Arrest

Zimbabwe opposition says 80 supporters arrested while campaigning

Harare – Zimbabwe’s main opposition party has said at least 80 of its supporters were arrested on Saturday while campaigning... Read more

20 Feb, 2022

Harare – Zimbabwe’s former finance minister, Tendai Biti, was on Monday detained for several hours while campaigning for upcoming... Read more

15 Feb, 2022

Khartoum – Sudanese security agents on Wednesday arrested two leading figures including an ex-minister from the opposition Forces for... Read more

10 Feb, 2022

Tunis – Tunisia’s interior ministry said on Friday it had foiled a “terrorist” attack, with the arrest of a woman... Read more

29 Jan, 2022

Bamako – A leading Malian economist has been arrested in Bamako, taken to a police station and questioned about “subversive and... Read more

17 Jan, 2022

Pretoria – South African police on Wednesday uprooted cannabis plants grown by indigenous activists who have camped outside President... Read more

12 Jan, 2022

Tunis – A Tunisian ex-justice minister who launched a hunger strike after his arrest a week ago is “stable” in... Read more

7 Jan, 2022

Tunis – Tunisian doctors on Wednesday expressed “grave fears” for the health of former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, who... Read more

6 Jan, 2022

Tunis – Tunisian former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri, who has been refusing food or medication since his arrest last... Read more

5 Jan, 2022

Tunis – Plainclothes officers in Tunisia’s capital on Friday arrested a senior official of the Ennahdha party which played a... Read more

31 Dec, 2021