Club.

Village Magistrate, Olivier Zvedi, has sentenced Machael Mezeke (24) to six years' imprisonment for shop break-in and theft.

A special constable at Tatitown Police Station is being investigated for stealing P350 from a friend on April 4.

There was a new twist in the Kumakwane Roman Catholic Church theft case when the stolen property was found in the house of a dead suspect released by the police because of lack of evidence.

Two people were arrested, accused of leading the beating and burning to death of one man in Maputo last week, who was accused of theft in one of the residences in the Maputo neighbourhood of Magoanine.

At least nine persons over the weekend sustained bullet wounds in New Kru Town, an outskirt of Monrovia, medical sources disclosed.

At the beginning of February, the mediation process laid out four agenda items for the Orange Democratic Party and the Party of National Unity to seek agreement on. These were, paraphrased: Ending the violence; addressing the humanitarian crisis; resolving the

The movie Kiwani premiered with fanfare at Munyonyo resort beach in Kampala a week ago, and the timing could not have been better. The team of young people behind the project did not include a single professional filmmaker. What they

Sata Tamba and her family are still in a state of shock following last week's attack on their Perry Street home in Monrovia by arm robbers.

The anti-corruption dragnet may not close up on the erstwhile Secretary General at the Presidency of the Republic, Jean Marie Atangana Mebara, soon.

Some donors have lauded the Minister of Forestry and Wildlife, Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, in his courageous campaign to rid the forestry sector of corruption.

Residents of Sokoto metropolis and its environs now live in fear of being attacked by suspected political thugs.

Journalist Kaiko Namusa of the state-owned Times of Zambia newspaper was beaten and then arrested by police in the eastern city of Chipata on 17 April for photographing police officers beating a cyclist who had committed a traffic violation. As

Reporters Without Borders is very worried about death threats that were sent anonymously by SMS message on 17 and 19 April to four independent observers who are monitoring the appeal hearings of four people convicted of the June 2007 murder

THE SPECTRE OF SCANDAL AGAIN HOVERS OVER Tanzania's embattled ruling party after a Cabinet minister, on arrival from abroad, where he had accompanied the president, made comments meant to play down the amount of money he supposedly holds in an

Borrowers from the Tanzania Commodity Import Support (CIS) fund are in trouble as the government is engaging a collection agency to recover the debts owed by individuals and firms that have defaulted.

Police are still searching for the Mukono District Police Commander who shot and killed his wife on Saturday night following a domestic brawl.

The Mufti, Sheikh Shaban Mubajje, will today find out if he has a case to answer in a criminal case in which he is accused of embezzlement and conspiracy to defraud.

The sub-regional countries of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) will soon implement a regional agreement to fight piracy in the Western Indian Ocean.

The fate of Cabinet minister Andrew Chenge, who reportedly has over Sh1 billion in an offshore account, is in the hands of President Jakaya Kikwete, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda said yesterday.