A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, on Wednesday granted the Department of State Services (DSS) an order it sought to detain a Nigerian, Emmanuel...
The Secretary-General of the Patriotic Front faction led by former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, Raphael Nakacinda, has been detained at Kabwata Police Station in Lusaka, according...
A Nigerian lady, Rhoda Jatau, who had been held in prison in Bauchi State in North-East Nigeria for allegedly condemning the killing of a student, Deborah...
A Somali court has discharged and acquitted a freelance journalist who had been detained in Somalia for 56 days for allegedly “circulating false” news that exposed...
Seven South Sudanese journalists who have been in detention for circulating a video showing President Salva Kiir urinating on himself during the inauguration of a road...
The Union of Journalists of South Sudan (UJSS), has confirmed that six journalists have been detained in relation to a leaked video of President Salva Kiir...
A prominent Algerian journalist and government critic, Ihsane El-Kadi, has been detained while his media outfits comprising of a radio station and website shut down over...
Former Comoros President, Ahmed Abdallah Sambi, has been charged with high treason and will be put on trial after spending four years in detention over corruption...
A United States Senator, Patrick Leahy, has blocked a $75 million aid to Egypt over the North African country’s poor human rights record and its failure...
An human right activist and government critic in Equatorial Guinea, Anacleto Micha Nlang, has cried out after being detained without trial for 18 days after he...