Former Nigerian Power minister jailed 75 years over corruption and money laundering
A high Court in Nigeria has sentenced former Power minister Saleh Mamman to 75 years in prison after finding him guilty of laundering 33.8 billion […]
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Congo Military Court Sentences Former President Kabila to Death for Treason and War Crimes
A high military court in Kinshasa has sentenced on Tuesday, September 30, former Congolese President Joseph Kabila to death after convicting him of “treason, war […]
Blaise Compaoré “asks forgiveness” to the Sankara family
The former Burkinabe president Blaise Compaoré, sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment for the 1987 assassination of his predecessor Thomas Sankara, “asked for forgiveness” to […]
Sankara trial: 807.5 million CFA francs in damages for the guilty
The Military court in Ouagadougou on Tuesday sentenced former Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaoré and nine other defendants to pay more than 800 million CFA […]
Côte d’Ivoire: Former Prime Minister Guillaume Soro sentenced to life in prison
Guillaume Soro has been sentenced to life in prison by the criminal court in Abidjan. The former president of the National Assembly and 19 of […]
Tunisia: Ben Ali Gets Life Imprisonment in Absentia
Toppled Tunisian president, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who is taking refuge in Saudi Arabia with his family, has been sentenced by a military court to […]