The Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) has slammed in a recent report Egypt for being the African country with the most journalists in jail. The CPJ deplored that of the 20 journalists behind bars in Egypt, a dozen had not been convicted or sentenced for any crime. “The prolonged imprisonment of Egyptian journalists […]
The Moroccan national police in Oujda, eastern Morocco, seized, Friday evening, 20 kg of gold plates and nearly €2.500 million supposedly coming from criminal activities. In a press release, the Directorate General of National Security (DGSN) indicates that the research and investigations carried out in this case made it possible to arrest four individuals for […]
President Alassane Ouattara of Côte d’Ivoire on Wednesday gave the green light for his arch-rival ex-president Laurent Gbagbo and his former youth minister Charles Blé Goudé to return home “when they wish.” The announcement came one week after their final acquittal of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court. “Mr. Gbagbo and Mr. […]
