Category Archives: Crime & Corruption
Abuja – Nigeria’s corrupt police force acts on the whims of the highest bidder and officers carry out extra-judicial killings and torture, the acting inspector general of police said. President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered a complete overhaul of the police … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Boko Haram, Goodluck Jonathan, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Mohammed Yusuf, Nigeria, Nigeria Police Force, Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Reuters
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34-year-old woman’s death late Monday night has left members of Winnipeg’s Eritrean community stunned. Emergency officials rushed to a suite at Palmer House, at 372 Assiniboine Ave., at about 10:10 p.m., Monday after an assault was reported. The woman was … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, East Africa, Eritrea, News, Refugees/Migrants
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Tagged Canada, Eritrea, Khartoum, Kidane, Manitoba, Sudan, Winnipeg, Winnipeg Police Service
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He was unemployed and receiving welfare, but Adekunle Adetiloye was somehow living lavishly, complete with a Range Rover, extended trips to England and an expensive condominium. Adekunle Adetiloye was sentenced Jan. 23, 2012, for his role in what authorities call … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged ChoicePoint, Credit card, Credit card fraud, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, LexisNexis, North Dakota, Ralph Erickson, United States, United States Attorney
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A Rwandan rebel leader sent to the International Criminal Court to face charges including murder, rape and torture in the Democratic Republic of Congo must be freed because of lack of evidence, judges ruled on Friday. Callixte Mbarushimana, described as … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Crime & Corruption, DR Congo, News
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Tagged Callixte Mbarushimana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Hague, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, North Kivu, Paris, Rwanda
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November 4, 2011 by benim
Living in fear: Genet Kidane had begged police to protect her An illegal immigrant who murdered his ex-lover by pushing her 30ft from a bridge had already been deported from Britain three times. Younas Beraki shoved mother-of-one Genet Kidane on … read more »
Posted in Article, Crime & Corruption, East Africa, Eritrea, Hot Spot, News
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Tagged Beraki, Coventry, Eritrea, Genet Kidane, Independent Police Complaints Commission, Kidane, Primark, Refugee
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Abuja – Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency said it has arrested three former state governors on allegations of abuse of office and fraud totalling $615m. State governors are among the most powerful politicians in Nigeria, wielding influence over national policy and in … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged arrest, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nasarawa State, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Ogun State, Oyo State, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Nigeria’s government says Islamic militants in northern states are linked to al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists in the Sahel and in Somalia. Definitively proving that link has brought more international attention to Nigerian terrorism, but may be overshadowing its domestic causes. Nigeria’s State … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, Featured 1, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged al-Qaida, Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf, Monguno, Nigeria, Sahel, State Security Service, United States
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A U.S. judge has sentenced a Somali man to life in prison for his role in the hijacking of a yacht that left all four Americans on board dead. Muhidin Salad Omar is the third of 11 men to be … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged CBS News, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, life imprisonment, Marina del Rey California, Mark Fox, New York Times, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Oman, Pan African News, Southern Africa, USS Sterett, West Africa
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BANGALORE: The sleuths of Women and Narcotic Squad of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly trying to sell cocaine. The police have seized 114 grams of cocaine worth Rs. 6 lakh, a cash of Rs. … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged arrest, Bangalore, Crack cocaine, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, India, Mumbai, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 25, 2011 by benim
ABOUT 130 heroin pellets were allegedly found in the intestines of a Malaysian woman after she got off a flight at Sydney Airport. A 25-year-old Nigerian man, who was waiting to collect the drugs, was arrested outside a restaurant in … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Australian Federal Police, Illegal drug trade, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, Nigerian, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Sydney Airport, West Africa
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September 13, 2011 by benim
THE MAN who lured a Joburg model to Durban three weeks ago, and then raped and stabbed her in an Umhlanga Rocks lodge, is believed to have attempted the crime again last week – this time luring a teenage model … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, African National Congress, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Cape Town, crime, Durban, East Africa, Helen Zille, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Johannesburg, Julius Malema, Kenny Young, North Africa, Pan African News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Umhlanga KwaZulu-Natal, Umhlanga Rocks, voting, West Africa Democratic Alliance, western cape, Woman, Zimababwe, Zimbabwe news
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The Department of Correctional Services has fired an officer who features in a scandalous sex video. Footage of the correctional officer having sex with a policewoman at a Krugersdorp prison hospital was published by the Sowetan newspaper on August 15. … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Corrections officer, Krugersdorp, Law, Law Enforcement, Police, Police officer, Sowetan, United States
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A man appeared in the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday for allegedly raping his goat, North West police said. Zacharia Tivane (41) would remain in custody until his next appearance on 21 October, Sergeant Kelebogile Moiloa said. Tivane was arrested … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged England, Goat, Lieutenant, Mpumalanga, Nigeria, Police, Rape, Sergeant
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Kenya’s anti-corruption chief and his deputies have been given seven days to leave office after lawmakers adopted legislation establishing a revamped anti-graft watchdog enshrined under the new constitution. Corruption czar Patrick Lumumba’s departure was required as part of the legislation … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, East Africa, Kenya, News
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Tagged Anna Hazare, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, India, Kenya, new delhi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, political corruption, Reuters, Southern Africa, West Africa
