Criminality and corruption Bound

Egypt's top appeals court upheld on Tuesday a three-year prison sentence over corruption charges for a Mubarak-era information minister, a judicial source said. Safwat al-Sherif, 86, was a politician and a leading member of the ruling National Democratic Party during...

N'Djamena - Chad's former oil minister was in custody on Thursday following his arrest for allegedly stealing public funds, the police and his lawyer said.  Djerassem Le Bemadjiel was arrested on Wednesday after a complaint by a state body that reports directly to...

Cairo, Aug 27, 2020 - Egypt has arrested a suspect in the alleged gang rape of a woman in a luxury Cairo hotel, the prosecution said Thursday, in a case that has fuelled a resurgent #MeToo movement. The rape allegedly took place six years ago but the allegations only...

Nouakchott, Aug 18, 2020 - Former Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, under suspicion over embezzlement dating from his time in power, was being questioned by police on Tuesday for a second day, one of his lawyers said. The meeting came on the heels of a...