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Magashule's former bodyguard back in court in October over stolen Pierneef painting

A man with reportedly close connections to former Free State premier Ace Magashule, Ricardo Metler, appeared briefly in the Bloemfontein Magistrate's Court on Wednesday in connection with a Pierneef painting that was stolen from the

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Ghana: Bishop Obinim Still in Police Custody Over Failure to Meet Bail Bond

Obinim was arrested on Tuesday, May 19 on a warrant issued by the court and thus charged with the offence of publication of false news and forging of documents contrary to sections 208 and 159 of the Criminal and other Offences Act, 1960 (Act

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Magashule defends decision to reinstate VBS-linked ANC leaders

ANC secretary general Ace Magashule confirmed that two ANC Limpopo leaders implicated in alleged corruption at VBS Mutual Bank have been reinstated in their

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Changing the World

George Floyd’s six-year-old daughter Gianna looked on quizzically while her mother gave a heart wrenching description of what the death of her father would mean throughout the

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Cayman Islands

The Caymans consist of three islands—Grand Cayman (76 sq mi; 197 sq km), Cayman Brac (22 sq mi; 57 sq km), and Little Cayman (20 sq mi; 52 sq km)—situated about 180 mi (290 km) northwest of Jamaica. They were dependencies of Jamaica until 1959, when they became a unit territory within the

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Tanzania to appeal ruling on denial of bail

The office of the Attorney General in Tanzania said it will contest a High Court ruling made last week that termed an entire section of the country's Penal Code denying bail for offences such as murder, treason, terrorism, money laundering and illicit drugs trafficking as

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Jefferson, William J. (1947-- )

William J. Jefferson is a former Democratic politician who represented Louisiana’s Second Congressional District from 1991 to 2009. He was the first African American congressman elected from the state since Reconstruction. His career ended in a bribery scandal that resulted in his conviction in

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DRC court jails former presidential aide over graft

Mr Vital Kamerhe was found guilty of diverting public funds in a national housing project which the government launched last

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Namibia: State of The Nation Address by His Excellency Dr. Hage G. Geingob, President of The Republic Of Namibia

Windhoek

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Rwanda: Youtuber Detained Over Fraud, Impersonation

Dieudonné Niyonsenga, the owner of popular YouTube channel Ishema TV was on Thursday denied bail by the Kagarama court in Kigali and remanded to 30-day

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Lee Daniels Sits Down With Mo’Nique For Dinner And Reflects On Friendship After Fiery Feud

Iconic film producer and director Lee Daniels sat down with 'The Parkers' actress Mo'Nique to celebrate their long-standing friendship ahead of their most recent film release.

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Mauritius: EU Lists Country as High Risk Country for Money Laundering

Companies operating in Mauritius face a test of integrity after the European Union included the island on its revised list of high risk jurisdiction for money laundering and terror

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South Africa

South Africa, on the continents southern tip, is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the west and by the Indian Ocean on the south and east. Its neighbors are Namibia in the northwest, Zimbabwe and Botswana in the north, and Mozambique and Swaziland in the northeast. The kingdom of Lesotho forms an

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Tanzania's Firebrand Tundu Lissu

Since Magufuli was elected in 2015, Lissu has made it his job to fearlessly challenge the autocratic leader - and more than a dozen bullet wounds were not enough to shut him

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Admin clerk sentenced to 9 years, convicted on 223 counts of fraud

A former administrative clerk has been sentenced to nine years in jail after she was found guilty of 223 counts of fraud, worth over R3

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Sudan: Transfer of Sudan War Crimes Suspect to the Hague 'A Milestone' - ICC Prosecutor Bensouda

The Hague — The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, has hailed the surrender and transfer of former Darfur janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, indicted by the court for crimes against humanity, as "a milestone in the Darfur, Sudan

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CWI audit report raises questions about money laundering, conflict of interest with ex-employee

An audit report on Cricket West Indies (CWI) has raised serious concerns about a financial transaction that could appear to be money laundering and a conflict of interest with a loan pertaining to an employee no longer with

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Isabel dos Santos seeks to revoke asset freeze over 'forged' passport

Angola's billionaire former first-daughter Isabel dos Santos and her husband are seeking to revoke a court order that froze their assets last year as part of a massive corruption probe, their lawyer said

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Antigua and Barbuda

Antigua, the larger of the two main islands, is 108 sq mi (280 sq km). The island dependencies of Redonda (an uninhabited rocky islet) and Barbuda (a coral island formerly known as Dulcina) are 0.5 sq mi (1.30 sq km) and 62 sq mi (161 sq

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Kenya

U.S. Department of State Background Note

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Namibia: Swapo Music Crew Manager Linked to Fishrot Funds

A N$443 000 payment made to Ndilimani Cultural Troupe's manager Jesse Nombanza's vehicle loan in 2017 has been flagged as potential proceeds of the Fishrot

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Facebook's libra wallet is now called Novi

Facebook has changed the name of the digital wallet to be used with its new cryptocurrency, the latest in a number of changes to the digital currency and its

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Source: TechCentral

US/Venezuela relations… The more things change...

The consequential meltdown in Venezuela has manifested itself in the fashion of a gradually unfolding theatrical production…first, brooding then street riots and official crackdowns, debilitating scarcities… and after all of these had changed nothing, a sustained outward procession by Venezuelans

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South African

LOTTO Results edit post Daily Lotto results for Sunday, 28 February 2021 2021-02-28 edit post Lotto and Lotto Plus results for Saturday, 27 February 2021

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'You Been In the House All Your Life': Fans Are Unimpressed After T.I. and Tiny's Son King Harris Shows Off His Boxing Skills

It appears that T.I. and Tiny Harris’ son King Harris is channeling his inner Muhammad Ali after showing off his swift and impressive boxing skills. […]

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Mauritius: Reinventing the Mauritian Economic Model

Although Mauritius has reinvented itself before, the consequences this time challenge its economic philosophy and will require vision, creativity and

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PCA tells PAC: Complaints against police increasing - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

POLICE Complaints Authority (PCA) director David West said for this year, a total of 713 complaints against police officers have been made to the authority. West added this is reflective of a trend of increasing complaints against police officers that began in 2014. He made the comments during

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Kenya: Safaricom Makes It Harder for Crooks to Register SIM Cards Using Your ID Number

Safaricom has introduced a new feature set to protect customers through SMS notifications whenever their ID number is being used to register for a new line without the

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$23.9m deposited into one account over three years

[251] We submit that, if the tribunal of fact accepts the evidence of the witnesses that they provided the proceeds from these cheques to Mr Elliott, the issues left for the court's consideration are: Whether or not the monies in Mr Elliott's accounts constitute criminal property, whether in whole

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Penn’s ‘long tradition’ as a center for the study of African American history | Penn Today

… legible the lenses that African American studies and African American history and Africana studies … on training graduate cohorts studying African American history. “Penn has an … aspect of the centrality of Black Americans in the worldwide African diaspora …

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