A year after Tanzania's bloody election, many remain traumatised by the violence, while government critics live in fear of abduction and arbitrary arrest, or facing treason and terrorism charges.
READ MOREA senior opposition official in Tanzania is facing the death penalty after being charged with treason. John Pambalu is a member of Chadema national council and a former leader of the party’s youth wing.
In a statement, Madagascar’s Anti-Corruption Unit (PAC) said it had received complaints targeting several former officials, including ex-president Andry Rajoelina. The proceedings have been temporarily suspended as it first has to be determined whether the court has jurisdiction to hear the cases.
Nancy Pexton appeared at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged with murdering her older sister Jennifer Abbott, also known as Sarah Steinberg.
'To stay silent is to be complicit.'
PC Zachary Marsden 'defied ethics, procedure and law' in his arrest of two men at the airport last year, a court was told.
One in eight women and one in 12 men have been victims.
His mum spent her son's 15th birthday at his graveside.
'Charles Hartle is a callous and calculating young man, who has shown no recognition or remorse for taking another teenager's life.'
A third of people in Gaza 'are not eating for days' says the World Food Programme.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has ordered that the decision of the KwaZulu-Natal High Court, dismissing the State’s application for special leave to appeal the acquittal of prominent politicians and officials implicated in the controversial KZN Jazz Festival corruption case, be referred to it for reconsideration.
Security guards have also been seen wearing face masks as they man the 500 room hotel.
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