Mass trial opens in Chad over ex-strongman’s death
N’Djamena – Hundreds of alleged rebels accused of “assassinating” former president Idriss Deby Itno went on trial in a... Read more
14 Feb, 2023
Morocco jails migrants after Casablanca clashes
Rabat – Six sub-Saharan migrants have been sentenced to prison terms of two years after clashes during an operation... Read more
11 Feb, 2023
Algeria sentences ex-president’s brother to 12 years
Algiers – An Algerian court has sentenced the brother of ousted president Abdelaziz Bouteflika to 12 years in prison... Read more
9 Feb, 2023
Egypt sentences one to death, jails 11 for life on ‘terror’ charges
Cairo – An Egyptian court sentenced one man to death and 11 to life imprisonment after convicting them of... Read more
9 Feb, 2023
Morocco hands migrants more jail time over Melilla tragedy, says lawyer
Rabat – A Moroccan appeals court has increased the prison sentences of eight migrants over a deadly attempted crossing... Read more
8 Feb, 2023
SA judge Piet Koen recuses himself from Jacob Zuma graft trial
Johannesburg – A South African judge presiding over Jacob Zuma’s arms corruption trial recused himself on Monday in the... Read more
30 Jan, 2023
Mali court issues death sentence over peacekeeper killings
Bamako – A Malian court has sentenced a man to death over the 2019 killing of three peacekeepers in... Read more
26 Jan, 2023
Guinea dictator Moussa Dadis Camara says he was ousted by ‘international plot’
Conakry – Guinean ex-dictator Moussa Dadis Camara told a Conakry court on Tuesday he was ousted by an “international... Read more
25 Jan, 2023
Mauritania ex-president heads into historic trial
Nouakchott – Mauritania’s ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz goes on trial on graft charges on Wednesday in an exceptional... Read more
24 Jan, 2023
Algeria sentences ex-energy minister to 20 years in prison
Algiers – A former Algerian energy minister was sentenced in absentia on Thursday to 20 years in prison for... Read more
20 Jan, 2023
