The former president of Chad, Hissène Habré returned to prison in Senegal on Sunday after spending two months out of the facility.
Hissene Habre gained...
Cameroon's President Paul Biya has ordered the release from prison of his main political rival, Maurice Kamto.
Kamto's release was ordered on Saturday meaning he...
Outspoken Ugandan MP and musician Bobi Wine has been charged with intending to annoy, alarm or ridicule President Yoweri Museveni.
He is also charged with...
Tanzania’s High Court has ruled against scrapping death penalty from the country's statute books.
The penalty thus remains in the laws of Tanzania and can...
A 26-year-old Nigerian man, Kumbha Roderick serving a jail term in India has been reported dead.
Kumbha Roderick was arrested on September 30, 2018 by...
A prisoner in Thailand died on Tuesday while trying to escape from detention. He was reportedly electrocuted by high-voltage barbed wire, according to police.
Police...
A notorious underground prison in Somalia, where the government held suspected extremists and journalists has been closed.
The closure comes amid allegations of abuses against...
Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo has been released from prison on Wednesday.
Her freedom came thanks to an amnesty granted by the country's...
A Louisiana man who has spent nearly 50 years in prison is expected to be released Wednesday, about two weeks after a judge overturned his conviction in the kidnapping and rape of a nurse.
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
