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Non-governmental organisations have launched a joint campaign with the Police to fight human sacrifice in Uganda.
THE Government will amend the law so that people suspected of stealing government drugs cannot be released on bail until their cases are disposed of.
POLICE in Mbale have netted a gang of suspected thugs who are believed to be behind a series of robberies around the town.
THE Police and health authorities have rescued two children who were starved by their parents in two separate incidences in Mityana and Rakai districts.
ADIEU James Kazini. The death of the former army commander, Maj Gen Kazini, reminds us of Shakespeare's philosophy of tragedies - just fate.
RIPPLES from the kidnap of two Chinese workers of Innoson Nigeria Ltd two years ago in Nnewi, Anambra State, took a new twist over the weekend as a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) petitioned the federal Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Chief Michael Aondoakaa (SAN), urging him to expedite action on tracking down those indicted on the kidnap.
A PILOT audit into the civil service payroll and skills complement has uncovered that thousands of government workers continue to draw salaries months after leaving employment.
The Public Service Commission has uncovered another can of worms involving corruption in the awarding of government contracts of less than R200000, where no formal tender has to be issued.
Convicted former Chairman of the Nigerian Ports Authority(NPA), Chief Olabode George may be in for fresh trouble as the Senate panel on the sale of government houses yesterday named him as one of the 'notable Nigerians' that illegally acquired government houses in choice areas of Lagos.
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad has identified sound education, intelligence, discipline, incorruptibility and empathy as qualities those aspiring for leadership of a nation should possess.
CORRUPTION has become endemic in Namibia under the Swapo government, Nudo President Kuaima Riruako charged at his party's last big election campaign meeting in Windhoek on Sunday.
A 30-year-old woman was murdered, allegedly by her boyfriend, at Khorixas on Tuesday afternoon, the Police have reported.
A 19-YEAR-OLD pupil at Nkwazi Basic School in Ndola was yesterday acquitted by the Ndola High Court for aggravated robbery.
AN UNIDENTIFIED man was killed in the early hours of Sunday by an instant justice mob in Itawa Township in Ndola.
HOME Affairs Minister Lameck Mangani has warned immigration officers against engaging in corrupt activities because that tarnishes the name of the Immigration Department.
A Harare man has been jailed for an effective three years after he was found in possession of 400kg of uncertified maize, which he intended to sell to unsuspecting people outside a wholesale in the city centre.
A FILABUSI man was last Saturday strangled to death by a rope, which he had tied between himself and a donkey that had gone missing for some days in the area.
A 15-year-old boy was on Saturday night abducted by three men in Warren Park and forced to be intimate with a woman at knifepoint at a secluded spot in the suburb.
A Norton businessman fatally shot his friend before turning the gun on himself after he allegedly found him and another colleague being intimate in his house with their girlfriends against his wishes during a party to celebrate his 55th birthday.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has paid tribute to all those who serve on the front lines of the battle against piracy off the coast of Somalia, while stressing that this scourge will not be defeated by military means alone.
The US and Britain have expressed concern over the alleged politicisation of humanitarian aid in Ethiopia ahead of elections and called for immediate investigation.
Recently, a visit to Broadhurst Police Station revealed what could be a daily occurrence at many other police stations.
A year ago, President Kibaki accented to the Anti Counterfeits Act as Kenya's manufacturing sector buckled under the weight of fake and cheaply priced goods, especially from Asia.
THE good relationship between albinos and human rights activists has been strained in recent days. Some albinos complain bitterly saying that some human rights activists ignore their rights and instead defend their arch enemies -- killers who hunt for albino limbs.
Ambassador Kabral Blay-Amihere, former Ghana Ambassador to La Cote d'Ivoire, has cautioned that oil flow may well fuel corruption to disturbing levels.
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