Countries

Cops launch manhunt after 5 prisoners escape from back of police vehicle while in transit from court

Cape Town – Police in Eastern Cape have launched a manhunt after five prisoners awaiting trial allegedly escaped from... Read more

25 Jun, 2022

Countries

Egypt filmmaker among 8 political prisoners released from jail

Cairo – Egypt’s state prosecutor on Monday ordered the release of eight political prisoners, including a documentary filmmaker, a... Read more

14 Jun, 2022

Countries

Egypt’s Sisi pardons journalist, more than 3 000 convicts

Cairo – Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned a journalist who was jailed for “spreading false news”, as... Read more

28 Apr, 2022

Countries

Egypt releases 41 political prisoners, says negotiator

Cairo – Egypt on Sunday released 41 political prisoners from pre-trial detention, according to a politician-turned-negotiator, in a country where... Read more

25 Apr, 2022

Algeria

Algeria pardons over 1 000 convicts, releases 70 Hirak detainees

Algiers – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Sunday pardoned over 1 000 convicts and ordered “clemency measures” for 70 people... Read more

4 Apr, 2022

Countries

Captured jihadists in Mozambique say insurgency ‘weakening’

Mocímboa da Praia – Rare interviews with captured members of a jihadist group terrorising northern Mozambique point to low... Read more

9 Feb, 2022

Countries

Egypt frees daughter of exiled Islamist preacher

Cairo – Egyptian authorities on Friday released the daughter of exiled Islamist preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi after four and a half... Read more

1 Jan, 2022

Politics

Top ex-aide to DRC president freed on health grounds

Kinshasa – An appeals court in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday ordered the release of a former top... Read more

7 Dec, 2021

Countries

Lightning strikes 13 Zimbabwe prisoners having lunch

Harare – A lightning bolt struck and wounded 13 male prisoners while they were having lunch at a jail in... Read more

24 Nov, 2021

News

Prisoner gang rape trial opens in DRC

Lubumbashi – Ten defendants accused of taking part in the September 2020 gang rape of dozens of women prisoners in... Read more

12 Nov, 2021