Justice

Former Liberian rebel leader Alieu Kosiah was convicted on Friday of war crimes in Liberia. Leverdict was handed down in Switzerland before the Federal Criminal Court. In the early 1990s, when Liberia was on fire, Alieu Kosiah commanded a militia in the armed movement Ulimo against Charles Taylor's rebels. He moved to…

In Porto Novo yesterday, Benine's opponent Reckia Madougou was heard for the first time by Criet, who has been suing her since March 5, 2021 for "criminal association and terrorism". Candidate for the Democratic Party whose action was annulled by the Electoral Commission, officially due to lack of sponsorship, she was heard on the merits and on her possible interference in the case where the Special…

Sentenced last year to 20 years of forced labor to include embezzlement of nearly $ 60 million as part of an emergency presidential program, Vital Kamerhe, the former chief of staff of Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi, is awaiting a ruling from the Kinshasa-Gombe Court of Appeal. . From our Kinshasa correspondent,Vital…

Decisive weekend before the end of the Riksdag, Tuesday 15 June. All eyes are on the special commission responsible for examining the court's indictment seeking a waiver of immunity in the Senate. In addition to former Prime Minister Augustin Matata Ponyo, new names have been added to the list. Former Senate President Alexis Thambwe Mwamba and former Quaestor Eric Rubuye are now on this list. They are accused of financial advances during their time in the Senate office. The two men are requested by the Court of…

The trial against Guillaume Soro and 19 of his relatives continues before Abidjan's criminal court. The former prime minister is accused of conspiring against state authority. He is being tried in his absence, but 14 other people are in the accused's box. This week, it was those who were very close to Guillaume Soro who showed up: his two brothers, his loyal head of the protocol and former minister…

Sentenced in the first instance to eleven months 'imprisonment, after two years' imprisonment required by the prosecutor on appeal, the head of mobilization and the branches of the National Front for the Defense of the Constitution was finally sentenced to 3 years in prison by Judge Saïdou Kéita, the first president of the Court of Appeal. A verdict that human rights defenders and civil society actors…

The Supreme Judicial Council banned judges on Wednesday, June 9, from holding political positions in the executive body. This council advocates the independence of the judiciary and its impartiality in the face of ongoing political quarrels. This resolution comes after the dismissal on Tuesday by the head of the national authority for the fight against corruption of the Prime Minister. On Tuesday, the…

The Yaoundé Military Court yesterday, Wednesday, June 9, decided to release Nicodemus Tanyi Amungwa on bail, as required by the Cameroon Bar and several non-governmental human rights groups, including REDHAC and Human Rights Watch. This lawyer defends especially English-speaking separatist activists, including their leaders,…

In the Central African Republic, the French citizen who was arrested on May 10 in custody was arrested. Juan Rémy Quignolot is especially accused of espionage, conspiracy and danger to state security. The Advocate General of the Court of Appeal in Bangui Didier Tambo confirmed on Wednesday that Juan Rémy Quignolot,the Frenchman…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, justice has not yet ended with Brenda Okale, the widow of the former head of military intelligence, Delphin Kahimbi, and her mother, acquitted to everyone's surprise on Monday by the tribunal de grande instance Kinshasa-Gombe. The two women were accused of murdering General Delphin Kahimbi…