Gambian man charged in US with torture of coup plotters

At least 18 suspected coup plotters appear in court in Burundi following a failed attempt to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza.

The trial begins in Burundi for 28 people accused over May's failed attempt to oust President Pierre Nkurunziza.

A group of 15 men accused of plotting to assassinate the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, have been acquitted by a South African court.

Four top South Sudanese politicians go on trial on charges of treason after being accused of plotting a coup against the government.

>Belatedly, it’s a new year but inauspicious beginnings abound in Africa. The power by the barrel of the gun and rule-by-fear-instilling mob is still around.

Three charged with torture, kidnapping of Slaa bodyguard
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THREE officials from the opposition CHADEMA were on Friday arraigned in court charged with torture and kidnapping, just days after revelations of a plot to assassinate the party's Secretary General, Wilbroad Slaa. Those who appeared in court are Boniface ...

The general who led last month's short-lived coup in Burkina Faso is charged with crimes including threatening state security and murder.

Man charged with defiling 3-year-old boy in Pemba
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POLICE in North Pemba Region have arrested and charged in court, Khalfan Juma Khalfan (25), for allegedly defiling a three-year-old boy in Mtakachonja village, Konde- Micheweni district. State prosecutor Mohammed Ali alleged before District Court ...

A resident of Moshi Municipality Kyefa Makundi, 33, was yesterday charged with insulting President Jakaya Kikwete and former Chalinze legislator Ridhiwani Kikwete.