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Over the past three months, Interpol has arrested 45 individuals in West Africa in a crackdown on drug trafficking and terrorism financing, the global police organization announced on Thursday. Among those detained was a suspected…

Police in Mauritius arrested the country's former central bank governor on Friday in connection with an investigation into a case of conspiracy to defraud. Last month, Mauritius police's anti-money laundering unit issued an order for the…

More than 300 migrants have been arrested in Libya's desert by the 444 Brigade. The powerful militia group that operates under the auspices of the Libyan army, said in a statement that its patrolling commanders detained the migrants and…

A Zambian lawmaker facing robbery charges has been arrested in Zimbabwe after escaping custody earlier this year, Zambian authorities confirmed. Emmanuel "Jay Jay" Banda, an independent MP since 2021, fled from Chipata Central Hospital…

Three Senegalese opposition lawmakers were arrested amid the fallout from parliament's move to delay a presidential vote by 10 months that prompted West Africa's economic and political bloc to call for the re-establishment of the electoral…

Four French civil servants, intelligence agents according to a Burkinabè source, and computer maintenance technicians according to a French diplomatic source, were arrested in Ouagadougou at the beginning of December, in a context of very…

Gabonese deposed president Ali Bongo Ondimba's son, Noureddin Bongo Valentin, and several members of his cabinet were jailed and charged with "high treason" and "active corruption", the Libreville prosecutor said. Ali Bongo's eldest son,…

Ethiopian security forces say that they had arrested 47 suspects after the murder of a leader of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling party, accusing him of plotting to overthrow the regime. Girma Yeshitila, leader of the Welfare Party in…

A South African convicted murderer who faked his death to escape from prison has been arrested in Tanzania following a two-week manhunt, police have announced. South African officials are to extradite Thabo Bester, 35, dubbed the…

Mauritania Police says it has arrested a man believed to be the organiser of the escape of four terrorists detainees from the central prison in the capital, Nouakchott, three weeks earlier. In a statement posted on Facebook, they said a…