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
Morocco rapper given suspended jail term for threatening journalist
Rabat – A Moroccan court on Wednesday handed rapper ElGrande Toto a suspended eight-month prison term for “insults, defamation... Read more
20 Jan, 2023
Tunisia president’s former top aide jailed in absentia, media reports
Tunis – Tunisian President Kais Saied’s former chief of staff was sentenced in absentia on Tuesday to prison over... Read more
18 Jan, 2023
Lawyer for Mauritania’s ex-president fears unfair trial
Nouakchott – A lawyer for Mauritania’s ex-president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, said on Saturday his client might not get... Read more
15 Jan, 2023
Tunisia jails all-women jihadist group
Tunis – Tunisia has jailed nine members of an all-women “terrorist” gang accused of plotting to assassinate a government... Read more
13 Jan, 2023
Morocco raises migrants’ jail time over Melilla tragedy: lawyer
Rabat – A Moroccan appeals court has increased the sentences of 13 migrants to three years over a deadly... Read more
10 Jan, 2023
Tunisia court drops case against LGBTQ rights activist
Tunis – A Tunisian court has dropped a long-running, symbolic case against a gay rights activist who faced prison... Read more
4 Jan, 2023
Update on four life terms handed in Ivory Coast 2016 jihadist attack
Abidjan – A court in Ivory Coast on Wednesday handed down life terms to four Malian men convicted of... Read more
29 Dec, 2022
Ivory Coast hands down four life terms for 2016 jihadist attack
Abidjan – A court in Ivory Coast on Wednesday handed down life terms to four men convicted of abetting... Read more
29 Dec, 2022
Morocco sentences for migrants over Melilla tragedy ‘unjust’, says rights group
Rabat – A Moroccan rights group on Saturday slammed “unjust” punishments given to migrants sentenced over a mass attempted... Read more
25 Dec, 2022
