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AI now powers more than half of reported cybercrimes across 26 African nations as phishing and mobile fraud transition into industrialized criminal enterprises, according to INTERPOL.

Spanish and Dutch authorities have detained 15 suspects and seized nearly a metric ton of MDMA in what officials called the largest bust of the synthetic drug in European history.

Kwabena Kissi, 40, walked into a Santander branch in Brixton, south-west London wearing a uniform, helmet and mask with visor. He was buzzed into a back room where staff handed over cash containing £117,000 before he left with the money in a briefcase.

A British actress, who appeared in an Eastenders spin-off and a Jason Statham movie, has been charged with trying to smuggle 320kg of meth into Australia from West Africa.

A British grandmother died in a tragic crash in Ghana after attempting to recover £1 million she lost to fraudsters on dating apps, an inquest heard.

Indian companies have shipped more than 320 million synthetic opioid pills to West Africa – where they have not been approved by regulators – over the past three years, a Bellingcat investigation has found.

Students from Ghana at UK universities say they are in danger of being deported after being stranded by their own government without promised scholarships or tuition fee payments.

Under repeated assaults from hundreds of excavators and artisanal miners, the Offin River is now a shadow of its former self.

Fashion waste from UK brands including Next, Asda and M&S have been found in protected wetlands in Ghana, according to Greenpeace.

A British passenger faces accusations of allegedly trying to smuggle 18kg of cannabis into the UK.

A Chinese mine manager, who was convicted last week in a shooting case in Papua New Guinea (PNG), relocated to the Pacific country shortly after completing a prison sentence in China for a series of violent crimes in Ghana, according to legal records.

Parents accused of ‘abandoning’ their 14-year-old son at a boarding school in Ghana over fears he was ‘joining a London gang’ can leave him there, a judge has ruled.

Nigerian authorities have apprehended five women suspected of involvement in a drug trafficking ring at the Seme border as they returned from Ghana, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).

Harry Maguire bore the brunt of comments in Ghanaian parliament during a tough period for Manchester United but the England international has now earned an apology

An armed daylight robbery at the Church of Pentecost in South Africa was caught on camera, showing the terrified reaction of the preacher when he saw the thieves with their guns

Douglas Ankrah invented the Pornstar Martini in 2003 - over the years, it became more and more popular, until it was named the most-ordered cocktail in restaurants, pubs and bars

Christian Atsu's body was found in wreckage on Saturday after a 12-day search and flown back to his native Ghana, where his coffin was met by family and mourners