Tag: arrested

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...

Authorities in Cameroon arrested three soldiers for their role in an alleged deadly attack on civilians in a village near where the military is...

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...

Defence Intelligence is – along with other law enforcement agencies – investigating what is being called infiltration of a national defence force unit before...

Ugandan police arrested a team of BBC journalists for illegal possession of prescription drugs but a government spokesman said the reporters were helping expose...

South Africa's premier game reserve - the Kruger National Park - "continues to come to grips with people in our ranks who sabotage our...

Armed Zimbabwean police arrested a political activist at home, his lawyer said, on the third day of protests against fuel price hikes as businesses...

Latest to jump on the bandwagon of illegally offering employment in the national defence force is an SA Army warrant officer due to appear...

French authorities arrested a man suspected of committing war crimes in the Central African Republic and he will face extradition to The Hague, the...

Eight suspected rhino poachers were arrested in the Kruger National Park earlier this week. The arrests were made during counter-poaching operations which saw...

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...

An Egyptian criminal court ordered the arrest of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's two sons on charges of stock market manipulation, state news...

Ugandan police detained two lawmakers, one a pop star, at the country's sole international airport, where supporters say they were trying to...

Soldiers involved in assaulting Ugandan lawmakers and civilians over their alleged role in the stoning of a presidential convoy were arrested, the...

Egyptian authorities arrested three leading opposition figures including a former senior diplomat who called for a referendum on President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's...

Ugandan police arrested three opposition lawmakers and others after stones were thrown at the convoy of President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled...

Former Zimabwean finance minister and opposition politician Tendai Biti was detained by police as he tried to cross the border and seek...

South Sudanese authorities arrested a prominent economist and critic of the government and rebels, his wife said, the latest activist to be...

Cameroon arrested four soldiers suspected of shooting dead two women and two children in the country's far north where its army is...

Italian police arrested five Tunisians as part of a major operation against suspected supporters of Islamist terrorism in central and southern Italy. The...