Justice

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…

Inter-ethnic clashes between Batende and Banunu in late 2018 in Mai Ndombe province had left hundreds dead and tens of thousands of refugees left for neighboring Congo-Brazzaville. The violence had also caused the cancellation of the presidential and legislative elections in this part of the country. as reported from Kinshasa,…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is Kalev Mutondo, former head of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) accused of arbitrary arrests and detentions, torture and attempted assassinations during Joseph Kabila's presidency? The Kinshasa-Gombe tribunal de grande instance (TGI), which had initiated a trial, finally declared itself incompetent to try Kalev Mutondo, but for the prosecution and…

In Senegal, Ousmane Sonko is banned from leaving the territory. The opponent was invited to attend the ECO's Estates Basic - the longer term West African foreign money - a gathering to be held in Lomé, Togo subsequent week, 26-28 Could. However the chief of the Pastef celebration is beneath judicial management, as a part of an allegation of alleged rape made by an worker of a therapeutic massage parlor.…

French Justice has simply accused BNP Paribas of "laundering corruption and laundering the embezzlement of public funds". The investigation by the monetary heart on the court docket in Paris issues the legacy of the previous Gabonese president, now deceased, Omar Bongo. In equity, "GDP failed to satisfy its vigilance obligations" by failing to report the massive sums that handed by means of it and had…

Choose Martha Koome has simply been appointed head of the Supreme Courtroom by President Uhuru Kenyatta. With 33 years of authorized expertise, she is thought for being a robust advocate for ladies's and kids's rights. as reported from Nairobi, Albane ThirouardThis assumption of workplace has been described as "historic" by the…

Ivorian justice is once more taking a look at the Guillaume Soro case this week. After being sentenced to twenty years in jail in April 2020 for cash laundering and concealment of embezzlement of public funds, the previous president of the Nationwide Meeting is that this time charged particularly with conspiracy and assault on the state authority. The Abidjan prosecutor has been accusing him because the…