First Independent Mena Newspaper
A Tunisian court has sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki to 22 years in prison in absentia on charges of undermining state security, triggering condemnation from rights groups who denounce the use of the judiciary by President Kais Saied to intimidate and silence the opposition at home and abroad. The verdict, delivered in June 2025, adds […]
Former Ivorian political leader Charles Blé Goudé has been sentenced in absentia to 20 years in prison by an Ivorian court over murder, rape and torture charges, local media reported. The court has issued an arrest warrant for him. Blé Goudé was an aide to former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, who was acquitted by the […]