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Mar

2024

Former German FA bosses go on trial over 2006 World Cup payment

FORMER German Football Association (DFB) presidents Theo Zwanziger and Wolfgang Niersbach went on trial along with a former secretary general on Monday, accused of tax evasion in connection with the 2006 World Cup hosted by Germany. At the heart of this case which has dragged on through the legal system for years and has also included several other separate investigations, including a DFB-commissioned one, is a payment of 6.7 million euros ($7.27 million) linked to a 2006 World Cup-related event that never took place. Niersbach, who resigned as DFB president in 2015 as a result of the affair, his predecessor…

Mar

2023

By The African Mirror

Mobile court offers the rare chance of justice for east Congo rape victims

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CRISPIN KYALA A large crowd gathered around the open sides of the makeshift courtroom in the eastern Congolese village of Kamanyola in early March to watch the culmination of a trial of 15 military officers for the rape of minors. They watched in silence, some craning to see better, as a soldier stripped the epaulettes of a colonel whom a judge had just ordered be dishonourably discharged from the army and sentenced to seven years in prison for raping a local 14-year-old girl last September. "The fact that a very high-ranking officer has been sentenced is a very eloquent message…

Mar

2023

By The African Mirror

Reporters from independent Egyptian news outlet referred to trial

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THREE journalists from Egypt's most prominent independent news outlet, Mada Masr, have been referred to trial on charges of offending members of parliament from a pro-government party and misusing media channels, the news organisation said. If convicted, the three reporters, all women, could face from six months to two years in prison, as well as fines of up to 300,000 Egyptian pounds ($9,810), Mada Masr said in an article about the case. There was no immediate comment from judicial authorities. The case stems from a Mada Masr article reported by the three journalists and published last year, which said a…

Nov

2022

By The African Mirror

Guinea stadium massacre: Survivors recount horrors as trial unfolds

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SOULEYMANE CAMARA SURVIVORS who were beaten and raped during a massacre in a stadium in Guinea in 2009 are hoping to finally see justice and let the world know the pain they have been carrying as the trial of 11 suspects unfolds in the West African nation. More than 150 people were trampled, clubbed or shot dead on September 28, 2009, when a demonstration against Guinea's then-military ruler Moussa Dadis Camara was brutally repressed. Hundreds survived with injuries and trauma. The long-awaited trial opened on the massacre's 13th anniversary. Among the accused is Camara. He is yet to plead but had previously denied responsibility.…

Oct

2020

By The African Mirror

J&J says review of illness that led to coronavirus vaccine trial pause could take days

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CARL O’DONNELL and MANAS MISHRA JOHNSON & Johnson has announced that it would take at least a few days for an independent safety panel to evaluate an unexplained illness of a study participant that led to a pause in the company's COVID-19 vaccine trial. J&J shares fell more than 2% following news of the pause and safety review. Rival AstraZeneca Plc's U.S. trial for its coronavirus vaccine candidate - which uses a similar technology - has remained on hold for more than a month after a participant in the company's UK trial fell ill. J&J, whose vaccine effort is among…

Jul

2020

By The African Mirror

Sudan adjourns trial against Bashir and allies

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KHALED ABDELAZIZ OUSTED Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and some of his former allies went on trial on Tuesday on charges of leading a military coup that brought the autocrat to power in 1989. A Sudanese court had already handed Bashir a two-year sentence in December on corruption charges. He also faces trials and investigations over the killing of protesters. State TV broadcast the judge opening the hearing at a court in Khartoum without showing footage of Bashir, who has been jailed since he was toppled in April last year following mass protests against his 30-year rule. In December, his lawyer…