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Zambian Police Officer Honoured and Promoted After Rejecting $50,000 Airport Bribe

December 27, 2025 Steven Addamah 0

Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has honoured Detective Sergeant Ruth Nyambe for rejecting a $50,000 bribe from a bulk cash-smuggling suspect at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport […]

Nigeria Issues Arrest Warrant for Former Petroleum Minister Timipre Sylva

November 13, 2025 Steven Addamah 0

Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced that a Federal High Court in Lagos has issued a warrant for the arrest of former […]

South Sudan teeters on brink of renewed conflict following vice president’s reported arrest

March 27, 2025 Pawla Nibramich 0

The United Nations has issued an urgent appeal for restraint in South Sudan amid reports that First Vice President Riek Machar has been arrested at […]

Guinea-Bissau Prosecutors seek 17-20 year sentences for drug trafficking defendants

December 6, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

The Public Ministry of Guinea-Bissau has requested prison sentences ranging from 17 to 20 years for five individuals arrested at Bissau airport in connection with […]

Uganda: Opposition leader Kizza Besigye accused of endangering national security

November 21, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Four days after his controversial arrest in Kenya and subsequent extradition, veteran Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye appeared before a military Court in Kampala on […]

Police disperse teachers’ protest in Bissau, injuries and arrests reported

November 7, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

A protest by trainee teachers from Guinea-Bissau’s Higher School of Education (ESE) was broken up by police in Bissau on November 6, with officers reportedly […]

Kenyan activist detained after raid by ‘masked’ group

October 28, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Boniface Mwangi, a prominent human rights activist, was arrested at his home early Sunday morning and remained in Police custody by evening. Authorities have charged […]

Zimbabwean opposition leader denied bail

September 24, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

For the third time since their June arrest, a Zimbabwean court on September 23 denied bail to opposition leader Jameson Timba and 64 of his […]

Swiss Aid Worker Detained in Burkina Faso Amid Growing Regional Tensions

August 28, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

In a development that has caught the attention of diplomatic circles, a Swiss citizen working on a U.S.-funded aid project has been arrested in Burkina […]

São Toméan government to pay 400,000 euros to former minister “illegally detained”

August 28, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

The an Government has agreed to pay approximately 400,000 euros to Américo Ramos, a former Finance minister wrongfully detained in 2019. Ramos, who was accused […]

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