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The Anti Cultism and Kidnapping Squad (ACKS) of the Police Command in Cross River has arrested a notorious kidnap kingpin, three years after he...

Nigeria's Supreme Court has suspended the government's deadline to stop the use of old currency notes.The Central Bank of Nigeria had ordered people to swap out old bank notes for currency with a new design by the February 10 deadline, but the directiv...

When asked how she made her breakthrough in investigative journalism, Cecilia Okoth says it came down to having a curious mind.Assigned to cover a media briefing at a cancer treatment center in Uganda's capital, Kampala, the reporter was intrigued by t...

On 2 January, the High Court of Mukaza in Bujumbura, Burundi, sentenced journalist Floriane Irangabiye to 10 years in prison and a fine of one million Burundian francs (USD 482). She was convicted on trumped-up charges of “undermining the integrity of ...

Speech by Minister of Justice and Correctional Services, Mr. Ronald Lamola (MP) at the Countering the Corrupt Reform of the Criminal Justice Administration in South Africa Hybrid Conference, on 6 February 2023Distinguished GuestsDistinguished Leaders i...

KAMPALA— The International Criminal Court is seeking more state and non-state partners in its hunt for Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony.Kony, who has evaded arrest for more than 17 years, is the leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group.Dahirou Santa...

A judge in Kenya has sentenced a former police officer to death for the murders of three people, including a prominent human rights activist in 2016. Three other men received long prison sentences in connection with the case.In her verdict delivered Fr...

UNITED NATIONS, UN humanitarians report that recent clashes between Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) forces and M23 rebels have displaced about 90,000 people, a UN spokesman said.The chief spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Step...