Jail term sought for Rwanda driver over genocide
Paris – French prosecutors on Wednesday asked for a 15-year jail term for a former hotel driver accused of... Read more
15 Dec, 2021
Morocco businessman jailed over 29 deaths in factory flood
Rabat – The owner of a Moroccan textiles workshop where 29 workers drowned, most of them women, in a flood... Read more
10 Dec, 2021
Benin court sentences opposition leader to 10 years
Porto-Novo – A special court in Benin on Tuesday sentenced one of the country’s opposition figures, Joel Aivo, to... Read more
7 Dec, 2021
Trial to begin in Madagascar over alleged coup plot
Antananarivo – A trial will begin on Monday in Madagascar for 21 people accused of planning a coup d’etat, including... Read more
6 Dec, 2021
Surgeon fined in Austria for amputating wrong leg
Vienna – An Austrian court has fined a surgeon for amputating the wrong leg of an elderly patient, a spokesperson... Read more
3 Dec, 2021
Morocco ex-minister faces trial for adultery
Rabat – A Moroccan former rights minister who has become an outspoken government critic said on Wednesday he was facing... Read more
2 Dec, 2021
Senegalese opposition leader court case postponed
Dakar – A court in Senegal’s capital Dakar on Wednesday postponed an appeal hearing from a leading opposition figure, whose... Read more
1 Dec, 2021
Lesotho ex-PM Thomas Thabane, 82, charged with estranged wife’s murder
Johannesburg – Lesotho’s former prime minister Thomas Thabane was charged on Tuesday with the brutal murder of his estranged... Read more
30 Nov, 2021
Rappers on trial in DRC stand by contested songs
Goma – Two rappers charged with insulting the Democratic Republic of Congo’s army and president in their work stood on... Read more
27 Nov, 2021
Eswatini opens ‘terror’ trial for pro-democracy MPs
Mbabane – Two pro-democracy lawmakers went on trial on “terrorism” and murder charges on Tuesday in Eswatini, in the absolute... Read more
16 Nov, 2021
