Burundi dissident escapes from jail

Leading Burundian dissident Hussein Radjabu tells the BBC that he escaped from prison last week by walking "upright... without any problem".

An Egyptian dissident who has seen it all before

Ethiopia had a moral obligation to arrest the opposition leader who was controversially extradited from Yemen last month, Ethiopia's prime minister tells the BBC.

The BBC's Abdourahmane Dia reports on Senegal's decision to expel a prominent Gambian opposition figure to France.

A Moroccan TV channel avoids sanctions after broadcasting a controversial concert starring a "scantily dressed" Jennifer Lopez.

Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni says he has survived an assassination attempt after his car was attacked by gunmen in the eastern city of Tobruk.

Libya's acting interior minister escapes an assassination attempt by unknown gunmen in the capital, Tripoli.

(MEXICO CITY)—Top drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman escaped through a 1.5-kilometer (1 mile) tunnel that opened into the shower area of his cell, Mexico’s top security official announced Sunday.
With the elaborate escape hatch built allegedly without the detection of authorities, Guzman has done what Mexican authorities promised would not happen after his re-capture last year — slipped out of a maximum security prison for the second time.Eighteen employees from various part of the Altiplano...

MOI medical nurse escapes surefooted imprisonment
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MUHIMBILI Orthopaedic Institute's nurse Eric Kimwomwe escaped a six-year jail term by paying a 500,000/- fine. Senior Resident Magistrate at Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court, Hellen Riwa, had convicted the nurse on two bribery charges and condemned ...