Female prisoners in Mozambique are being forced into prostitution by staff of prison facilities, according to Anti-corruption organisation the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP).
The...
Security forces in Uganda have launched a manhunt for hundreds of prisoners who escaped from a jail.
The inmates reportedly killed a soldier after they...
At least twenty prisoners have been killed in Madagascar as the authorities attempted to stop a riot in a prison.
The country's Justice Ministry said...
Ghana's President, Nana Akufo Addo has pardoned some 808 prisoners across the country's detention centers.
In a statement the Director-General of the Prisons Service, Patrick...
Ethiopia's government has announced plans to free over 4,000 prisoners to reduce the rate of the spread of coronavirus.
Prisoners to benefit from the move...
Algeria's President Abdelmadjid Tebboune who was sworn into office last December is moving towards reconciling the country by pardoning more than 3,000 prisoners.
The decision...
The Uganda government has freed nine Rwandan citizens who were facing criminal charges for various offences.
Among the offences was the unlawful possession firearms and...
Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Monday said he had pardoned more than 5,000 prisoners.
He made the disclosure during the celebration of Tanzania's 58th anniversary...
Ethiopia's government has grated pardon to more than 7,000 prisoners to mark the country's new year.
Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC), the state broadcaster reported that...
