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Ferdinand Kambere, who has already spent more than two months in Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa, was charged with attempted murder of a PPRD comrade. The prosecutor had requested the death penalty, but the court chose a lighter sentence, which the previous…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma surrendered to police on Wednesday to begin 15 months in jail for contempt of court, culminating in a lengthy legal drama seen as a test of the post-apartheid state's ability to enforce the rule of law. Police spokesman Lirandzu Themba confirmed in a statement that Zuma was in police custody, in accordance with the ruling of the Constitutional Court. The Department of Correctional Services said in a separate statement that Zuma was admitted to the Estcourt…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma turned himself in to police early on Thursday to begin serving a 15-month sentence. Just minutes before the deadline for the police arrest at midnight, Zuma left his home in Nkandla in a convoy of vehicles. Zuma surrendered to authorities to obey the country's highest court, the Constitutional Court, that he would serve time in prison for contempt. "President Zuma has decided to comply with the prison order. He is about to enter a prison facility in KZN…

In Senegal, the verdict was announced on Tuesday morning in the case of the three fathers of a family accused of starting their children on canoes on their way to Spain. One of the youths, Doudou, a minor, died in the sea at the end of October. His father had hopes that he would become a professional football player in Europe.…

The National Committee for the Release of Detainees, an association that supports detainees in Hirak, speaks of an "incredible and unacceptable" phrase. According to the CNLD, 60 people are currently being detained for actions related to the Algerian protest movement. The heaviest of the sentences uttered this Sunday relates to Brahim Laalami. Prosecuted in seven cases, he received a total of three years in prison and a fine of one million dinars or more than 6,000 euros, according to the National Committee for the…