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Life in prison, death for identifying as gay as Uganda passes anti-LGBTQ law

Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday approved some of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws, making some crimes punishable by death and imposing up to 20 years in...

The Tema Motorway is a death trap

In 48 months, more than 136 people died on the Accra Tema motorway. With the current road state, more people are still at risk...

Goalkeeper dies after saving penalty

Belgian goalkeeper, Arne Espeel, has died at the age of 25 after he collapsed on the pitch on Saturday, moments after saving a penalty...
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What is the 2022 World Cup ‘Group of Death’?

When each group stage draw is made ahead of a World Cup, qualified nations around the world pray for a kind set of fixtures to...

Woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery

Efforts to prevent a young Sudanese woman from being stoned to death after she was convicted of adultery, are being hindered by the absence...
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Mankessim murder: Suspects should be sentenced to death – PNC

The People's National Convention (PNC) is advocating for death penalty for suspects found guilty of ritual murder.This move, it explained, is to serve as...

LGBT activists sentenced to death

Two LGBT activists have been sentenced to death in Iran, rights groups say.A court in Urmia found Zahra Seddiqi Hamedani, 31, and Elham Choubdar,...

Michael Jackson’s ex-wife finally breaks silence on his death

Michael Jackson's ex-wife broke down in tears as she revealed she feels partly to blame for the singer's death. Debbie Rowe, 63, wept as she...

Man sentenced to death for murdering Egyptian student

An Egyptian court has recommended the death sentence for a man who murdered a student after she had refused to marry him.The defendant, Mohamed...

Iran sentences 51 people to death by stoning for adultery

Iran has sentenced 51 people to death by stoning because they were caught cheating on their partners.A total of 23 women and 28 men currently await death as...
Floribert Chebeya (Photo credit: AFP)

Policeman sentenced to death for murder

A Congolese military court has sentenced a high-ranking policeman to death for his role in the 2010 murder of human rights activist Floribert Chebeya,...
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Court sentences 6 to death in killing of Sri Lankan

A Pakistan court has sentenced six people to death and nine others to life in prison after convicting them for their roles in last...
The death chamber at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas ( Image: X80001)

World’s oldest death row inmate killed by lethal injection for murdering police officer

The world's oldest death row inmate has been put to death at a US prison for murdering a police officer.Carl Wayne Buntion, 78, murdered police officer...

Teacher sentenced to death for raping 13 students

An Indonesian court handed down a death sentence on Monday to a teacher for raping 13 girls at an Islamic school, upholding an appeal...

Student who smuggled ‘Squid Game’ series into North Korea sentenced to death by firing...

A North Korean man has been sentenced to death by firing squad after smuggling a digital copy of the Netflix hit TV show Squid Game, it...

Ghana, South Africa Match: No Ghanaian stabbed to death – High Commission

The High Commission of Ghana in South Africa has denied reports that a Ghanaian has been stabbed to death following the outcome of the...

Single mum-of-nine weeps and pleads for life after being sentenced to death

A single mum with nine children at home has been sentenced to death after being convicted of drug possession.Hairun JalmanI, 55, was sentenced to...
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Single mum-of-nine sentenced to death over drugs

A single mum with nine children at home has been sentenced to death after being convicted of drug possession.Hairun JalmanI, 55, was sentenced...

Check out number of inmates on Ghana’s death row

By the end of the year 2020, there were 160 inmates including five females on Ghana's death row, Amnesty International (AI) Ghana Office has...
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Serial killer on death row dies of natural causes

A man sentenced to death in the US state of California for murdering a 12-year-old girl and four other women has died of natural...
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Two death row executions delayed to give killers time to recover from Covid

The executions of two condemned murderers have been delayed for months while they recover from coronavirus.Inmates Cory Johnson and Dustin Higgs had been scheduled to...

Man who helps people die on Twitter sentenced to death for killing nine

A Japanese man dubbed the 'Twitter killer', who pleaded guilty to killing nine people in a high-profile mass murder case in 2017, was sentenced...
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Driver responsible for death of 34 people at Dompoase Junction sentenced!

A High Court in Cape Coast has sentenced the driver who caused the death of 34 people and injuries to a dozen others at...

Donald Trump sentenced to death

Donald Trump has been sentenced to death for alleged war crimes by a court in Yemen.The US President was sentenced with nine other defendants...

70-year-old sentenced to death for defiling 12-year-old girl

An Islamic court in the Nigerian city of Kano has sentenced a 70-year-old man to death for defiling a 12-year-old girl.In recent weeks, there...
Sevilla's Argentinian midfielder Lucas Ocampos (C) celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Europa League quarter-final football match Wolverhampton Wanderers v Sevilla at the MSV Arena on August 11, 2020 in Duisburg, western Germany. Image credit: Getty Images

Europa League: Late Lucas Ocampos header ends Wolves’ run after Raul Jimenez misses penalty

Sevilla set up a semi-final clash with Manchester United in the Europa League courtesy of a late Lucas Ocampos goal, as Wolves were made...

Singer sentenced to death for blasphemy

A musician in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad.An upper Sharia court...
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Nigerian singer sentenced to death for blasphemy

A musician in Nigeria's northern state of Kano has been sentenced to death by hanging for blaspheming against the Prophet Muhammad.An upper Sharia court...
Inside harrowing death row jails where prisoners are executed with no warning

Inside harrowing death row jails where prisoners are executed with no warning

Every death is shrouded in secrecy - with those executed killed with little or no notice.Their families and loved one have no chance to...
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Lebanese fined GH¢1,200 after careless driving resulted in man’s death

The Kaneshie District Court has handed over a fine of GH¢1,200.00 to a Lebanese driver who knocked down and killed a 26-year-old man in...

Jamal Khashoggi: Saudis sentence five to death for journalist’s murder

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced five people to death and jailed three others over the murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi last...

Pakistan ex-leader Musharraf sentenced to death for treason

General Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's former military leader, has been sentenced to death at a special court hearing in Islamabad.The three-member court sentenced him over...
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Death sentence too final, mistakes can be made – Justice Lovelace-Johnson

Supreme Court judge nominee, Avril Lovelace-Johnson, has kicked against the death penalty sentence.The death penalty, a form of capital punishment instituted by...

Finding solution for Ghana’s penalty curse: The ‘why’ and ‘how’ from a journalist’s perspective

PENALTYThe dictionary defines it as punishment imposed for breaking a law, rule, or contract.For example: "the charge carries a maximum penalty of ten years' imprisonment"In sports and games: penalty...
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How an ex-death row inmate freed himself from jail

A former death row inmate in Kenya has told the BBC of his joy at having graduated with a law degree from the University...

Waiting to die: 180 on death row, no executions since 1993

Some 180 condemned prisoners are languishing on death row at the Nsawam Medium Security Prison because successive Presidents had, since 1993, refused to sign...

The 100-year-old death-row inmate seeking pardon

Death-row inmate Celestine Egbunuche has been dubbed Nigeria's "oldest prisoner" amid a campaign calling for his release.He is 100 years old and has spent...

Egypt sentences 75 to death over 2013 protests

An Egyptian court has sentenced 75 people to death for their role in the violence that erupted after President Mohammed Morsi’s removal in 2013. The...

22-year-old man gets death sentence for killing 2 Americans at Akwamufie

A High Court in Accra has sentenced a 22-year-old man, Yaw Anokye, to death by hanging for the gruesome murder of two African-American women...

PHOTOS: Prisoner on death row eats an entire Bible as last meal

A 33-year-old prisoner on death row ate all the 1200 pages of a bible including the cover, as his final meal before his execution.The...