Justice

In South Africa, the news caused surprise. Former President Jacob Zuma spent his first night in jail. Sentenced last week by the Constitutional Court to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice, he was finally detained on the night of Wednesday to Thursday, July 8, when the ultimatum to surrender to the police ceased.…

First night in jail for Jacob Zuma. The former South African president, sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt, handed over to police on the night of Wednesday, July 7. He had left his home in Nkandla in KwaZulu-Natal just before midnight and thus avoided police intervention. The urgent appeals brought by his legal team were not sufficient to reject the decision to arrest him issued by the…

In Mauritania, former President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz was placed on probation by a judge from the anti-corruption pole of the Nouakchott-Ouest Prosecutor's Office on 22 June. The man who ruled Mauritania between 2008 and 2019 was accused on March 12 of corruption, embezzlement of public property and money laundering. Facts he has always denied.…

Malaya Justice issued an international arrest warrant on Monday, July 5, against Karim Keïta, a former deputy and son of ex-president Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta. He is wanted as part of the investigation into the disappearance of a Malian journalist Birama Touré just over five years ago. For five years, the investigations had really not progressed. The case has accelerated in particular thanks to judicial…

In Benin, this Tuesday, July 7, was the first day of the Economic Crimes Tribunal (CRIET) court for the mayor of Abomey-Calavi, the second most important municipality in the south after Cotonou. Georges Bada, an influential member of the Patrice Talon majority, is on trial for a land planning case. He is charged with "abuse of office, fraud and criminal association". With him 28 co-defenders including…

The son of ex-president IBK has been on the run abroad since the coup that overthrew his father in August last year. Before that, Karim Keïta, a former deputy, had already been quoted in the Birama Touré affair, this Malian journalist who had been missing since January 2016. According to the newspaper for which he worked, Le Sphinx, Karim Keïta was involved in this disappearance. On Monday, Malia's…

Sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice, the former South African president should finally not be arrested before at least July 12. The Constitutional Court will hear his appeal. Jacob Zuma had claimed that at the age of 79 and during a period of Covid-19, a stay in prison would amount to the death penalty. On Saturday in front of his home in Nkandla, KwaZulu-Natal, he made a brief…

In Senegal, the debate on the application of the law criminalizing rape and pedophilia has returned to the table since January 2020. It all started after the rape complaint from a 15-year-old girl against the son of a well-known journalist, the young man who is currently under arrest. The Senegalese feminist collective was mobilized on Saturday, July 3, in Dakar to support all women victims of violence…

Following the senators' refusal to hand over former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo suspected of embezzlement in the case of the Bukanga Lonzo agro-industrial park, the constitutional court prosecutor again spoke to the Senate office. This time in a completely different case where he is suspected of embezzlement. The prosecutor wants to hear him, but Augustin Matata Ponyo asked to answer at the…

The former South African president was sentenced on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 to 15 months in prison for contempt. Since then, his foundation and supporters have questioned the Constitutional Court's ruling. The former head of state, charged in other corruption cases, has until Sunday to hand himself over to the police. Jacob…