Countries DRC court overturns jail term for presidential aide Kinshasa – Democratic Republic of Congo’s top court on Monday tossed out a 13-year jail term handed to a former... Read more 11 Apr, 2022
Countries Health, legal issues prompt new problems in trial of Jacob Zuma Pietermaritzburg – The much-postponed corruption trial of South Africa’s ex-president Jacob Zuma ran into fresh legal delays and health... Read more 11 Apr, 2022
Countries Jacob Zuma to miss graft trial after ‘medical emergency’ Pietermaritzburg – South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma will miss the resumption on Monday of his trial for alleged corruption... Read more 11 Apr, 2022
Countries Arms deal case: Jacob Zuma threatens private prosecution against prosecutor Billy Downer Cape Town – Former president Jacob Zuma has reportedly threatened to call for a private prosecution of Advocate Billy... Read more 10 Apr, 2022
Burkina Faso Sankara lawyers demand Burkina ex-president’s extradition Ouagadougou – Lawyers for the family of ex-Burkina Faso leader Thomas Sankara on Thursday demanded former president Blaise Compaore... Read more 8 Apr, 2022
Countries South African court clears path for Jacob Zuma’s graft trial Johannesburg – South Africa’s former president Jacob Zuma on Thursday lost another bid to delay his corruption trial, as... Read more 1 Apr, 2022
Countries SCA dismisses Jacob Zuma’s appeal, paving way for his corruption trial to get under way Cape Town – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on Thursday dismissed with costs, former president Jacob Zuma’s request... Read more 31 Mar, 2022
Angola Angolan business mogul jailed 9 years for fraud Luanda –An Angolan businessman with ties to the country’s former political elite has been sentenced to nine years in... Read more 26 Mar, 2022
Countries Hotel, choppers seized as Zambia steps up anti-graft drive Lusaka –President Hakainde Hichilema took office last year with the kind of anti-corruption promises that Zambians have learned to... Read more 26 Mar, 2022
Countries Detained Mali ex-PM dead at 67 Bamako – Mali’s former prime minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga, who was being held on suspicion of corruption, has died, his... Read more 22 Mar, 2022