Some Zimbabwean girls as young as 15 have turned to sex work for survival. Shylet Moyo, a 13-year-old girl charges U.S.$10 or less in exchange for sex, reports The Standard's ... Read more »
Although some of the girls have since been released and others managed to escape, as at January, at least 195 girls were still said to be in captivity. Read more »
The Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that the U.S.$43,449,947, £27,800 and N23,218,000 recovered from an ... Read more »
U.S. military officials say dozens of soldiers have been deployed to Mogadishu to train and equip Somali and AMISOM forces fighting extremism. Read more »
Lieutenant-General Yolisa Matakata has been appointed as the new Acting Chief of the Hawks, a priority crime investigation unit of the South African Police Services. She takes over ... Read more »
The UN Special Representative for Central Africa, François Louncény Fall, has called on authorities to examine diligently the difficulties experienced by ... Read more »
The management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has asked four top officials of the agency to leave over missing petroleum scandal. Read more »
President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that the government has reached out to the girls' captors through local and international intermediaries, adding that the government was ... Read more »
President Yoweri Museveni has reportedly ordered Minister of Labour Herbert Kabafunzaki to step aside pending his trial on corruption-related charges. Read more »
Bening Ntelemeza was head of the Hawks, a priority crimes investigation unit at the South African Police Services. His appeal to remain in his job was turned down after the courts ... Read more »
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