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Dec
14
2023
By The African Mirror
Sierra Leone court orders opposition leader’s arrest for suspected graft

Sierra Leone court orders opposition leader’s arrest for suspected graft

NEWS
SIERRA Leone's Court of Appeal has ordered the arrest of the opposition candidate who was runner-up in presidential elections this year for suspected corruption linked to the sale of government shares in a mining company, it said in a statement. Samuel Kamara was the candidate for the opposition All People's Congress Party (APC) in 2018 and in June. He was indicted in 2021 for alleged graft involving a separate matter when he was foreign minister. The trial is ongoing and he denies wrongdoing. The Court of Appeal on Tuesday ordered Kamara to be arrested and handed over to the anti-corruption commission for…
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Mar
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Pakistan police postpone arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan until Thursday, easing unrest

Pakistan police postpone arrest of ex-PM Imran Khan until Thursday, easing unrest

WORLD
MUBASHER BUKHARI A Pakistan court ordered police to halt an operation to arrest former Prime Minister Imran Khan, bringing an end to clashes with supporters of the former cricketer outside his home in which police fired water cannons and tear gas. Security forces withdrew from around the house in the eastern city of Lahore, easing political instability in the nuclear-armed nation which is struggling with an economic crisis and awaiting an International Monetary Fund bailout. The Lahore high court ordered police to postpone the arrest of Khan until Thursday, provincial information minister Amir Mir told Reuters. Earlier, a senior police official said…
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Jul
07
2021
By The African Mirror
Zuma will be treated fairly, could be out in 4 months

Zuma will be treated fairly, could be out in 4 months

NEWS
FORMER South African president Jacob Zuma, who has started his 15-month prison term at the Escourt Correctional Centre in KwaZulu-Natal, will be treated fairly, with dignity and could be free in four months, government has revealed. SA Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola, who saw Zuma in his hospital cell where he kept in accordance with COVID-19 regulations, said: “We want to assure all South Africans that former president Zuma will be afforded dignity throughout his term of incarceration." Lamola said Zuma, who will stay in isolation for two weeks, was in good spirits. “I have seen him. He…
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