Third Algerian ex-PM detained over graft
Algiers – A former prime minister under Algeria’s late president Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been detained, according to media reports, making... Read more
24 Aug, 2022
US school shooter’s lawyer urges against death penalty
Washington – The defence attorney for Nikolas Cruz, who shot 17 people dead at a Florida school in 2018,... Read more
23 Aug, 2022
DRC court bails presidential aide in conspiracy trial
Kinshasa – A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday granted bail to a former top... Read more
17 Aug, 2022
Top Zimbabwe author Tsitsi Dangarembga denies incitement charges at trial opening
Harare – Award-winning Zimbabwean novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga denied charges of inciting violence at the opening of her trial in... Read more
11 Aug, 2022
Zamalek president jailed for insulting rival
Cairo – An Egyptian appeals court has sentenced the president of Zamalek football club to a month in prison... Read more
11 Aug, 2022
Trial of 56 suspected ISIS fighters begins in Libya
Misratah – The trial opened on Monday in Libya’s western city of Misrata of 56 suspected Islamic State group... Read more
9 Aug, 2022
Lesotho drops murder charges against ex-PM Thomas Thabane
Maseru – Lesotho on Tuesday dropped murder charges against the country’s former prime minister Thomas Thabane and his wife... Read more
26 Jul, 2022
Jammeh-era victims warily welcome death sentence for Gambian ex-spies
Banjul – When Muhammed Sandeng first learned that his father, political activist Ebrima Solo Sandeng, had been tortured to... Read more
17 Jul, 2022
Morocco sex abuse case against French tycoon widens
Tangiers – Morocco has detained a seventh suspect in a sexual abuse and trafficking case against French insurance tycoon... Read more
17 Jul, 2022
Gambian ex-spies found guilty in key murder trial
Banjul – A Gambian judge on Wednesday convicted the former spy chief and other intelligence officials of the 2016... Read more
14 Jul, 2022
