Justice

The Paris Court of Appeal on Thursday, June 3, confirmed the seizure of a jet belonging to Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. The case dates back to June last year: the plane, a Falcon 7X, had been immobilized at the request of the company Commissimpex, which for decades has demanded that Congo settle a debt of more than one billion euros.…

On June 3, 2019, Sudanese security forces violently dispersed thousands of protesters in front of the army headquarters. These protesters had occupied this place for several weeks demanding the resignation of President Omar al-Bashir and his regime. The bloody spread of this gathering left more than a hundred dead. Two years later, the families of the victims still demand that those responsible for the…

The relatives of Floribert Chebeya and Fidèle Bazana celebrated on Tuesday, June 1, the 11th anniversary of the murder of the two human rights activists after the police call. The next day, June 2, the body of the former body was found; the other has not been until today. Following revelations on our antenna, the organization Voice of the Voiceless submitted a memorandum to the Presidency of the…

Laurent Gbagbo's return is scheduled for June 17, according to his party. The former president would return after a 10-year absence after being acquitted by the ICC on March 31. Authorities did not respond on Tuesday, June 1. On the other hand, some associations of victims have done so. This is the case with the Côte d'Ivoire Victims Collective (CVCI), which is asking for Laurent Gbagbo, under a…

The mechanism for international criminal justice in The Hague on Tuesday, June 1, refused to declare Félicien Kabuga "unfit to stand trial". On May 6, the defense of the alleged genocide requested that the proceedings against his client be suspended, or failure to release him during trial, for "humanitarian" reasons, given his age and state of health. For the prosecutor, it would have been "too early" to declare Félicien Kabuga unsuitable to try at this stage. And it is obviously this argument that won. On April 15, the…

It has been eleven years on Tuesday that the CEO of Voix des Sans Voix, Floribert Chebeya Bahizire, and his companion, Fidèle Bazana Edadi, disappeared. They were murdered in the facilities of the police inspection. But this year, this date is also synonymous with hope, as some protagonists have acknowledged. The two men's relatives therefore now want a trial with the real sinners in the accused's box…

General Delphin Kahimbi, head of military intelligence, was found dead in his home in late February 2020 in the city of Kinshasa. This accusation is disputed by defense lawyers for whom the prosecution has remained speculated and not in fact. For the indictment, Brenda Nkoy Okale and Scholastique Mondo Pila, widow and mother-in-law of General Delphin Kahimbi, are both responsible for the murder of the official. Thus, Ange Ntoto, a magistrate at the High Court in Gombe, sought the death penalty against the two ladies.…

On the third day of the trial of Guillaume Soro and 19 of his relatives for "conspiracy" and "attempt to undermine state authority", the court tried to understand why weapons were found in the lagoon in Assinie. During the hearing, Commander Jean-Baptiste Kassé Kouamé admitted that he had ordered his men on December 23, 2019 to destroy weapons stored at GPS's political movement quarters and throw them…

A new hearing is scheduled for Thursday, May 27 in Cameroon for journalist Amadou Vamoulké, in prison for almost five years, without a court ruling. The former director of Cameroon's public radio and television is accused of embezzling several million euros. This Thursday, the floor must be given to the defense. LawyersAmadou…

In Kinshasa before the High Military Court, the trial against the Yumbi massacres opened in December 2018 yesterday, Tuesday 25 May. As soon as the first hearing began, the civilian parties and the defense lawyers requested the postponement. What the court approved. with our correspondent in Kinshasa, Kamanda wa Kamanda…