Tag: trial
Zuma appeal rejected
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) rejected former president Jacob Zuma’s application to appeal a lower court’s decision he stand trial for corruption,...
Zuma trial postponed
The trial of former President Jacob Zuma has been postponed to 4 February next year.
The former president faces charges of corruption, money laundering and...
Kenya police on trial for high profile killing
Four Kenyan policemen went on trial in Mombasa on Tuesday accused of killing a British aristocrat’s son in police custody in 2012, a high...
Beheading trial starts in Mozambique
Mozambique put on trial 189 people, including foreigners, accused of being involved in deadly Islamist attacks in Cabo Delgado.
Since October last...
Ntaganda says he is not the Terminator
A former Congo military leader on trial for charges ranging from murder and rape to conscripting child soldiers and sexual slavery told...
Jailed photographer awaits verdict in Egypt terrorism trial
The parents of an Egyptian photojournalist, whose case was highlighted by UNESCO, hope their son will be cleared when his trial ends,...
Trial of alleged coup leaders starts in Burkina Faso
Two senior allies of Burkina Faso's deposed former President Blaise Compaore and scores of others appeared in court accused of organising a...
Boko Haram suspects convicted in mass trials
More than 200 people were convicted in Nigeria on charges related to their involvement with militant Islamist group Boko Haram, the justice...
Mass Boko Haram trial resumes
Hundreds of people suspected of links to Boko Haram are on trial in a detention centre in central Nigeria in a resumption...
Trial of Boko Haram suspects starts in Niger
Eighty-one people accused of fighting for Boko Haram went on trial in Niger on Thursday in a public court sitting, one of...
Scores convicted in DR Congo Beni massacre trial
A military tribunal investigating a wave of massacres in eastern Congo blamed on Ugandan rebels convicted 134 people, a senior army prosecutor...
Child rape trial underway in DR Congo
Eighteen people, including a provincial lawmaker, went on trial in eastern Congo on Thursday for the rapes of dozens of children, victims'...
Forty-five Boko Haram suspects jailed in Nigeria
Nigeria convicted and jailed 45 Boko Haram suspects, government said, the first sentences it handed down in a set of mass trials...
Mass Boko Haram trial starts behind closed doors
The trial of more than 1,600 people suspected of ties with Boko Haram was expected to begin behind closed doors in Nigeria...
Trial of Islamist Mali police chief charged with amputations underway
The trial of a Mali Islamist former police chief accused of committing amputations during an occupation in 2012-13 by rebels who imposed...
FBI helping South Sudan in murder and rape trial
A US Federal Bureau of Investigation official is helping South Sudan to prosecute suspects in the murder of a South Sudanese aid...
Murder, rape trial of South Sudan troops starts
South Sudanese soldiers accused of raping at least five foreign aid workers and killing their local colleague last year are due to...
Two to face trial for DR Congo murder of UN investigators
A military prosecutor in Democratic Republic of Congo said two men would soon face trial for the murder of two UN investigators...
Trial of Burkina Faso’s ex-leader begins
The trial of former Burkina Faso leader Blaise Compaore and his cabinet began on Monday after delays, with the court dismissing calls...
Throw out treason case Zambian opposition leader lawyers ask
Lawyers for a Zambian opposition party leader accused of trying to overthrow the government asked court to throw out the case, saying...
Zambian president will not intervene in opposition leader’s treason case
Zambian President Edgar Lungu will not intervene in the treason case against opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema, he told a public rally.
Hichilema was...
National divide exposed in Cameroon trial
The trial of three English-speaking protesters facing the death penalty opened at a military court in Cameroon on Monday in a case...
Equatorial Guinea seeks to halt French case against its vice president
Equatorial Guinea on Wednesday called on judges at the UN's highest court to order France to halt proceedings against its vice president...
Professor arrives in Rwanda to face genocide trial
A professor arrived back in Rwanda on Wednesday after being extradited from the United States to stand trial for his part in...
Equatorial Guinea president’s son to face trial in France
The son of Equatorial Guinea's president is to face trial in France for suspected money laundering, the office of the financial prosecutor...
Egyptian court sets November 4 trial date for deposed President Mursi
An Egyptian court on Wednesday set November 4 as the date for the trial of deposed Islamist President Mohamed Mursi and other...
Union Buildings protestors’ trial postponed
The SA National Defence Force's (SANDF's) plans to finally get trial proceedings underway against more than 200 soldiers, allegedly part of a...
Trial of soldiers who marched on the Union Buildings starts in...
Military law, in the case of the disgruntled soldiers who allegedly illegally marched on the Union Buildings almost four years ago, also...
Mubarak trial set to resume after appeal rejected
An Egyptian court turned down an appeal for a new judge in the trial of former President Hosni Mubarak, the official news...
Death of Libya’s Gaddafi avoids awkward trial
Muammar Gaddafi's apparent death from wounds received during the fall of Sirte means a long and complex trial that could have divided...
Mladic to have one war crimes trials, not two
The Yugoslavia war crimes court said it would hold just one trial for genocide suspect Ratko Mladic, rejecting a prosecution request for...
UK approves S.Africa honeymoon suspect’s extradition
Britain's Home Secretary Theresa May has given the go-ahead for the extradition to South Africa of a British businessman accused of murdering...
Egypt ex-tourism minister receives second jail term
Egypt's former Tourism Minister Zoheir Garranah was given a three year jail sentence for unlawfully issuing company licenses, the latest jail term...
Egypt army ruler testimony at Mubarak trial delayed
The head of Egypt's ruling army council postponed his appearance at the trial of ousted president Hosni Mubarak, saying he was busy...
Mubarak in court after top officials called to testify
Hosni Mubarak was back in court over the killing of protesters, a day after the presiding judge summoned Egypt's military ruler and...
Egypt court to hear testimony from Egypt
The head of Egypt's ruling military council and other top officials were yesterday summoned to give testimony in the trial of former...
Scuffles disrupt Mubarak trial as police testify
A senior police officer said at the trial of Hosni Mubarak he was not aware of any order to fire on protesters...
South Africa’s Malema says ready to step aside
Firebrand ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema, facing suspension from South Africa's ruling party, said he is ready to step down if...
South Africa ANC Youth League braces for leader’s trial
The Youth League of South Africa's ruling ANC was planning tactics to support its leader Julius Malema, who has galvanised legions of...
Egypt court demands details of web and phone blackout
An Egyptian judge asked to see minutes of a meeting when a decision was taken to cut mobile and Internet services during...
Egypt’s Mubarak to face trial set to rattle Arab rulers
Ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak will be held to account by the people he ruled for three decades in a trial starting...
Egyptian judge outlines plans for Mubarak’s trial
The trial of former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will be held at a police academy in Cairo, with a maximum of 600...
Somalis on trial in Dutch court for piracy
Five suspected Somali pirates went on trial in a Dutch court for seizing a South African yacht and face up to 15...
