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Tunisian court hands capital punishments to five following 2020 deadly tribal confrontations

The court of First Instance of the coastal city of Gabes, condemned Wednesday five people to capital punishments, a sixth person to life imprisonment, all of them charged with premeditated murder and possession of a firearm without a permit during a 2020 confrontation between two tribes in Ain skhouna, South of Tunisia. December 12, 2020, […]

Cocoa smuggling worsens finances of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

A surge in cocoa smuggling across West Africa is undermining the economies of Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana, the world’s top cocoa producers, amid record global prices exceeding $10,000 per ton. The illicit trade, driven by price disparities and weak enforcement, is costing both countries hundreds of millions in lost revenue and threatening the stability of […]

CAR: UN-backed court issues arrest warrant for ex-president Bozizé over crimes against humanity

A United Nations-backed Special Criminal Court (CPS) in the Central African Republic (CAR) has issued an international arrest warrant for the country’s exiled former president François Bozizé over alleged crimes against humanity committed by CAR’s military between 2009 and 2013. According to the CPS, a hybrid jurisdiction located in the capital Bangui with Central African […]