Ghana's President, Nana Akufo Addo has pardoned some 808 prisoners across the country's detention centers.
In a statement the Director-General of the Prisons Service, Patrick...
Ethiopia's government has announced plans to free over 4,000 prisoners to reduce the rate of the spread of coronavirus.
Prisoners to benefit from the move...
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune who was sworn into office last December is moving towards reconciling the country by pardoning more than 3,000 prisoners.
The decision...
The Uganda government has freed nine Rwandan citizens who were facing criminal charges for various offences.
Among the offences was the unlawful possession firearms and...
Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Monday said he had pardoned more than 5,000 prisoners.
He made the disclosure during the celebration of Tanzania's 58th anniversary...
Ethiopia's government has grated pardon to more than 7,000 prisoners to mark the country's new year.
Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC), the state broadcaster reported that...
Separatist militants raided a prison in northwestern Cameroon and freed about 100 inmates, the government and separatists said on Thursday, as the rebels vowed...
At least 20 prisoners in Gambia have escaped from detention, according to local media reports.
APA reports that the jail break which occurred on Thursday...
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...