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London – Anni Dewani’s father cried and hugged family members on Wednesday as a British judge ruled that her husband can be extradited to South Africa to face charges for her murder. After speaking for about two hours, Judge Howard … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Cape Town – A British judge on Wednesday ruled that Shrien Dewani should be extradited to South Africa to face charges for his wife’s murder. District Judge Howard Riddle said that Dewani can be extradited, pending approval from the UK’s … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Bristol, Cape Town, East Africa, extradition, Home Secretary, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, London, Magistrates' Court (England and Wales), North Africa, Pan African News, Posttraumatic stress disorder, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Murder suspect Shrien Dewani was impotent and could not have sex, his former fiancee has told South African police. Dewani, who is accused of murdering his bride Anni in Cape Town, allegedly broke off his engagement with Rani Kansagra after … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, Featured 1, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Cape Town, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, India, London, North Africa, Northwood London, Pan African News, Posttraumatic stress disorder, Scotland Yard, South Africa, South African Police, Southern Africa, West Africa
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A carer suspected of stealing £35,000 from a vulnerable old woman, a scammer said to be raising money for a young cancer patient and a man thought to be behind a holiday booking hoax. These are just three of Britain’s … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Business, Crimestoppers, East Africa, Fraud, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, London, money laundering, North Africa, Pan African News, Peter Stead, Southern Africa, Value Added Tax, Waltham Cross, West Africa
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A dangerous sex offender whose claim for asylum was thrown out eight years ago is still living in Britain – and costing the taxpayer hundreds of thousands of pounds. Sarafa Salami, 48, was sentenced to four years in prison and … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Togo, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, crime, East Africa, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Liverpool John Moores University, North Africa, Pan African News, Sex offender, Sex offender registration, sex offenses, Southern Africa, UK Border Agency, West Africa, West Drayton
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The Skagit County coroner has ruled than an adopted 13-year-old girl died of hypothermia in her own backyard. It happened in May, but police and Child Protective Services are still investigating, and now, so are the KOMO Problem Solvers. According … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Adoption, Child Protective Services, Ethiopia, Foster care, Sedro-Woolley, Sedro-Woolley Washington, Sheriff, Skagit County Washington
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Jos – A group critical of feared Islamic militants says weekend blasts targeted their leaders in a tense central Nigerian city. The spokesperson of a sect known as Izala said on Monday that a bomb went off on Saturday night … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, Boko Haram, breaking news, Deputy leader, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Islamic terrorism, Jos, MAIDUGURI, Muslim, Nigeria, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Vienna – Drug traffickers faced with restrictions to transit routes through Asia and the Middle East are turning to eastern Africa, driving up instability and increasing substance abuse, a United Nations report said. The UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime … read more »
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, Asia, breaking news, East Africa, Illegal drug trade, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jonathan, Middle East, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, Nigeria politics, North Africa, Opium production in Afghanistan, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Substance abuse, United Nations, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, West Africa
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Niger has created an anti-corruption body to step up the fight against graft in the impoverished nation, the government announced Wednesday. The High Authority to Combat Corruption comprises representatives of the Niger administration, private sector and civil society, a government … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Niger, West Africa
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Tagged 2010 Nigerien coup d'état, About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Jonathan, Mahamadou Issoufou, Mamadou Tandja, Niger, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, Nigeria politics, North Africa, Pan African News, political corruption, Southern Africa, Transparency International, West Africa
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Johannesburg – A 46-member armed gang robbed a mine in Kadoma, Zimbabwe, of more than four tonnes of gold ore in two separate incidents, according to Zimbabwe’s Herald Online on Wednesday. The gang are also believed to have beaten up … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Business and Economy, East Africa, Harare, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Lovemore Moyo, North Africa, Pan African News, Robbery, Robert Mugabe, South Africa, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zimbabwe
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A military court convicted 14 Egyptians of assaulting officials during a June ceremony to honour “martyrs” in this year’s uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak, the state MENA news agency said on Wednesday. The 14 were among a group that … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Cairo, East Africa, Egypt, Egyptians, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Interior ministry, Mena, Military tribunal, North Africa, Pan African News, Reuters, Southern Africa, West Africa
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A Nigerian court has accused five officers of killing the leader of a radical Muslim sect and of committing an act of terrorism in Africa’s most populous nation. Court documents on Tuesday show that the officers were charged with “unlawfully … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Abuja, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, Boko Haram, breaking news, East Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Mohammed Yusuf, Muslim, Nigeria, Nigeria Police Force, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, terrorism, West Africa
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Johannesburg – A Zimbabwean police constable is facing armed robbery charges after he allegedly robbed five taxi drivers of their money and valuables using his service pistol, Zimbabwe’s Herald Online reported on Friday. Aloud Hurumba, 23, was not formally charged … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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The European Union will provide 2.5 million euros ($3.5 million) to help care for rape victims in the Democratic Republic of Congo under an agreement signed Monday. The cash will go towards “appropriate medical care” for victims of sexual attacks … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, Crime & Corruption, DR Congo, News
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Democratic Republic of Congo, East Africa, European Commission, European Union, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Mai Mai, North Africa, North Kivu, Pan African News, Rape, South Kivu, Southern Africa, United States Agency for International Development, West Africa
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Nigerian special military forces in Niger Delta on Saturday arrested four suspects after troops raided sites where stolen oil was illegally being “refined”, a spokeman for the forces said. Troops of the Joint Military Task Force (JTF), supported by MI-35 … read more »
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Authorities say a Nigerian court has sentenced two foreigners to 15 years for smuggling nearly half a ton of cocaine into Africa’s most populous nation. A spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said in a statement that a … read more »
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