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A Chinese national serving a one-year jail term for theft at the Nsawam Prison has reportedly escaped while receiving medical care at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, according to a graphiconline.com report. Wang Xiao is reported to have purportedly feigned illness, prompting prison authorities to transport him to the …

Alfred Tuah-Yeboah, the deputy attorney general has clarified circumstances that led to the prison term and fine imposed on Chinese galamsey queen En Huang, aka Aisha Huang. The high court in Accra on Monday convicted, fined, and sentenced Aisha Huang, to four years in prison for undertaking mining operations without …

  Awulae Agyefi Kwame, the Pacriticizedief of Nsein Traditional Area in the Western region, has strongly criticized the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration for the deplorable state of roads in the region. He particularly criticized the persistent issues with the Takoradi to Agona-Nkwanta road, which faces ongoing intermittent blockages due to its deteriorating …

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has said he will run for a fourth term in next year’s presidential election. “Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Mr Kagame told French-language magazine Jeune Afrique on Tuesday. Asked about what the West would think about his decision to run again, Mr Kagame said, “I’m …

Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has won a second and final term in office in an outcome rejected by the opposition and questioned by observers. Mnangagwa, who took over from longtime leader Robert Mugabe after a 2017 army coup, was widely expected to secure re-election despite the country’s continuing economic crisis, …

A court in Senegal has handed down a two-month suspended prison sentence to leading opposition politician Ousmane Sonko for libel, his lawyers said. The court in the capital, Dakar found him guilty on Thursday of defaming Tourism Minister Mame Mbaye Niang, whom he accused of embezzlement. The sentence will not …

A teacher who was wrongfully handed a 20-year jail term has been acquitted and discharged of any wrongdoing after spending 6 years in custody. Maxwell Bernieh in an interview with Connect FM, narrated the ordeal of how he was wrongfully accused of rape just one month after starting his job. …

The founder and leader of Heaven’s Gate Ministries, Prophet Nicholas Osei alias Kumchacha, has stated that the recent jail term handed to socialite Valentina Agyeiwaa alias Schwarzenegger was a result of a curse. According to Kumchacha, Schwarzenegger’s woe was because of her constant disrespect against several reputable persons including the founder of …

President of Equatorial Guinea has won re-election for the sixth consecutive time extendig his stay in office to beyond four decades. Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, secured almost 95% of votes, in a vote he was largely expected to win. Officials results were released over the weekend by the national poll …

The presiding Judge at the Circuit Court, his Honour Samuel Bright Acquah has said the Chinese galamsey queen Aisha Huang is likely to face 20 years in jail if found guilty of charges against her. He explained, while ruling on the bail application of Aisha Huang that the accused person’s …