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First Death Sentence Ordered Over Killings During Egyptian Uprising
A criminal court in Cairo on Sunday handed down the first death sentence on an accused charged with the killing of demonstrators during the Egyptian uprising which led to Presdient Hosni Mubarak’s ouster in February.
Public Prosecutor in the Mauritanian Capital Calls for Life Sentence Against Abductors of Spanish Aid Workers
The public prosecutor in the Mauritanian capital has called for a sentence of a lifetime of penal servitude against Omar Ould Sid’ahmed Ould Hamme alias Omar Sahraoui, the premier defendant in the abduction of three Spanish aid workers in Mauritania...
Guinea Bissau And the United States Sign Judicial Cooperation Agreement
Guinea Bissau and the United States of America have signed an agreement that will allow the United-States to send a prosecutor who will work with the state prosecutor in Guinea Bissau to fight against drug trafficking and organized crime in the country. The...
Guinea Bissau Confiscates 10 Foreign Fishing Vessels
10 foreign fishing vessels have been confiscated this year by the Department of Maritime Observation (Fiscap) of Guinea Bissau, the Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior announced on Monday in Bissau, the capital.
Lebanese Singer Apologizes to Egyptians Amid Controversy Over Lyrics
The Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe is facing a lawsuit from black Egyptians after one of her songs referred to ’Nubian monkeys’. Official sources revealed Thursday that Wehbe, considered one of the world’s most beautiful women and a huge star in the...
Senegalese Authorities Deport Mauritanian Terror Suspect
Senegalese authorities have deported back to Nouakchott the Mauritanian citizen Taleb Ould Ahmednah. Ould Ahmednah is accused of being a member of the Al Qaeda wing in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI). He was arrested two months ago in Dakar where he was questioned...
Burundian Politician Submits Evidence to Prove Conspiracy
The leader of the Movement for Solidarity and Democracy in Burundi, Alexis Sinduhije, has delivered evidence to the Public Prosecutor in connection with information he released on 5 August in the press about a plot that was being hatched against him by...
A Gift That Gives Back?
Yesterday I finally got around to watching the DVR recording I made of Eduardo Galeano being interviewed about his new book, Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone, on Book TV. As expected, the interviewer brought up the recent incident of Hugo Chavez...
