Nairobi Kenya- (PANA) -- Kenya is an emerging center for human trafficking as a country of origin, transit and destination, the minister of labour, Dr Newton Kulundua revealed here Thursday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana's deputy Inspector General of Police, Dr K. Full text...

Accra- Accra (PANA) -- Kweku Asiedu Manfo, the suspect named in the failed bomb attacks on 21 July in London, may be the son of Ghana's Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Operations, Dr. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya plans to enact a Bill that would allow its judiciary to try crimes of international nature, including genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, Attorney General Amos Wako said Friday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Suspected armed robbers in Nigeria have shot dead a Togolose, Tomati Ekoye Eric, who was in Lagos to conduct an undisclosed business, Lagos police spokesman Olubode Ojajuni told PANA in Lagos Friday. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Four people are helping the police in investigations into the seizure of some seven tons of Indian hemp. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya crime level countrywide has dropped by five percent but cases of rape, drug trafficking, petty theft and murders have spoiled the overall picture, police statistics showed on Monday here. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Police here have arrested 13 people suspected of masterminding a range of criminal activities in the Praia port area and the neighbouring Achada Grande Frente district, official sources revealed Saturday. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambique recorded 195,000 crimes, mostly in urban areas between 2000 and 2004, Interior Minister Jose Pacheco, has disclosed. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- Six people from sub-Saharan Africa, including a woman, who impersonated investors whose parents were diplomats in Algeria, have been stopped from swindling an Algerian businessman. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Police in Tanzania's southern region of Mbeya have arrested two persons, saying they will give them clues to buyers of human skins and organs. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Police here Friday announced the arrest of five suspects linked to alleged ritualistic killings in which body parts were extracted from the victims for sale. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- About 100 unemployed South African young men and women from the sprawling Khayelitsha township outside Cape Town have volunteered to assist in reducing violence and crime in their communities. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- About 100 unemployed South African young men and women from the sprawling Khayelitsha township outside Cape Town have volunteered to assist in reducing violence and crime in their communities. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Joint police and army raids in Malawi's major cities have led to the arrest of over 500 suspects and recovery of stolen goods worth millions of Malawi Kwacha, police said here Wednesday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Fearing an impending divorce, a Nigerian housewife identified as Respa Riga decided that she would rather be a widow than a divorcee, according to press reports on Friday here. Full text...

Ziguinchor- Senegal (PANA) -- A group of men armed with assault rifles attacked a village, robbing a shop at gunpoint Thursday night in southern Senegal. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- United States authorities have sent a plea to Kenya to sign a bilateral agreement exempting American citizens and soldiers accused of human rights violations from facing the International Criminal (ICC), a senior official revealed here Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Crime rate declined by 7. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Four armed robbers invaded the country home of the erstwhile chairman of Nigeria's ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the weekend, beating him up and carting away money and valuables, the local press reported Tuesday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A senior Kenyan police officer has promised to secure its porous border with Somalia to prevent incidents like this week's killing of 22 people during fighting between two rival clans on both sides of the frontier. Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- A collective of Mauritians Monday launched a non-governmental organisation called the "Anti-Crime League" to work closely with the police in ridding the island nation of crime. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- The Ghanaian police Monday announced the arrest of an armed robber they said was the nation's most wanted criminal. Full text...

Rabat- Morocco (PANA) -- The UN Mission in Congo (MONUC) has welcomed Rabat's decision to sanction six soldiers of the Moroccan contingent, who were accused of sexually exploiting Congolese minors, according to the Moroccan News Agency (MAP). Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya police commissioner retired Major General Hussein Ali said Friday the police was "winning the war against crime" due to enhanced criminal surveillance and motivation given the force. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has condemned the rising wave of crime in the country, and warned that increased bank robberies would sooner than later drive away investors. Full text...

