Justice

Nigerian justice has confirmed the conviction of the Anglo-Dutch hydrocarbon giant Shell to $ 467 million in damages for an oil spill caused in 1970. This could be the last end of a lengthy trial. It comes after several years of legal struggle, a victory for the Ejama-Ebubu community in Rivers State in Nigeria, which will thus…

Former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya has resigned as the High Representative of the African Union in Mali and the Sahel, according to RFI information. Convicted of 18 relatives in absence to life imprisonment in Burundi to assassinate his successor and the country's first democratically elected Hutu president, Melchior…

Cameroon's lawyer's anger does not subside after two of their colleagues, Me Richard Tamfu and Me Armel Tchuemegne, were arrested and detained on Friday, November 20. They are accused of "contempt of court and destruction" for taking part in a lawsuit in a court in Douala on November 10, which had led to a muscular police intervention and clashes.…

The head of the crushing room at the Central Bank of Congo in Lubumbashia was arrested on Friday, November 20, for embezzling public funds. But according to NGO Justicia Asbl, a dozen other agents should be investigated for theft in 2019 of bags of used Congolese banknotes that are normally intended to be perforated and then crushed.…

At the moment, on the Ivory Coast, a younger girl is making a splash on social networks. These, higher identified by the nickname "Fay, the offbeat lawyer", supply Web customers weekly coaching periods to make them conscious of the legislation. Termination of tenancy, inheritance rights, divorce and even infidelity or sexual impotence inside marriage ... They're a number of thousand to observe his…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Abdallah Bilenge, Director General of the Airways Authority (RVA), was arrested on 10 November. He has since been held in Makala Central Prison in Kinshasa. He is accused of embezzling tens of millions of dollars. This money should be paid specifically to certain socio-professional services such as the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), according to legal…

In the Central African Republic, President Touadera inaugurated the buildings and, in particular, the courtroom of the Special Criminal Court on Friday 13 November. This hybrid court consisting of Central African and foreign magistrates must try serious crimes committed since 2003 according to recommendations from Bangui Forum 2015. CPS came into operation in October 2018. Ten cases have already been the…

In Chad, a few days ago, we told about the discovery of the Chadian Convention for the Defense of Human Rights by a secret prison of the National Security Agency. CTDDH condemns a real death. The government talks about dungeons where prisoners are treated "very well". RFI found five former residents of this detention center, two of whom agreed to testify with their faces exposed.…

In Côte d'Ivoire, the two opponents Pascal Affi N'Guessan and Albert Toikeusse Mabri are wanted by the courts for their participation in the creation of a "National Transitional Council" on 2 November. Acts constituting an attack and a conspiracy against state authority, the prosecutor explained to the press on Friday, November 6th.…

Agathe Habyarimana, the widow of the former Rwandan president suspected of involvement in the 1994 genocide, was heard by French justice on Tuesday (November 3rd). An extremely rare hearing in the context of the investigation into the role that former gendarme Paul Barrilà played in the massacres. It had been years since we had…