Tag: bail
Sowore granted bail
A Nigerian activist and former presidential candidate whose detention prompted protests by rights groups was released on bail, the news organisation he founded said...
MDC official granted bail
A Zimbabwean court granted a senior opposition official bail after charging him with failing to stop an anti-government protest authorities banned.
Amos Chibaya, national...
Bail for Rwandan presidential critic
A Rwandan high court judge ordered the release on bail of an opposition activist and her mother detained last year on charges...
Bail for Zimbabwe MDC members
A Zimbabwe court released on bail 27 opposition supporters arrested by police last week on accusations of fomenting post-election violence.
Magistrate Francis...
Duduzane Zuma released on bail
Duduzane Zuma, son of former South African president Jacob Zuma, was released on bail after appearing in court in leg irons on...
Bail for six police who were part of “Marikana massacre”
A South African court granted bail to six police officers charged with murder and attempted murder in connection with the 2012 killing...
Bail granted to former Zimbabwean finance minister
A judge granted former Zimbabwe finance minister Ignatius Chombo bail in a ruling that underlined judicial independence just three weeks after the...
Bail hearing of former Zimbabwe finance minister postponed again
A Zimbabwean court postponed a bail hearing of former finance minister Ignatius Chombo, facing charges of corruption dating back two decades.
Chombo, who...
Bail for US citizen charged with subversion in Zimbabwe
A high court judge in Zimbabwe said the state's case against a US citizen charged with trying to subvert President Robert Mugabe's...
Rwigara denied bail in Rwandan court
A Rwandan court denied bail to a vocal critic of President Paul Kagame who was barred from running against him in an...
Biafra separatist leader released on bail
The leader of a group calling for secession of an area in south-east Nigeria, formerly Biafra, was released on bail after being...
Bail for Ugandan traditional leader
A Ugandan tribal leader accused of leading a secessionist movement in the country's western region was released on bail after more than...
Cele blames high crime rate on bail, parole
National police commissioner Bheki Cele has sharply criticised other elements of the criminal justice system — notably those granting bail and parole...
