Arrest

In a dramatic escalation, Somalia’s federal government and the semi-autonomous Jubbaland region have issued arrest warrants for each other’s leaders, highlighting a dangerous power struggle. Jubbaland, strategically bordering Kenya and…

The International Criminal Court unsealed arrest warrants Friday for six men allegedly linked to a brutal Libyan militia blamed for multiple killings and other crimes in a strategically important western town where mass graves were…

A Haitian judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued an arrest warrant for his wife late last year for failing to meet with him so he could interrogate her about the case, according to a legal document…

Ethiopian police have announced the arrest of a former minister accused of "collaborating" with Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebels. Taye Dendea, former Minister Delegate for Peace, had posted on his Facebook account on Monday a letter…

Former Sierra Leonean president Ernest Bai Koroma has been placed under house supervision in what the opposition say is house arrest following the recent violence. Koroma was questioned on Monday 11th December for the third time by…

Three days after the police arrest of Stanis Bujakera, correspondent for Jeune Afrique in the Democratic Republic of Congo, protests and calls for the journalist's release increased in Kinshasa. Stanis Bujakera is accused of "spreading…

A group of army officers in the central African nation of Gabon say they have removed President Ali Bongo from office and placed him under house arrest. The officers announced their coup early Wednesday morning on national television…

South Africa said Thursday that the BRICS summit will go ahead as planned, amid speculation that it may be moved to China to allow Russian president Vladimir Putin to attend. The Russian leader was accused by the International Criminal…

South Africa’s leading opposition party says it had taken legal action to force the government to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin if he were to attend a planned summit in the country. In March, the International Criminal Court…

Police in Uganda detained 11 female members of parliament on Thursday who they accused of staging of an unlawful protest, with some of the lawmakers sustaining injuries during their arrest. The lawmakers were detained just outside the…