Burundi 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
Countries 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
Countries 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
Countries 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
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
World 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
Countries 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
News 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
Politics 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
Countries 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