South Sudan: Vice President detained, collapsing 2018 peace deal
The Vice President of South Sudan has been detained, effectively collapsing the peace deal that put an end to the...
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Turkey: Mayor of Istanbul arrested in government crackdown
The Mayor of Istanbul has been arrested as part of a corruption investigation as the Turkish government intensify their crackdown...
Former French President faces prison for Libyan corruption pact
French financial prosecutors are set to present their case against former President Nicolas Sarkozy and his co-defendants, for colluding with...
Israel-Gaza war a potential lifeline for Netanyahu
Israel’s escalation of war in Gaza following the collapse of the ceasefire could provide a convenient lifeline for Israeli Prime...
Algeria investigation: ex-interior minister faces corruption charges
A former interior minister and chief of protocol for Algeria have been ordered for temporary detention due to "corruption" charges....
Prosecutors demand 20-year jail term for ex-Mauritanian president
Mauritanian prosecutors have demanded an appeals court impose a 20-year jail sentence on former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz for...
Former president of Tunisian FA jailed
The former president of the Tunisian Football Federation, Wadie Jary, has been sentenced to four years in prison on corruption...
Morocco falls further down corruption index
Transparency International reported in its 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, published on February 11th, that Morocco lost a point and dropped...
South Sudan officials dismissed without reason
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed a number of officials without reason, including two of his vice presidents, the...
Mozambique’s Ex-Finance Minister sentenced to 2 more years
Mozambique’s ex-finance minister sentenced to 2 more years in prison by a US court, following his involvement in the tuna...
Red Sea survivors accuse Egyptian authorities of cover up
Survivors of the Red Sea dive-boat sinking have accused Egyptian authorities of a cover-up after they were pressured to sign...
France: Former President Sarkozy to stand trial in Libyan case
France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy will stand trial on January 6th over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 election...
Algeria: opposition figure Fethi Ghares and wife released
With Algeria’s September 7th elections just around the corner, observers in the country and around the world are watching closely...
Tunisia: Mondher Znaidi returns to presidential race
A one-man contest for the Tunisian presidency seems no more as the Tunisian Administrative Court upheld an appeal by prominent...
Tunisia: Former presidential hopeful put in pre-trial remand
The crackdown on the opposition of the Tunisian president appears to be unrelenting to some observers as the judiciary takes...
