Libya’s Education Minister, Moussa al-Megarief, has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison over his role in a school textbook shortage from 2021,…
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The United Nations’ special rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has raised serious concerns over severe overcrowding in Senegalese prisons, warning that it could trigger violence,…
Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for his involvement in the “hidden debt” scandal that plunged his…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of four suspected terrorists allegedly linked to notorious bandit kingpin Bello Turji at…
An Egyptian court has upheld a one-year prison sentence with labour against former presidential candidate Ahmed Tantawy and his campaign manager, Mohamed Abou El-Diar, over allegations…
The Supreme State Security Prosecution of Egypt has announced the detention of 38 individuals who had been forcibly disappeared for varying durations. The detainees were brought…
Two Israeli teenagers, Iddo Elam and Soul Behar Tsalik, have been sentenced to 30 days in military prison for refusing mandatory conscription as a protest against…
A trade union leader in Mali has reportedly been missing for three days after making public criticisms of the ruling junta, his family revealed on Monday.…
The Nigerian government has established an independent investigative panel to address allegations of corruption and serious breaches of standard operating procedures within the Nigerian Correctional Service…
A Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced a 72-year-old security guard, David Jackson, to life for raping a 7-year-old girl. Justice…