Arrest

Ex-president’s aides held in Guinea political spat

Conakry – Guinean ex-president Alpha Conde’s foreign minister and doctor have been arrested after a “clandestine” tape recording emerged of... Read more

24 Mar, 2022

HRW urges Uganda to shut illegal detention sites used for torture

Kampala – Uganda’s government must stop using illegal detention centres as a weapon against dissidents and close the facilities, Human... Read more

22 Mar, 2022

Zambia’s ex-justice minister charged with corruption

Lusaka – Zambia’s anti-graft body has arrested and charged former justice minister Given Lubinda on corruption charges, the Anti-Corruption Commission... Read more

22 Mar, 2022

Uganda police confirm arrest of author, 8 journalists

Kampala – Ugandan author and activist Norman Tumuhimbise is among nine journalists arrested for offensive communication, police said on Monday,... Read more

15 Mar, 2022

Ugandan author and activist arrested, says lawyer

Kampala – Ugandan author and human rights activist, Norman Tumuhimbise, has been arrested ahead of his book launch, his lawyer... Read more

12 Mar, 2022

Zimbabwe opposition says 80 supporters arrested while campaigning

Harare – Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has said at least 80 of its supporters were arrested on Saturday while campaigning... Read more

20 Feb, 2022

Zimbabwe opposition leader briefly detained while on campaign

Harare – Zimbabwe’s former finance minister, Tendai Biti, was on Monday detained for several hours while campaigning for upcoming... Read more

15 Feb, 2022

Sudan arrests leading anti-coup bloc figures

Khartoum – Sudanese security agents on Wednesday arrested two leading figures including an ex-minister from the opposition Forces for... Read more

10 Feb, 2022

Tunisia arrests woman suspected of planning attack

Tunis – Tunisia’s interior ministry said on Friday it had foiled a “terrorist” attack, with the arrest of a woman... Read more

29 Jan, 2022

Economist arrested in Mali for ‘subversive remarks’, his lawyer says

Bamako – A leading Malian economist has been arrested in Bamako, taken to a police station and questioned about “subversive and... Read more

17 Jan, 2022