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Zelensky appoints new chief prosecutor after predecessor’s corruption scandal

September 19, 2026 World Justice News 0

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed a new acting prosecutor general, after the predecessor resigned over an anti-corruption investigation. Anton Kovalskyi, 42, was appointed on Thursday to replace Ruslan Kravchenko, who stood down last week […]

Maltese tycoon Yorgen Fenech acquitted of orchestrating murder of renowned journalist

September 3, 2026 World Justice News 0

A Maltese businessman on trial over the murder of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has been acquitted. Yorgen Fenech, 44, was accused of complicity in her murder and criminal association to commit murder. He denied […]

Madagascar ex-Senate chief sentenced to hard labour over deadly Gen Z protest crackdown

September 3, 2026 World Justice News 0

Madagascar’s former Senate president has been sentenced to 10 years of hard labour over his alleged role in the violent crackdown on youth-led protests that helped bring down the previous government last year. Richard Ravalomanana, […]

Former Ecuadorian president Lenín Moreno imprisoned for corruption

August 30, 2026 World Justice News 0

A former president of Ecuador has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of taking bribes. Lenín Moreno insisted he had not taken money from a Chinese firm which secured a […]

Corruption charges dropped against South Africa’s police intelligence boss

August 22, 2026 World Justice News 0

South African prosecutors have withdrawn fraud and corruption charges brought against criminal intelligence chief Lt-Gen Dumisani Khumalo and six other police officers. He and his colleagues were arrested in June 2025 over the allegedly unlawful […]

Police officers arrested for allegedly seeking roadside bribe from Nigeria’s anti-corruption boss

July 22, 2026 World Justice News 0

Four Nigerian policeman, accused of setting up an illegal checkpoint to extort money from drivers, picked on the wrong man: the head of one of the country’s anti-corruption agencies. Musa Aliyu, who leads the Independent […]

How a former ‘street kid’ is key to South Africa’s police corruption inquiry

July 15, 2026 World Justice News 0

Vusimusi “Cat” Matlala’s name has haunted the proceedings of South Africa’s major inquiry into alleged police corruption and, if things go to plan on Wednesday, the controversial businessman will at last be questioned himself. He […]

Nigeria arrests former minister in hiding after corruption conviction

May 21, 2026 World Justice News 0

Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency says it has arrested former Power Minister Saleh Mamman a week after he was sentenced to 75 years in jail on corruption charges. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said Mamman […]

Former Nigerian minister sentenced to 75 years in rare corruption verdict

May 15, 2026 World Justice News 0

Saleh Mamman, a former Nigerian power minister, has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for laundering 33.8bn naira ($24.7m; £18.5m), a rare conviction against corrupt officials in the West African nation. Last week, Mamman […]

Spanish PM’s wife charged with corruption after two-year probe

April 14, 2026 World Justice News 0

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife, Begoña Gómez, has been charged with corruption after a two-year criminal investigation, according to a court ruling. Gómez is accused of using her relationship to advance her private career […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]