KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA — Auwal checked his two guns before another night of patrolling his village in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kaduna.“I have decided to arm myself with these guns to protect my family because the government has failed to keep us…
Category: Legal Rights
Nigerian police have denied killing any members of a banned Shiite Muslim group during a gathering this week in the capital, Abuja.The Islamic Movement of Nigeria said police on Tuesday shot and killed eight of its members as they marked the religious …
A Malawi Magistrate’s Court in the capital, Lilongwe, has sentenced a Chinese national, described by some as one of the biggest African wildlife trafficking kingpins, to 32 years in prison after convicting him on three wildlife crimes. The court, howev…
Ugandan police have rearrested two opposition lawmakers on charges of treason just minutes after they were released on bail in another case in which they stand accused of murder. The National Unity Party lawmakers deny the charges, which they say are p…
YAOUNDE – Five Cameroonian policemen have been arrested, on suspicion of torture, after a video was made public showing police officers torturing a detainee, according to a senior police officer.Cameroon’s police chief, Martin Mbarga Nguele said, the f…