Jail

Ivory Coast ex-minister released after apologising for election criticism

Abidjan – A former minister for Ivory Coast’s ruling party who was arrested in June for criticising the exclusion... Read more

8 Jul

Cape Town – Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald has called for the deportation of foreign nationals sentenced to prison... Read more

2 Jul

Algiers – An Algerian court is expected to deliver a verdict Tuesday on prosecutors’ bid to double the jail... Read more

1 Jul

Johannesburg — A Zimbabwean national, Nxinxi Tshabalala (30), has been sentenced to 50 years in prison by the Booysens... Read more

28 Jun

Algiers – Algeria’s prosecutor general sought at an appeal hearing on Tuesday 10 years in prison for novelist Boualem... Read more

25 Jun

Cape Town – Cole Bruiners has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the Plettenberg Bay Regional Court... Read more

21 Jun

Madrid – Four Atletico Madrid ultras have been handed suspended jail sentences for hanging a dummy of Real Madrid... Read more

17 Jun

Nairobi – Kenyan medical examiners said Tuesday that suicide was unlikely in the death of a man while in police... Read more

11 Jun

Cotonou – A Benin court on Monday sentenced a prominent activist to two years in prison following accusations that he... Read more

3 Jun

Algiers – An Algerian court on Monday sentenced three former contenders for the country’s presidency to 10 years in jail... Read more

27 May