A clinical trial of a vaccine that researchers hoped would prevent HIV was stopped by its organizers, according to a statement Monday from The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health in the United States. “This action was taken because an independent…
In Sudan, the attorneys for former president Omar al-Bashir have argued that the deposed leader, imprisoned in Khartoum since his April arrest, should be released on bail. Al-Bashir appeared in court Saturday for the second hearing of his trial. He is charged with corruption and money laundering, after Sudanese authorities…
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has again suspended the trial of a witness to the murders of two United Nations experts in the Kasaï region in March 2017 who later became a suspect himself. A hearing in Kananga is rescheduled for next week so that Jean…
A defendant believed to hold key information in the case of two United Nation experts killed in Democratic Republic of Congo in March 2017 has now died in prison himself, raising concern from a Congolese human rights organization about the nature of his death. Norbert Kengayi wa Kengayi died earlier…
In Cameroon, Anglophone activist Mancho Bibixy and six others were found guilty on charges of terrorism, secession and related crimes after appearing this week before a military court. They remain in custody in Yaoundé pending their sentencing on May 8. Bibixy was arrested after making a public speech from a…
In Cameroon, where Anglophone activists tried before a military court received heavy sentences this week, the case against Mancho Bibixy has been adjourned yet again until April 24. Bibixy was arrested after making a public speech from a coffin in November 2016, as the tensions heightened between the country’s English-speaking…
Friday marked the solemn anniversary of the deaths of five American nuns killed during Liberia’s first civil war, all of them as missionaries with the Sisters of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ in 1992. It’s been 25 years since Sister Mary Joel Kolmer and Sister Barbara Ann Muttra…
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A Moroccan court on Wednesday sentenced 23 Sahrawi activists, a third of them to life terms, in a closely-watched trial that dates back to 2010 clashes in Gdim Izik in the disputed Western Sahara. Observers said the Court of Appeals at Salé handed down eight life sentences, another 11 in…
Federal prosecutors in Ethiopia maintained their argument Tuesday that their terrorism case against Merera Gudina, head of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), need not be separated from a file that includes charges against other defendants that his defense says have nothing to do with Merera. Merera was arrested in November…
The trial in Cameroon of a prominent lawyer and human rights activist and some two dozen other defendants has again been adjourned after a military tribunal in Yaounde denied them bail. Their next court date is scheduled for June 29, according to local media reports. Nkongho Felix Agbor-Balla, leader of…
The United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan is now under new leadership, with the arrival this week of Lieutenant General Frank Mushyo Kamanzi of Rwanda. Kamanzi will lead a force of 17,000 military personnel from 55 different countries, UNMISS said in a statement. The new commander has nearly 30…
Gambian police have arrested three family members of ousted former President Yahya Jammeh, according to a report filed late Wednesday by APA News. The news agency, based in Senegal, said Gambian police spokesman Foday Conta confirmed that the Jammeh family members were arrested in Kanilai on Wednesday but did not…
Ethiopian courts have adjourned until June 2 the case of leading opposition leader Merera Gudina, chairman of the Oromo Federalist Congress (OFC), who has denied charges of terrorism lodged against him. A hearing scheduled for Thursday followed last week’s 11-page response, presented by Merera and his legal team, arguing that…
An Egyptian-American held in detention for her humanitarian aid work with street children was acquitted in a Cairo court on Sunday. Aya Hijazi and her husband, Mohamed Hassanein, were among eight people found not guilty on charges of human trafficking, kidnapping, sexual exploitation and torture, according to Egyptian media reports….
In troubled Cameroon, the trial of prominent lawyer and human rights activist Nkongho Felix Agbor-Balla has again been adjourned after a Thursday appearance before a military tribunal in Yaounde. Agbor-Balla, leader of the Anglophone Civil Society Consortium, was arrested in January when the government under President Paul Biya outlawed the…