Tag: assassination

Historic conviction: German court sentences Gambian death squad driver to life in prison

December 4, 2023

A German regional court on Thursday (30 November) handed down a historic sentence when it sent a former member of a Gambian death squad to ... Read More

DRC: Opposition figure Chérubin Okende assassinated, a probe ordered

July 14, 2023

Chérubin Okende, a former minister and ally of presidential candidate Moise Katumbi, was found dead Thursday in capital Kinshasa in what the opposition branded an ... Read More

Tanzania opposition figure comes back home after years in exile

March 2, 2023

Tanzanian opposition politician Godbless Lema has returned home after two years in exile in Canada over threats to his life following a disputed election. A ... Read More

Tunisia: Kais Saied officially dissolves the high judicial council

February 14, 2022

Tunisian President Kais Saied Sunday officially dissolved the High Judicial Council; the country’s judicial independent body that he accuses of being in league with some ... Read More

Libya’s PM survives alleged assassination attempt

February 10, 2022

Libya’s Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah Wednesday escaped an alleged attempt assassination after gun shots were fired at his car in capital Tripoli, reports say. A ... Read More

Burundi: stockbroker Jackon Simbananiye assassinated a week before presidential election

May 15, 2020

Burundi's biggest stockbroker, Jackon Simbananiye, better known as Kirahwata, was assassinated less than a week before presidential elections. Jackon Simbananiye was abducted Wednesday evening as ... Read More