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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Deputy Jean-Bosco Assamba, of the Sacred Coalition of the Pro-Tshisekedi Union, was arrested on Sunday, June 27, and charged with contempt by the President on the basis of statements made two months ago in Bunia, the capital. by Ituri. as reported from Kinshasa, Pascal MulegwaThis is the…

In the Comoros, seven people were sentenced by the Moroni court on Monday, June 21, to up to five years in prison after being arrested in connection with a demonstration against the Azali Assoumani regime on January 7, 2020. The sentences went well beyond what the prosecutor had requested. in his indictment and the minor crimes turned into attacks on public security. For the defendants' lawyers and…

Six months delay for George Weah's son and greater than 20,000 euros in compensation. That is what the courtroom in Versailles close to Paris determined. In query: for loud events given by the son of the ex-star of PSG and the president of Liberia in Saint-Germain-en-Laye within the suburbs of Paris. The evenings had been…

Three years in prison for "violating Islamic precepts and Muslim rituals" were pronounced in Algiers on Thursday against Saïd Djabelkhir, a well-known academic, Islamic specialist. He is particularly criticized for writing that the sacrifice of the sheep existed before Islam and for criticizing the girls' early marriage in some Muslim communities.…

In France, the verdict has just been announced at the trial of the bombing of the French camp in Bouaké. At the end of almost three weeks of trial, the court has just sentenced the three defendants, Yury Sushkin, the Belarusian mercenary, Ange Gnanduillet and Patrice Ouei, the two Ivorian officers, to life in prison. With our…

Armed men stormed a Nigerian prison on Monday and released several prisoners before setting the prison on fire, Nigerian police said. The gunmen also destroyed the headquarters of the state police in Owerri, the state capital, and burned down nearly 50 vehicles parked at the headquarters, a witness told Anadolu Agency. The Nigerian penitentiary, a government agency in Nigeria that operates prisons, confirmed the attack but refused to provide figures for accidents. James Madugba, a spokesman for the…

EDITORIAL | Northeastern State of SomaliaPresident Said Abdullahi Deni has this week dealt with the aftermath of one of the most daring raids by Al-Shabaab brains on a prison facility in Bossaso, the state's main financial capital on the Gulf of Aden. On Thursday, March 11, the president officially dissolved the local district council following the jail attack that marked the biggest terrorist attack in Northeastern State this year. But this requires much more. On March 6, the terrorists attacked a correctional…

On August 23, 2020, a mutiny broke out in Farafangana Prison on the southeast coast of Madagascar. Of the 336 incarcerated prisoners, 88 managed to escape after bringing down a dilapidated fencing wall. It was impossible for the prison staff to prevent escape: that day only three of the seven planned guards were present, and a hunt was organized at short notice in the city. During the catch, police…

We are talking about the situation of journalists and bloggers in Egypt, as two of them have just been arrested in what is the world's third prison for journalists. Far behind China and just behind Saudi Arabia, Egypt is the country with the most detained journalists, 31 according to the RSF, listing two newcomers to Egyptian…

A Guinean opponent, detained since September in Conakry, died Wednesday night through Thursday, December 17. Roger Bamba, in his forties, was a member of the communications cell and youth leader of the Union for Democratic Forces in Guinea (UFDG), the largest opposition party, led by Cellou Dalein Diallo. He died a few hours after being transferred to the hospital in the capital. He was arrested after…