Former French President Sentenced to Five Years Over Libya Funds Case Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. The Paris criminal court acquitted him…
No Women on Uganda’s 2026 Presidential Ballot Uganda’s Electoral Commission confirmed eight candidates for the 2026 presidential election, narrowing the field from 220 people who had picked nomination forms. For the first time in more than 20 years, no woman made it onto the ballot, raising concerns about gender parity at the highest levels…
Egypt Pardons Prominent Activist Alaa Abdel Fattah Egypt’s President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi pardoned prominent British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah, who had been imprisoned for six years. Abdel Fattah was expected to be released from prison after his sentence ended in September 2024, but he remained in custody in Egypt. He was arrested in 2019…
Zambian Court Jails Two Men for Attempting to Kill President with Witchcraft A Zambian court sentenced Leonard Phiri from Zambia and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde from Mozambique to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. The men were convicted under the Witchcraft Act after being arrested in December…
Winners of the ITWeb Brainstorm CIO Decade of Service awards in 2024: AfriSam’s Louise van der Bank and the University of the Witwatersrand’s Dr Stanley Mpofu. To honour the outstanding contributions of South Africa’s CIOs over the past year, ITWeb Brainstorm, in partnership with MTN Business, is introducing two new CIO awards for 2025. The…
Burkina Faso Scraps Visa Fees for All African Travellers Burkina Faso scrapped visa fees for all African travellers in a move to boost the free movement of people and goods across the continent. Security Minister Mahamadou Sana said that any citizen from an African country wishing to go to Burkina Faso will not pay…
