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Over 50 Anti-Corruption Activists Face Charges, Detained in Uganda More than fifty Ugandan anti-corruption activists have been charged and detained. These individuals, vocal in their protests against widespread corruption, find themselves facing legal repercussions. The demonstrations were organized to highlight the endemic graft plaguing the nation. During a rally intended to raise awareness about corruption, police intervened unexpectedly. The protesters, who aimed to call attention to the misuse of public funds, were…

A suspect was arrested in the investigation into bodies of women found at a dump in Kware, in Mukuru, a slum in the suburbs of Nairobi, police announced on July 15, 2024. He is a 33-year-old man who confessed to the murder between 2022 and July 11 of 42 women, including his own, police said. It was after mobile money transactions by one of the victims that he was arrested, they said. The toll now stands at nine victims found so far, all women. Details.

Alassane Bala Sakandé, former president of the National Assembly, and likewise president of the People's Movement for Progress, was arrested on Sunday, March 27, by the Ouagadougou gendarmerie, in keeping with get together officers. According to his attorneys,…

In an audio recording, former President Alpha Condé, during a medical stay in Abu Dhabi, gives instructions to his supporters while attacking his fiercest opponents, including Cellou Dalein Diallo and Sidya Touré. This noise made headlines on Guinean social…

A former Algerian soldier was arrested in Spain on Monday, March 14. He risks being deported soon. Mohamed Benhalima had fled Algeria in September 2019. He had participated in Hirak, this protest movement born in February 2019 and which resulted in the…

South African police are investigating the murder of Babita Deokaran, a government official from the Gauteng region, which includes Johannesburg. She had exposed the corruption surrounding fraudulent public contracts in connection with Covid-19, in favor of "Covidpreneurs", these entrepreneurs who have illegally enriched themselves due to the pandemic. Seven people were arrested on Friday, August 27,…

Former Congolese Minister of Health Eteni Longondo, accused almost unanimously by the General Inspectorate of Finance (IGF) of embezzling funds set aside for the response to Covid-19 when he was in office in 2020, was placed under a temporary arrest warrant, Friday, August 27, 2021, in the end of a hearing at the prosecutor's office near the Court of Cassation in Kinshasa. He spent the night in Makala…

In Mali, it has only been two weeks since the Ivorian Sess Soukou Mohamed, known as Ben Souk, was imprisoned. The former deputy, close to Guillaume Soro, was arrested on August 10 as part of the international arrest warrant issued against him by the judiciary in his country. However, his lawyer believes that the procedure is irregular, he appealed the demand that he be released.…

KAMPALA, Uganda Uganda People's Defense Forces group accused of killing civilians in Somalia has been arrested, President Yoweri Museveni confirms, which is an exciting event that can help families to claim justice. Two weeks ago, seven people, including two truck drivers, were blown up by AMISOM soldiers, allegedly on a revenge mission, shortly after they were ambushed by al-Shabaab militants. It is not known why the army is opposing the civilian population. The victims were innocent civilians, with AMISOM initially…

NAIROBI, Kenya - The Ethiopian federal government announced the arrest of at least 32 people believed to be agents of the Tigray Defense Forces , a faction in the Tigray region thatconflicts with the authorities in Addis Ababa. The commission said Tuesday it had arrested 32 TDF officers trying to cross the border into the region into Ethiopia inorder to carry out the group's destructive activities in the country. The 32 people are currently in police custody awaiting trial. State media alleged the suspects were TDF…