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...
Rights group, Amnesty International on Tuesday said prison conditions in Madagascar are in terrible state with many inmates dying as a result.
The group in...
Prisoners in America have embarked on strike demanding better living conditions and voting rights restoration.
The nationwide strike declared on Tuesday also calls for changes...
Four prisoners are reported dead following days of rioting in Ethiopian prison facilities.
Riots broke out in six Ethiopian prisons after the parliament passed a...
The government of Kenya has said that at least 1,300 Kenyans are being held in foreign jails in Africa and beyond and was working to get them extradited to Kenya.
A judge in Nigeria’s southern Delta State wants governors in the country to sign warrants for persons on death row.
According to Judge Marshal Umukoro,...
Prisons officials in Ghana have managed to foil a jail break attempt at the country's biggest detention center, the Nsawam Maximum Security Prison.
One of...
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...
