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A Tunisian protest coalition says it would not stop working to unite the opposition against President Kais Saied despite the arrest of its top leaders, and added that it would hold a demonstration on 5th   March. Tunisian police have…

A leader of Tunisian Ennahdha party and the director of a private radio station were arrested Monday night, according to the political group and the media. The arrests come as part of a crackdown launched this weekend by the Tunisian…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Nigeria, has arrested an official of one of the commercial banks for alleged sabotage of the availability of Naira notes. This comes as the the…

Police have arrested Mauritania's former president Mohamed Abdel Aziz on the eve of his trial for abuse of power and amassing an illicit fortune. Mr Mohamed was first told to report to the police, but refused, defence…

Gambian security services have arrested two army officers who are suspected of being involved in a coup attempt against President Adama Barrow last week. The two, who have not been named, were arrested on Monday. On December 21st the…

South African police has announced the arrest of an Israeli suspected of belonging to a mafia gang and wanted for attempted homicide. The 46-year-old man is associated with a major crime organization called Abergil, named after brothers…

621 people, including 83 minors, have been arrested in Chad since the violently repressed opposition protests that left some 50 people dead on 20th October, the public prosecutor in N'Djamena announced Friday. "Out of the 628 people…

South African prosecutors say that several former executives at state-owned ports and freight rail company Transnet had been arrested for alleged corruption during former president Jacob Zuma's time in power. The National Prosecuting…

Libyan security forces in the country's western region says they have detained 300 migrants in the last week and 3,000 in the past three months. The arrests come as attempted sea crossings from Libya to Europe are expected to increase in…

A close associate of former Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, accused of plotting and living in exile for several years, has been arrested in Abidjan. "The commander Abdoulaye Fofana, the former aide-de-camp of Guillaume Soro, was…