Tag: arrested
Soldier behind bars after fatal shootings in northern KwaZulu-Natal
A soldier is in police custody in Pongola, KwaZulu-Natal, after he allegedly shot and killed two civilians.
The Joint Operations Division of the SA National...
Cameroon soldiers arrested
Authorities in Cameroon arrested three soldiers for their role in an alleged deadly attack on civilians in a village near where the military is...
US pastor arrested for disturbing the peace
Rwandan police arrested an American pastor preparing to hold a news conference in the capital and whose in-country radio station was shut down by...
Soldier and bogus soldier arrested ahead of presidential inauguration
Defence Intelligence is – along with other law enforcement agencies – investigating what is being called infiltration of a national defence force unit before...
BBC journalists arrested in Uganda
Ugandan police arrested a team of BBC journalists for illegal possession of prescription drugs but a government spokesman said the reporters were helping expose...
Kruger rangers arrested on suspicion of rhino poaching
South Africa's premier game reserve - the Kruger National Park - "continues to come to grips with people in our ranks who sabotage our...
Zimbabwe activist pastor arrested
Armed Zimbabwean police arrested a political activist at home, his lawyer said, on the third day of protests against fuel price hikes as businesses...
Senior Army NCO arrested in connection with jobs-for-cash scam
Latest to jump on the bandwagon of illegally offering employment in the national defence force is an SA Army warrant officer due to appear...
CAR war crimes suspect arrested in France
French authorities arrested a man suspected of committing war crimes in the Central African Republic and he will face extradition to The Hague, the...
Poaching suspects nabbed in Kruger
Eight suspected rhino poachers were arrested in the Kruger National Park earlier this week.
The arrests were made during counter-poaching operations which saw...
Former Eritrean minister arrested
Eritrea arrested a former minister who wrote books critical of the country's leader, a rights group and a UN official said.
British-based rights...
Mubarak sons arrested on manipulation charges
An Egyptian criminal court ordered the arrest of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's two sons on charges of stock market manipulation, state news...
Ugandan lawmakers arrested
Ugandan police detained two lawmakers, one a pop star, at the country's sole international airport, where supporters say they were trying to...
Ugandan soldiers arrested for assault
Soldiers involved in assaulting Ugandan lawmakers and civilians over their alleged role in the stoning of a presidential convoy were arrested, the...
Sisi political opponents arrested
Egyptian authorities arrested three leading opposition figures including a former senior diplomat who called for a referendum on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's...
Stone throwing Ugandan MPs arrested
Ugandan police arrested three opposition lawmakers and others after stones were thrown at the convoy of President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled...
Top Zimbabwe opposition politician arrested
Former Zimabwean finance minister and opposition politician Tendai Biti was detained by police as he tried to cross the border and seek...
South Sudan economist arrested
South Sudanese authorities arrested a prominent economist and critic of the government and rebels, his wife said, the latest activist to be...
Soldiers arrested in Cameroon
Cameroon arrested four soldiers suspected of shooting dead two women and two children in the country's far north where its army is...
Tunisians arrested in Italy
Italian police arrested five Tunisians as part of a major operation against suspected supporters of Islamist terrorism in central and southern Italy.
The...
Former Cameroon minister arrested in Nigeria
Cameroon's former water and energy minister was arrested in Nigeria and flown home a police source and local media said, amid a...
Eight arrested in connection with Burkina Faso attacks
Eight people including two Burkinabe soldiers were arrested in connection with an attack by Islamist militants that killed eight security agents in...
Top Cameroon separatist arrested in Nigeria – allegation
A leading member of a separatist movement in Cameroon was taken into custody in the capital of neighbouring Nigeria with his aides,...
Charges laid against second SANDF general officer
The commitment by SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, General Solly Shoke, to rooting out criminality in the military has netted another...
Former Egyptian interior minister arrested
Former Egyptian Interior Minister Habib al-Adly was arrested after failing to hand himself over to authorities after being sentenced to seven years...
Key Kenya opposition strategist arrested
Kenya's opposition National Super Alliance said one of its key strategists was arrested in Kwale and his whereabouts were unknown.
The Alliance...
Six suspected pirates nabbed off east African coast
The European Union Naval Force Somalia's current flagship, the Italian vessel ITS Virginia Fasan, has apprehended six suspected pirates and seized their...
Former Lesotho defence chief arrested
The former head of Lesotho's armed forces was arrested over unspecified offences committed during his four years in the job, police said.
Lieutenant...
Zambian opposition leader arrested
Police arrested a Zambian opposition leader and said he would be charged with defaming President Edgar Lungu, an offence that carries a...
Tanzanian opposition MP arrested
Tanzanian authorities ordered the detention of an opposition lawmaker for insulting President John Magufuli, days after the president ordered officials to take...
Biafran secessionist protestors arrested in Nigeria
Nigeria arrested 55 members of a Biafran separatist movement during protests in the oil-rich south-east, police said.
Secessionist sentiment simmered in the region...
Somali soldiers arrested after minister shot
The Somali government arrested two soldiers in connection with the killing a government minister in a suspected case of mistaken identity according...
Somali security forces capture 10 pirates
Somali forces surrounded pirates holding hostages taken from an Indian ship and secured the surrender of 10 members of the gang. They...
Kenya arrests suspected IS militant
Kenya arrested a suspected Islamic State militant on the country's "most wanted" list who allegedly helped send recruits to Libya and Somalia,...
Armed man arrested trying to enter Tunisian parliament
An armed man was arrested trying to enter the Tunisian parliament in Tunis on Tuesday, officials said.
A parliamentary official told Reuters the...
Ivory Coast journalists arrested on suspicion of inciting mutiny
Six journalists in Ivory Coast were arrested on suspicion of faking news which could incite soldiers to revolt, journalism associations said on...
Senegal police arrest former Gambian prison boss
Senegalese police arrested General Bora Colley, the man who ran Gambia's prisons, where human rights groups say perceived opponents were tortured and...
Ex-Burkina Faso prime minister detained on charges of killing protesters
Burkina Faso authorities detained a former prime minister on Friday in connection with the violent attempts to put down a protest that...
Zimbabwe court releases war veteran, police arrest another
A Zimbabwean court on Monday freed a senior official of a war veterans association on bail but police arrested another official, in...
Senior Kruger ranger arrested in connection with rhino poaching
The arrest this week of a Kruger National Park ranger in connection with rhino poaching is sad but at the same time...
SA police arrest four terrorism suspects bound for Syria
Four South Africans attempting to fly to Syria have been arrested in Johannesburg and will face charges related to terrorism, police said...
Army Signal Formation general arrested
An SA Army brigadier general has been arrested in connection with charges of fraud and corruption, the SA National Defence Force (SANDF)...
Six arrests in Burkina Faso over militant attack
Authorities in Burkina Faso have arrested six people suspected of involvement in a militant attack in January claimed by al Qaeda's regional...
Italian police arrest five suspected IS supporters
Italian police this week arrested two people in Rome suspected of plotting attacks in Italy and North Africa and five others in...
Over 200 alleged rhino poachers arrested
A total of 214 suspected rhino poachers were arrested in South Africa between April 2010 and March 2011, according to the 4th...
Uganda frees opposition leader, threatens to re-arrest
Ugandan police released opposition leader Kizza Besigye hours after detaining him for the second time in a month, but warned they would...
Ethiopia arrests 29 over bomb plots
Ethiopia has arrested 29 people, including nine opposition party members, for plotting to carry out bomb attacks in the Horn of Africa...
