Former

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…

Ivory Coast's nationalist former president Henri Konan Bedie, who had not excluded the possibility of a return to power even in his latter days, has died aged 89, his party said. The "Ivory Coast Democratic Party-African Democratic Rally…

South African ruling party, ANC, announced has that former secretary-general Ace Magashule had been expelled from the party. Magashule faces accusations of misconduct and other breaches of party rules, while also facing charges of …

A former all-powerful prime minister of Burundi, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, appeared in court, where he is accused of undermining national security and insulting the president, witnesses and a judicial source reported. “Everyone was…

Sudan's former prime minister Abdalla Hamdok has issued red flag over the ongoing violence in his country warning the clashes could deteriorate into one of the worst civil wars than those experience in Syria and Libya if the fighting is not…

400 rebels in Chad were handed life sentences following the death of former ruler Idriss Deby Itno, who was killed in 2021, a public prosecutor said. After a mass trial, they were sentenced for "acts of terrorism, mercenarism,…

The former Senegalese Prime Minister Hadjibou Soumaré was finally released on Friday, but placed under judicial supervision for spreading false news by a judge of the Dakar court. Soumare was taken into police custody on Thursday after…

A former Senegalese Prime minister has spent his first night into custody. After the summon of Cheikh Hadjibou Soumare was made public earlier this week, he was first questioned by the police then kept. The septuagenarian had asked…

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…

The former head of the presidential cabinet in Tunisia was sentenced in absentia to 14 months in prison in connection with audio recordings containing derogatory remarks towards President Kais Saied, according to media reports. A series…