Justice

An unrivaled verdict in South Africa: former President Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice. The long-awaited verdict from the Constitutional Court fell on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Prosecuted in several cases of embezzlement and money laundering, this time Jacob Zuma was on trial for his refusal to participate in an anti-corruption commission.…

In Sudan, the Council of Ministers "unanimously" gave the green light on Saturday for a future trial of the accused at the International Criminal Court, ICC. The announcement comes a few weeks after former prosecutor Fatou Bensouda's historic visit to Darfur. This is not yet an order for the transfer of suspects, including former President Omar al-Bashir, but a step towards their trial in The Hague.…

The African Court of Human Rights rejected the claims of the former Minister of Economy and the Benin opponent Komi Koutché. In 2020, the man won his case on the international arrest warrants issued by Spain and Interpol against him, at the request of Benin. He accused the International Court of Justice of questioning Benin's conviction of 20 years in prison for embezzlement of public funds by 2020, in…

Niger was ordered by the ECOWAS court to pay damages to a human rights defender for "arbitrary and illegal detention". It's a first. The West African Economic Community Court (ECOWAS) this week ordered Niamey to pay 50 million CFA francs to Sadat Sadat Ilya Dan Malam. His lawyer announced it on the evening of Thursday, June…

About fifteen of them submitted a text "ready for use" on Thursday, June 24, which could serve as a model for a team. This is a lobbying operation because 18 years after the end of the last civil war, a number of the most infamous warlords and suspected criminals have not yet been brought to justice. The text of the law was…

Joël Aïvo talks about a cell of thirty square meters where he quickly found himself with almost 40 other prisoners, stacked on top of each other. Where it gets particularly cruel is that the prison authorities decided quite quickly to make cohabitants, under these dirty sanitary conditions, prisoners who are sick with Covid-19 and healthy prisoners, who exposed them in an almost safe way. According to the law, it is an obvious and very serious violation of human rights. His situation today has…

On January 7, 2019, in Gabon, a command group led by Lieutenant Kelly Ondo Obiang took control of national radio to broadcast a message about the takeover of a group of young officers. The involvement of loyalist forces quickly put an end to the coup attempt. Two years later, Kelly Ondo and his aides appear before the special military court.…

In Chad, the murder of the prosecutor in Oum-Hadjer in the center of the country, on Wednesday, June 24, 2021, by a dispute, triggers the anger of the judges who do not feel safe. Maître Djonga Arafi, Secretary General of the Union of Chadian Magistrates, denies the lack of protection of judges and therefore the impossibility of properly exercising their judicial power. .

Former Mauritanian President Mohmamed Ould Abdel Aziza was arrested on Tuesday and detained in Nouakchott. He was indicted on March 12 for corruption, embezzlement of public property and money laundering during his presidency between 2008 and 2019. He is not the only former African leader facing justice. Overview. What gives…

Guillaume Soro was sentenced to life in prison by Abidjan's criminal court. The former president of the National Assembly and 19 of his relatives were charged in particular with trying to undermine state authority and conspiracy, spread false news and disrupt public order. 14 defendants were in the box. The others, including Guillaume Soro, were tried in absentia. The court followed the prosecutor's…