Four COVID-19 infected prisoners escape from hospital in Lodwar

By Citizen Reporter,

Police have launched a hunt for four prisoners who on Wednesday escaped from a hospital in Lodwar, Turkana County where they had been isolated after c...

COVID-19 , Lodwar

How one gay Egyptian woman stood up to homophobia and paid the ultimate price

By CNN,

In 2017, Sarah Hegazi was arrested and said she was tortured for waving a rainbow gay pride flag at a concert in Cairo. Last weekend, the 30-year...

Gay , LGBTQ , Sarah Hegazi

At least 17 prisoners killed in riot at Venezuelan jail: military

By Tonny Ndungu,

At least 17 prisoners in a Venezuelan jail were killed on Friday as they attempted to escape during a riot, according to a military report seen by Reu...

venezuelan jail

Police officer arrested over prisoners’ daring escape from cell in Kirinyaga

By Johnson Muriithi,

A police officer has been arrested over the suspicion of aiding four suspects who escaped from the Sagana Police station in Kirinyaga on Saturday morn...

75 ‘highly dangerous’ gang members escape prison

By CNN,

At least 75 inmates escaped from a prison in Paraguay through an underground tunnel Sunday, the Ministry of Interior's Office said in a statement. ...

Gang members , Paraguay , Primeiro Comando da Capital , prison break

The ex-Sudanese president’s cronies tried to break him out of jail ahead of his trial

By CNN,

Sudan's former president Omar al-Bashir appeared in a Khartoum court for the first day of his high-profile corruption trial on Monday, against a backd...

Sudan , Sudan Omar Al Bashir

Brazilian drug dealer who attempted to escape prison by dressing as his daughter found dead in cell

By CNN,

A Brazilian inmate, who went viral around the world for his attempt to escape prison disguised as his daughter, was found dead in his cell on Tuesday....

Brazilian drug dealer , Clauvino da Silva , prison

Prison riot in Brazil leaves 16 inmates decapitated and dozens more killed

By CNN,

At least 57 people were killed, including 16 who were decapitated, during a vicious gang battle that erupted in a prison in northern Brazil on Monday ...

16 Inmates dead , Brazil , Decapitat , Prison riot

They tried to use rape to silence women protesters. It didn’t work

By CNN,

Weeks into the protests that would eventually topple Sudan's dictator, the government realized it had an unprecedented problem on its hands: the numbe...

assault , Sudan Protests

The social media campaign that aims to topple leader of ‘Africa’s North Korea’

By CNN,

A social media movement created to expose Eritrea's closed regime is gaining momentum. Driven by young Eritreans living in the United States, UK, a...

Eritrea , President Isaias Afwerki , Social Media movement

Three suspects in U.N. experts’ killing escape jail in Congo

By Reuters,

Three suspects in the killing of two U.N. investigators in Democratic Republic of Congo escaped from prison overnight, a defense lawyer in the case sa...

Aide to leading Rwandan opposition politician found dead

By CNN,

A close aide to leading Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire has been found dead in the country, a party statement said. Anselme Mutuyimana,...

Anselme Mutuyimana , Rwandan , Victoire Ingabire

Craig Coley spent 39 years in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit. Now, he’s getting $21 million

By CNN,

Craig Coley never should have spent 39 years in prison. On this, everyone seems to agree. They also concur the 71-year-old should spend the rest of hi...

39 years in Prison , Craig Coley , Wronfully convicted double murder

British journalist John Cantlie believed to be alive, still held by ISIS

By CNN,

John Cantlie, a British journalist who was taken hostage in Syria in 2012 and appeared in a number of ISIS propaganda videos during his time in captiv...

Ben Wallace , ISIS , James Foley , John Cantlie

‘We can’t go anywhere’: Myanmar closes Rohingya camps but ‘entrenches segregation’

By Reuters,

As the world was focused on abortive efforts to begin repatriating hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to Myanmar last month, h...

Aung San Suu Kyi , Khin Maung , Knut Ostby , Myanmar , Rakhine , ROHINGYA , Win Myat Aye

Kenya’s youngest MP Mwirigi released on Ksh.1M bond

By Citizen Reporter,

Igembe South MP John Paul Mwirigi has been released on Ksh.1million bond with surety of similar amount or Ksh.500,000 cash bail. The 24-year-old la...

Boda boda , Igembe South , Paul Mwirigi

Kenyan hospitals ‘detain patients using armed guards, chains’ over unpaid bills

By VOA,

Doctors at Nairobi's Kenyatta National Hospital have told Robert Wanyonyi there's nothing more they can do for him. Yet more than a year after he f...

Kenyan hospitals , Kenyatta National Hospital , Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital , Pumwani

Rwandan opposition party leader feared dead

By CNN,

The jailed vice president of Rwandan opposition FDU-Inkingi party escaped from prison on Sunday, according to the country's correctional service. B...

Rwanda opposition , Twagirimana

Deadly prison break leaves 21 people dead in Brazil

By AFP,

At least 21 people died Tuesday in an attempted breakout from a prison in northern Brazil aided by an armed group on the outside trying to blow up a w...

Amazon rain forest city , Belem , Brazil , Itapaje Public Prison , Manaus , northern Brazil , Rio De Janeiro , Santa Izabel Penitentiary Complex , SWAT

Prisoner dies after escaping from Migori GK Prison

By George Juma,

A prisoner who attempted to escape from Migori GK Prison on Saturday, January 13, is dead. The inmate whose name is yet to be revealed by the polic...

Migori GK prison , Migori Level Four Hospital , prisoner arrested after escaping from prison , prisoner-dies-after-escaping-from-migori-gk-prison , prisoners escape from migori GK prison