Guinea-Bissau Court Orders Opposition Leader Back Under House Arrest
A military Court in Guinea-Bissau has ordered opposition leader Domingos Simões Pereira to remain under house arrest after he was questioned over allegations of involvement […]
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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 […]
DRC: High Military Court Opens Landmark Trial Against Former President Joseph Kabila
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s High Military Court has launched proceedings against former President Joseph Kabila on Friday, July 25, marking an unprecedented moment in […]
Uganda: Lawyers to appeal military court’s decision to try opposition leader Besigye for treachery
A military court in Uganda has ruled that a leading opposition figure can stand trial on the serious charge of treachery that is punishable by […]
Congo Military Court Sentences 13 Soldiers to Death to Restore Discipline
A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced 13 soldiers to death for charges ranging from murder to cowardice, in a verdict […]
Uganda: Opposition leader Kizza Besigye accused of endangering national security
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 […]
Guinean PR promotes five military officers to the rank of general in the Armed Forces
The Guinean President, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, on Wednesday promoted five military officers to the rank of general in the Armed Forces, in a decision to […]
DRC: François Beya granted provisional release
The military justice of the Democratic Republic of Congo decided Tuesday to grant “provisional freedom” to François Beya, the “Mr. Security” of President Felix Tshisekedi […]
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 […]
Thomas Sankara assassination trial postponed to October 25
Just opened on Monday, the trial of the 1987 assassination of the “father of the Burkinabe revolution”, Thomas Sankara, then president of Burkina Faso, has […]