Burundi rapper jailed over video flouting ‘good morals’
Nairobi – Burundian rapper Olegue Baraka has been imprisoned for flouting “good morals” following the release of a promotional... Read more
28 Apr
Togo resumes prison visits after two-year ban
Lome – Togo is to allow prison visits to resume from Friday, phasing out a two-year-old ban that was... Read more
21 Apr
Four prison officials killed in anglophone Cameroon
Yaoundé – Four members of Cameroon’s prisons department, including a regional manager, were killed in an ambush by armed... Read more
14 Apr
Moroccan journalist’s family decries ‘hardening’ of his prison conditions
Rabat – Moroccan journalist and rights activist Omar Radi was transferred from a Casablanca prison to a jail further north,... Read more
3 Apr
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
Peru’s former president Fujimori returns to prison after hospital stay
Lima – Disgraced former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori returned to prison after an 11-day hospitalisation with heart problems, his daughter... Read more
15 Mar
Planned auction of key to Nelson Mandela’s prison cell halted
Johannesburg – The planned auction of the key to the prison cell that once held South Africa’s first black president... Read more
8 Jan
Imprisoned Chadian rebel killed in jail, says NGO
N’Djamena – Chadian security forces killed a prisoner linked with the African country’s rebel groups and seriously injured five others,... Read more
4 Dec, 2021
Central African Republic president awards minister accused of war crimes
Bangui – A Central African Republic minister and former top rebel suspected of involvement in a 2018 civilian massacre... Read more
30 Nov, 2021
Nigeria prison attack leaves 11 dead, 250 inmates escape
Jos – At least 11 people were killed and more than 250 inmates escaped after gunmen attacked a prison in... Read more
29 Nov, 2021
