US jails German ex-sniper over plot

A German court Monday sentenced two Rwandan rebel leaders to long jail terms for masterminding massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from their homes in Germany, capping a trial hailed by the UN as a breakthrough.

>Wanted British terrorist Samantha Lewthwaite, commonly known as the “White Widow”, has reportedly been killed in Ukraine, British newspaper Daily Mirror reported Thursday.

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Tanzania jails two ex-ministers over graft
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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 ...
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Tanzania jails ex-ministers Mramba and Yona over graft
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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 ...
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Tanzania jails four Chinese
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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 ...
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Seven men have been jailed for six months in Senegal, after they were found guilty of homosexuality.

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

Three prominent Egyptian pro-democracy campaigners are sentenced to three years in jail for organising an unauthorised protest.

>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.