Central African Republic MPs vote to end capital punishment
Bangui – Lawmakers in the Central African Republic on Friday voted to abolish the death sentence, the speaker of... Read more
28 May, 2022
Tunisia party leader banned from travel, says court
Tunis – A Tunisian court has imposed a travel ban on the speaker of the country’s now-dissolved parliament, a... Read more
28 May, 2022
Senior DRC soldiers sentenced to die for selling arms to militia
Bunia – A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday sentenced to death eight soldiers, including... Read more
28 May, 2022
Gambians await government action on crimes under ex-dictatorship
Banjul – The last time Fatoumatta Sandeng saw her father, he was leaving the house for a peaceful protest ahead... Read more
25 May, 2022
Guinea junta allows ex-leader Conde to leave the country
Conakry – Guinean ex-leader Alpha Conde boarded a plane for Turkey on Saturday after the junta that toppled him... Read more
22 May, 2022
Detained Algerian activist’s life in danger, Amnesty says
Algiers – The life of a prominent Algerian activist is in danger after he began his second hunger strike during... Read more
19 May, 2022
Guinea opens probe into ex-leader Conde for murder, other crimes
Conakry – Guinea has opened a judicial investigation into ex-president Alpha Conde and several other former top officials for murder,... Read more
12 May, 2022
Long-awaited CAR war crimes trial opens, then adjourns
Bangui – A long-awaited court set up to prosecute suspected war criminals in the Central African Republic began its maiden... Read more
26 Apr, 2022
CAR conflict special court: a breakthrough facing challenges
Bangui – Central African Republic’s Special Criminal Court, a hybrid court of local and foreign magistrates charged with trying... Read more
18 Apr, 2022
Firing squad or electrocution?: US death penalty in spotlight
Houston – A Death Row inmate in South Carolina forced to decide whether he wants the electric chair or... Read more
18 Apr, 2022
