Morocco: winning party pledge action amid election fraud arrests
The victorious Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) promised to take disciplinary action if ongoing investigations connect its members to alleged...
Corruption
Mi6 whistle blower says she delayed US Lockerbie case, accuses CIA for Pan Am 103
A former Mi6 asset who worked in the Middle East under cover with the CIA claims that it was rogue...
Malian anti-corruption groups ask for audit of public contracts
Malian anti-corruption associations have asked for an audit of the public transactions by the military junta during the last six...
Ex Malian colonel sentenced to 20 years in prison
Ex-Malian colonel Alpha Yaya Sangare was sentenced to 20 years in prison for "offence against state security". According to RFI,...
Libya: details revealed of corruption in education monitoring
The Public Prosecution ordered the detention of the financial affairs officer in the supervision of education in the municipality of...
Burkinabese junta leader shuts down rivalry rumours
Captain Ibrahim Traore put an end to the rumours of rivalry in his military junta on the 23rd of...
Mali: Coup trial defendant says he obeyed transition leader
Following a particularly intense third day of proceedings, which featured the testimony of Colonel Kassoum Goïta, the Malian court...
Tried for Conspiracy, Ex-Malian Colonel Accuses Authorities
Tried for conspiracy against the state, Colonel Kassoum Goita accused the provisional government of torture, money laundering, and conspiracy...
Mali: Six ex-president associates tried for conspiracy
Six associates of former transitional president Bah N'Daw were tried for "attempted conspiracy" on the 14th of July. According...
Tunisia intensifies prosecution on human rights activists
Human Rights Watch has denounced the continuing unfair Tunisian authorities’ prosecution of political opponents and human rights activists to muzzle...
Libya audit bureau presses for reform
Libya’s Audit Bureau and the UN mission have renewed pressure for governance reforms after reviewing audit findings in the pharmaceutical...
Tunisian rights activist sentenced to 25 years in prison
Prominent Tunisian rights activist Sihem Bensedrine told AFP that she had been sentenced to 25 years in prison on charges...
Former Algerian minister sentenced to 7 years in prison
Former housing minister Abdelwahid Temmar was sentenced to seven years in prison for money laundering on June 15th. Temmar is...
Algeria: Opposition denounces barring of politicians from elections
With the parliamentary elections coming up on July 2nd, the opposition has denounced the systematic and massive exclusion of...
Kufra corridor links Libya to Sudan war
Satellite imagery analysis suggests that new transport routes have appeared in Kufra between south-east Libya, Chad and Sudan, pointing to...
