Justice

The one with the nickname "the princess" in Angola is now facing a new legal obstacle. Isabel dos Santos, the richest woman on the African continent, is accused of corruption. It must return more than 400 million euros worth of shares to the Angolan oil company Sonangol. The fees are stacked on top of each other for Isabel dos Santos, Africa's first female billionaire. This time, the Dutch arbitration institute is questioning the validity of a transaction it carried out with the Angolan state oil company Sonangol. In…

An investigation has been launched against one of the Nigerian police chiefs, the famous Deputy Police Commissioner Abba Kyari, involved by a Nigerian social media star called Hushpuppi. This influencer is currently being tried in the United States for fraud over nearly $ 20 million. Hushpuppi pleaded guilty to money laundering. Hushpuppi claimed that he paid bribes to police commissioner Abba Kyari, known for his high-profile investigations, for arresting one of his former employees. The Nigerian police launched an…

The French Supreme Administrative Court is therefore not opposed to his extradition to Burkina Faso. The younger brother of former President Blaise Compaoré is suspected by the Burkinabé court of having played a role in the assassination of journalist Norbert Zongo in 1998. According to a statement from the Prime Minister, the life of François Compaoré in Burkina is not threatened. Faso.…

Where did Tom Erdimi go? The first chief of staff of Idriss Deby Itno and former coordinator of the oil project, before moving into the opposition where he was considered the gray prominent uprising led by his twin brother Timane Erdimi. He has been missing since 2020. His family is now trying to find him. Her family assures…

In Mali, General Moussa Diawara was arrested on Thursday, July 29, and imprisoned in Bamako. He was prosecuted from a legal source in connection with the investigation into the disappearance of journalist Birama Touré, who has given no sign of life since January 2016. It is also directed at Karim Keïta, son of former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta.…

Twist in the shop of the Malian journalist Birama Touré, who has been missing for five years. General Moussa Diawara, former head of State Security (Mali's intelligence services), was charged and arrested by a judge at the court in Bamako municipality 4 for "complicity in kidnapping, kidnapping, torture" this Thursday, July 29. .…

Released and released after more than five years in prison, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky and his wife were released on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 by the court in Kaduna, in the north of the country. The founder of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (MIN), a Shiite political and religious movement, was charged with murder after violence that erupted alongside a religious procession in the city of Zaria in 2015.…

This Wednesday, July 28, 2021, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeal of Teodorin Obiang. The son of the president of Equatorial Guinea challenged his conviction in France for embezzling public funds in his country. His defense considered that French justice did not need to try crimes committed abroad, but the Court of Cassation therefore decided otherwise. The Supreme French Court considered that the judges' decisions were indeed in accordance with the law. French justice could therefore rule over these embezzlements…

In France, the Court of Cassation on Wednesday ruled on the appeal of Teodorin Obiang, Vice President of Equatorial Guinea, convicted last year of having built up a fraudulent legacy of more than € 150 million. Is it French law or Equatorial Guinea that must apply to Teodorin Obiang? This is essentially the question that must…

The Association of Rwandan Genocide Survivors, Ibukasalue, the Extradition of the Netherlands by Venant Rutunga. The 72-year-old man landed in Kigali on Monday night. He was placed in the hands of the Rwandan authorities, where he is accused of being part of the cadres who organized the massacre of the Tutsis in the south of the country.…