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A Ugandan army court on Tuesday further remanded opposition leader Kizza Besigye to prison until next January. Besigye's defense team had requested a short adjournment but the court martial head sided with the state which demanded a long…

A Malian court has freed 11 opposition leaders who were arrested in June on charges of plotting against the ruling military after calling for a return to civilian rule. Their provisional release on Friday was seen as an attempt to calm…

The ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States) is set to issue a decision on a complaint submitted by lawyers of former Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum over his ouster in a July coup. Since his toppling, Bazoum has been held…

Egyptian rights researcher Patrick Zaki and lawyer Mohamed el-Baqer were freed, a day after being pardoned by President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in cases that renewed attention to Egypt's human rights record. Zaki had served 22 months in…

Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko alleged says he was being "illegally held" by security forces and urged the public to protest. "I urge all Senegalese people to come out onto the streets," he said on social media, escalating a…

Some 300 demonstrators from opposition parties waved Tunisian flags and carried signs with the images of detainees at the rally organised by the main opposition coalition, the National Salvation Front. Since early February, authorities…