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Two years in prison required for “offending” Guinean head of state

January 3, 2025 Geraldine Boechat 0

On Thursday, January 2, a two-year prison sentence was requested against Guinean opposition leader Aliou Bah, who is being tried in Conakry for “insult and […]

Mozambique faces security crisis as mass prison break escalates post-election unrest

December 26, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

More than 1,500 inmates, including 29 convicted terrorists, escaped from Maputo Central Prison, a maximum-security facility, in what authorities described as a premeditated act linked […]

Burkina Faso convicts four officials of embezzling funds intended for displaced persons

December 25, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

On Tuesday, December 24, 2024, a verdict was issued in the trial concerning the embezzlement of funds intended to support internally displaced persons in Burkina […]

Malian politician faces prison sentence over criticism of Burkina Faso’s military regime

December 24, 2024 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

On Monday, December 23, Malian political figure Issa Kaou N’Djim appeared before a Bamako court, where prosecutors sought a one-year prison sentence and a fine […]

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 […]

São Tomé prison management sacked after escape of “dangerous inmates”

September 4, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

The São Toméan Government has dismissed the Director of Prison Services and Social Reintegration following the escape of “highly dangerous prisoners” in July 2024, according […]

Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki sentenced to 8 years in prison

February 26, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

Exiled former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki has been ordered an eight-year prison term by a Tunisian court after being found guilty of seeking to “provoke […]

Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala is to be released from prison

January 31, 2024 Geraldine Boechat 0

Zimbabwean opposition figure Job Sikhala will soon be released after more than a year and a half in a high-security prison in the capital, Harare, […]

Sierra Leone imposes nationwide curfew after military barracks attacked

November 27, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

Sierra Leone’s government has given assurances that security forces have pushed back to the outskirts of Freetown those responsible for the armed clashes that have […]

Nigerian Islamic court imposes 10 lashes for cross-dressing

November 2, 2023 Steven Addamah 0

A Sharia court in northern Nigeria has sentenced eight men to ten lashes for cross-dressing, an act contrary to Islamic law, according to court documents. […]

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