Cotonou- Benin (PANA) -- Security ministers of Benin and Nigeria have set up a joint intelligence unit in Krake, a Beninese town bordering with Nigeria, to combat criminal activities along their common border. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Unidentified gunmen have shot dead the police spokesman for Nigeria's oil-rich Delta state, Victor Obasuyi, in neighbouring Edo state, scene of a wave of deadly armed robberies in recent times, the local press reported Tuesday. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- An annual crime report released Tuesday by Uganda police affirms that fraud and embezzlement were on the rise countrywide. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- President Olusegun Obasanjo has ordered the deployment of troops to Nigeria's mid-western Edo State being terrorised by armed robbers, the local press reported Saturday. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Cape Verde police said Tuesday they had arrested a suspect in connection with an attempt on the life of State Prosecutor Alindo Figueiredo Silva. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- President Pedro Pires of Cape Verde plans to introduce immediate measures to reverse rising criminality in the archipelago. Full text...

Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) -- The Nigerian High Commission in Freetown has expressed stern consternation at the attitude of some Sierra Leoneans, who associated Nigerians with criminal activities, including ritual killings in Sierra Leone. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Armed robbers Wednesday shot dead six policemen in three different towns in Nigeria's Midwestern Edo state, bringing to 17 the total number of policemen killed by robbers in the state in the past three months, the local press reported. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Spanish police experts on Thursday started dispensing courses on how to combat the forging of currencies and documents, electronic payment methods, data collection and the laundering of capital to Cape Verdean police officers. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Mozambique's Attorney General Joaquim Madeira said his office was facing difficulties in combating organised crime because of shortage of resources and the influence and wealth wielded by criminal networks. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Daring robbers have shot dead five policemen and wounded many others in two separate incidents in Nigeria's southern Edo and Anambra states this week, the local press reported Wednesday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Suspected armed robbers shot dead two policemen and wounded three others in an attack on a convoy of governor James Ibori of Nigeria's southern Delta state at the weekend, the local press reported Monday. Full text...

Praia- Cape Verde (PANA) -- Security forces at the Dakar international airport last week arrested two Cape Verdians in possession of arms and ammunition while in the process to board a plane for Praia, the Cape Verdian news agency, Infopress, reported here. Full text...

Nouakchott- Mauritania (PANA) -- Several African experts on cross-boundary crime and their counterparts from Interpol (International Police) started their second symposium here Monday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's main opposition the Democratic Alliance has expressed concern over the crime statistics released Monday indicating decrease in most violent crimes, arguing that despite the drop, crime still remains at unacceptable high levels. Full text...

Moroni- Comoros (PANA) -- Attorney General Djaffar Ahmed on Monday alleged that his family survived an assassination attempt by yet unidentified individuals who wanted to set ablaze his vehicles and home at the weekend. Full text...

Algiers- Algeria (PANA) -- A train driver has died in hospital after being severely wounded by a stone thrown at him as his train entered the El Harrach station last Saturday, the National Railway Company (SNTF) announced here Sunday. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- Police in Uganda are holding a man who was caught selling a human head to a witch doctor for 5 million shillings (2,940 US dollars) in the southwestern district of Rakai, local press accounts affirmed Monday. Full text...

Libreville- Gabon (PANA) -- A security guard was killed and another seriously wounded Monday afternoon when armed robbers attacked an official of the ruling Gabonese Democratic Party (PDG) in Libreville, according to police sources here. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- As a semblance of peace returns to war-scarred Burundi, armed robbery perpetrated by ex-rebels and government soldiers could prove to be the latest menace facing the country. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Cape Town police have made nearly 10,000 arrests between July 2003 and June this year, according to official statistics released here Monday. Full text...

Kampala- Uganda (PANA) -- A jealous primary school girl is being held by Ugandan police for allegedly killing her rival over a boyfriend in the western district of Kabale. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A 42-year-old teacher has been remanded in prison custody by the Swedru Circuit Court in southern Ghana for defiling five schoolgirls. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- A study conducted by the department of Health in South Africa has shown a 21. Full text...