Tag: Africa
Nigeria’s suspected coup plotters deny treason charges
Six people, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, have pleaded not guilty to plotting a coup…
He wasn’t guilty but delays left this man jailed for five years without trial
Not listening to his mother cost 23-year-old Nigerian Rasheed Wasiu dearly – more than five years of his freedom for…
More than 500 people killed in Tanzania election violence, inquiry finds
A total of 518 people died in Tanzania from "unnatural causes" in the wake of widespread protests that followed last…
Zambia’s government takes possession of ex-president’s body in repatriation row
The Zambian government has said it has taken possession of the body of former president Edgar Lungu - who died…
Arrests in Nigeria after abduction of local monarch ‘held for ransom’
Police in western Nigeria have arrested 42 suspected illegal miners as part of an investigation into the abduction of a…
South Africa’s police boss charged in connection with controversial health contract
South Africa's police chief has been formally charged with failing in his duties to provide proper oversight in his role…