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A 30-year-old Soldier has appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, for allegedly having multiple sex with a 14-year-old girl at Burman Camp, Accra.

Richard Okyere who is facing a charge of defiling a minor pleaded not guilty and his lawyer prayed the court to grant him bail. But the court presided over by Mrs. Adelaide Abui Kadey, remanded Okyere into Military custody to reappear on January 27, 2021. The prosecution, led by Detective Sergeant Opoku Aniagyei, narrated to the court that both the complainant who is a 53-year-old labourer of the Ghana Military Police, and the accused live at Burma Camp in Accra. ...

Police Warn Lockdown Delinquents The Zimbabwe Republic Police has urged the public to stay at home as a government imposed Covid-19 induced national lockdown period begins this Tuesday. In a statement Monday, police said they will not hesitate to arrest anyone found in a public place without or while improperly wearing a mask and not practising social distancing. Health Minister and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga weekend announced a month-long lockdown period to try and contain rising Covi...

Multi Partner Real Time Quality Review: IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis (South Sudan, November 2020) Format The IPC Acute Food Insecurity analysis was conducted in South Sudan from October 26th to November 16th, 2020. Due to breakdown in technical consensus in relation to the estimation of populations in IPC Phase 5 (Catastrophe) in six counties, on November 17th, the IPC South Sudan Technical Working Group (TWG) partners requested the IPC Global Support Unit (GSU) to conduct a Real Time Qua...

Apply to be a reviewer Registration closes on 7 March 2021 at 10:59pm (GMT), one week before the end of the review period. The expert review period takes place from 18 January 2021 to 14 March 2021, 10:59pm (GMT). IPCC Focal Points do not need to register. More about the Expert Reviewer process If you have any questions about the process, please contact IPCC Working Group III Technical Support Unit at tsu@ipcc-wg3.ac.uk. Published 6 January 2021

12 robbers released on bail wanted over spate of crimes Crime Reporter Twelve suspected armed robbers, including two ex-policemen who were released on bail pending appeal at the High Court last year, are now on police’s most wanted list for committing a spate of robberies in and around Harare and skipping bail. A manhunt for the 12, and other wanted suspects, has since been launched. Some are believed to have skipped the country to evade arrest since March last year. They were once arrested b...

It’s freezing! London gripped by sub-zero ‘feels like’ temperatures on NYE as snow falls (in the North) Michael Howie UP NEXT London was gripped by bitterly cold conditions on New Year’s Eve as temperatures in the north sank to a low  of minus 7.5C on the final day of the year.  The mercury in the capital was set to stay at or below 3C on Thursday afternoon - with a bitingly cold wind ensuring the ‘feel like temperature’ stays at or below zero, according to the Me...

Updated: 31 Dec 2020, 16:25 Invalid Date, BRITS woke up to arctic conditions this morning as snow and ice brought a -7.5C deep freeze to parts of northern England and Scotland. Pictures taken overnight and this morning in Horwich, Greater Manchester, show houses, cars and streets blanketed in almost 5 inches of snow. 28 28 28 28 28 Weather warnings for snow and ice have been issued for large parts of northern England and Scotland until 2pmCredit: Mercury Press 28 A young girl puts the finishin...

“There are no ongoing health concerns for any of the prisoners involved,” Alleyne said. One woman returned to the prison that evening and was placed in the Intervention and Support Unit for monitoring, and two stayed in hospital overnight, and were discharged the following day. “When interviewed the women admitted to eating various plants and bugs, including a plant from the datura species. “The plant was removed from the grounds and destroyed immediately.” Alleyne said staff ha...

The 2015 Climate Agreement was a stimulus for reversing negative climate change, but achieving this requires even more effort and ambition. However, the result wil definitely be worth it. This was the conclusion reached by the participants of the webinar organized by EURACTIV.pl and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation.   The negotiations took many years, but on December 12th 2015, at the conclusion of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris (COP21), the first such broad, universal and...