Prison

66 die at Kinshasa’s main jail from January

Kinshasa – Sixty-six inmates have perished in a packed prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) capital this... Read more

28 Feb, 2023

N’Djamena – Dehydrated and whipped by scorching winds as their crowded truck snaked through the dunes, some drank urine... Read more

19 Jan, 2023

Algiers – An Algerian businessman and activist imprisoned for urging a boycott of the country’s 2019 presidential election was... Read more

19 Jan, 2023

Mexico City – Seven people were killed on Monday in northern Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez during a police operation to... Read more

3 Jan, 2023

Cairo – Egyptian businessman Mohamed el-Amin has died while serving a three-year sentence for trafficking and sexually assaulting girls... Read more

19 Dec, 2022

Dakar – Senegal has ordered the release of journalist and government critic Pape Ale Niang, whose detention for more... Read more

15 Dec, 2022

Dakar – A jailed Senegalese journalist critical of President Macky Sall has been hospitalised on the ninth day of... Read more

10 Dec, 2022

Johannesburg – South Africa on Wednesday released on parole Janusz Walus, a far-right Polish immigrant who in 1993 assassinated... Read more

8 Dec, 2022

Johannesburg – South Africa on Wednesday released on parole Janusz Walus, a far-right Polish immigrant who in 1993 shot... Read more

7 Dec, 2022

Cairo – Egypt released on Monday jailed security expert Ismail Alexandrani after his 10-year sentence was commuted in October,... Read more

6 Dec, 2022