West-Africa
the three defendants sentenced to prison in
In France, the verdict has just been announced at the trial of the bombing of the French camp in Bouaké.…
prison
Somalia
Shooters storm Nigerian prison, free multiple
Armed men stormed a Nigerian prison on Monday and released several prisoners before setting the prison on fire, Nigerian police…
Editorial
EDITORIAL: Al-Shabaab attack on Northeastern State prison shell
EDITORIAL | Northeastern State of SomaliaPresident Said Abdullahi Deni has this week dealt with the aftermath of one of the…
East-Africa
Madagascar: 4 months after Farafangana detention center mutiny
On August 23, 2020, a mutiny broke out in Farafangana Prison on the southeast coast of Madagascar. Of the 336…
North-Africa
Egypt, detention center for newshounds – media column
We are talking about the situation of journalists and bloggers in Egypt, as two of them have just been arrested…
West-Africa
controversy after the death of a political opponent in the prison in Conakry
A Guinean opponent, detained since September in Conakry, died Wednesday night through Thursday, December 17. Roger Bamba, in his forties,…
East-Africa
Ex-President Zambi still does not stand trial after 28 months in prison
Was former President Ahmed Abdallah Sambi sentenced to life? It is this question that his relatives have been asking themselves…
Somalia
four years in prison for Patrick Djanga, AFDC and allied dissident leader
In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Court of Peace announced its decision in the first instance on Thursday, December…
West-Africa
In Côte d’Ivoire, artists Yodé and Siro had been sentenced to at least one 12 months in jail
The Zouglou music duo had been instantly prosecuted for contempt of courtroom, discredited the judiciary and disseminated false info with…
West-Africa
Ivory Coast: the film “The Evening of the Kings”, expiatory behind closed doorways in a fantasy jail
The French-Ivorian director Philippe Lacôte has chosen MACA, the Abidjan Jail (the biggest jail in West Africa), as the primary…
Central-Africa
Médecins Sans Frontières investigates rapists in Lubumbashi prison
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is organizing consultations for raped prisoners at the Kasapa…
