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Mogadishu (AX) - A 70-year-old man in Mogadishu was given a seven-year prison sentence and a $3,000 fine by the Banadir regional court on Thursday for funding al-Shabab through money laundering. Ali Hussein Isaac, the elderly individual in question, was accused of transferring $500,000 from his personal account to al-Shabab members. Saleh Daban, the chairman of the Banadir regional court, disclosed that the punishment was split into two parts: four years for funding the group and three years for the money laundering…

Six individuals, including six Moroccan nationals, have been set free by a military court in northern Somalia and will be returned to Morocco. The Moroccan government, along with various NGOs, has been working to secure the release of these individuals. The accused individuals have claimed innocence and are eager to return to their home country. Various human rights groups have been actively campaigning against the use of the death penalty, urging countries like Morocco to abolish it completely. Despite not having executed…

The four individuals, Hamdi Awil Mohamed, Nimco Jamal Mohamed, Khadra Awil Ali, and Abdiwali Jama Hassan, were convicted of inciting the public and showing patriotism by the court's chief.Evidence like videos and statements supporting Somaliland was used to convict them. The trial was held under Somalia's Criminal Code.This legal response comes after clashes in Las Anod, where control of the city was disputed last year. Somaliland lost control of the city to SSC forces after intense fighting.

The court revealed that Omar Adbuqadir (31) did not gain financially when he handed a woman his wife's Swedish ID to assist her in entering the country. The journalist's ID did not pass the facial recognition scan, raising suspicions with an immigration officer at Dublin Airport. Described as "altruistic," Adbuqadir was sentenced to 18 months for trying to help a journalist escape persecution by using the ID for her to enter Ireland from Madrid. Although she successfully sought asylum in Ireland, the woman's true identity…

In Morocco, content creator Mohamed Reda Taoujni was sentenced to four years in prison by the Agadir Court of Appeal. He was accused of defaming the Minister of Justice, Adbellatif Ouahbi, by suggesting possible connections to an international drug trafficking ring.

MOGADISHU, Somalia - A person convicted of funding ISIS-Somalia activists was sentenced to fifteen years in jail by a army courtroom on Monday, following mounting proof all through his trial within the capital Somali, Mogadishu. Abdirizak Mohamed Abdi Jimale was ordered to serve the following 15 years behind bars for his position as a cash launderer for IS-Somalia, turning into the primary main convict of IS-Somalia in latest months, in keeping with the archives of the IS-Somalia. authorities. Documents supplied to the…

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jacky Ndala, leader of the youth union of Moïse Katumbi's party, was sentenced late Tuesday night to two years in prison for making radical comments ahead of the proposed "consolation" law. A text that, if adopted and issued, would exclude from the presidential race, to be held in 2023, candidates whose two parents are not Congolese. For pro-Katumbi, this…

Moroccan journalist Soulaimane Raissouni was sentenced Friday night to five years in prison by a court in Casablanca. He was charged in a case of indecent assault with force and forced delivery, accusations that he has always denied. Its support committee condemns a political trial aimed at comments from the journalist, who is critical of the regime. In protest, he went on a hunger strike that has now…

An unrivaled verdict in South Africa: former President Jacob Zuma was sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt for justice. The long-awaited verdict from the Constitutional Court fell on Tuesday, June 29, 2021. Prosecuted in several cases of embezzlement and money laundering, this time Jacob Zuma was on trial for his refusal to participate in an anti-corruption commission.…

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…