INSIGHT: Ethiopia jails nine journalists

>The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by the Ethiopian government’s arrests of nine journalists in one of the worst crackdowns against freedom of expression in the country. “With the latest arrests, Ethiopian authorities are turning the peaceful exercise of freedom of expression into a crime,” said CPJ East Africa Representative Tom Rhodes.

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Habari Zinazoendana

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BBC

29 Aug

Egypt jails al-Jazeera journalists

Three al-Jazeera journalists convicted in Egypt of "spreading false news" are sentenced to three years in prison at their retrial in Cairo.

 

10 years ago

BBC

03 Aug

Ethiopia jails 'terror' Muslims

A court in Ethiopia sentences 18 Muslims, including clerics and a journalist, to up to 22 years in prison under controversial anti-terrorism legislation.

 

10 years ago

Michuzi

President Kagame visiting Ethiopia's Metals and Engineering Corporation- Ethiopia, 17 April 2015

 

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Ministers Mramba And Yona Over Graft

07 Jul

Tanzania jails ex

BBC News
Tanzania jails ex-ministers Mramba and Yona over graft
BBC News
A Tanzanian court has sentenced two former ministers to three years in jail over corruption charges. It was related to issuing illegal tax exemptions and "arbitrarily" awarding a contract to audit gold, according to court documents seen by Reuters news ...
Tanzania jails former finance, mining ministers over gold dealReuters Africa
Tanzania jails two ex-ministers over graftThe News
Mramba, Yona jailed three years for office...

 

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Ministers Over Graft

07 Jul

Tanzania jails two ex

The News
Tanzania jails two ex-ministers over graft
The News
A Tanzanian court has sentenced two former ministers to three years in jail over corruption charges related to the award of a gold audit tender, according to court documents. The convictions of former Finance Minister Basil Mramba and former Energy and ...
Tanzania jails former finance, mining ministers over gold dealCreamer Media's Mining Weekly
Mramba, Yona jailed three years for office abuse; Mgonja set freeDaily News

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The News International

19 Dec

Tanzania jails four Chinese

Voice of America
Tanzania jails four Chinese
The News International
DAR ES SALAAM: A Tanzanian court jailed four Chinese men for 20 years after they were caught smuggling 11 rhino horns, one of the largest seizures ever made in the east African nation, a lawyer said on Friday. "The convicts are also required to pay a ...
Tanzania court jails four Chinese men for rhino horn smugglingReuters

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BBC

Egypt jails activist for five years

An Egyptian court jails Alaa Abdel Fattah, a key figure in the 2011 uprising, for five years at a retrial for breaking protest laws.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Egypt jails 69 for church attack

A court in Egypt sentences 69 Islamists to life in prison for looting and setting fire to a church in a town near Cairo in August 2013.

 

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Ministers

08 Jul

Acting arbitrarily: Tanzania jails two ex

Acting arbitrarily: Tanzania jails two ex-ministers
Pulse.com.gh
Basil Mramba (75) and Daniel Yona (74) both from the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, were in government when they issued the tax exemptions between 2002 and 2004. Published: 9 minutes ago; Albert Benefo Buabeng. Print; eMail · (Left to right) ...
Two former Tanzania ministers jailed over gold deallingsMining Technology

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