Africa
Africa
Mali
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Source — Le Monde Afrique
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Africa
Middle East
Egypt
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Source — La Voix de l'Amérique
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Africa
Burkina Faso
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Source — Le Monde
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Africa
Nigeria
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Source — Le Monde
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Maroc et Sahara occidental : prison pour une vingtaine de paysans après des violences avec la police
News
Africa
Violence
United States
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Source — L'Orient Le Jour
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Madagascar
Investigations
Africa
The association Grandir Dignement has, since 2009, been intervening in the cases of some of the 692 children detained in Malagasy prisons, providing professional training, legal counselling and educational monitoring, as well as bringing about improvements in their living conditions and fighting against…
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Africa
Justice
Death penalty
Kenya
President Uhuru Kenyatta commuted all death sentences in Kenya to life jail terms on Monday, removing 2,747 convicts from death row in a nation that has not executed anyone for about three decades.
In addition to commuting the sentences of 2,655 men and 92 women, Kenyatta also signed pardon warrants…
Source — Reuters
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Africa
Niger
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Source — Le Point & AFP
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Africa
Guinea-Bissau
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Source — BBC Afrique
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Africa
Facilities
Uganda
Kampala — Uganda Prison Services is to build a 1000-inmate capacity prison annually starting this year in order to cut down congestion, the Internal Affairs minister has announced.
Maj Gen Jeje Odongo, who was accompanied by state minister Mario Obiga Kania and prison officers made his maiden visit to…
Source — Allafrica
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Africa
Senegal
Inside Senegal’s state penitentiary, jailed minors form an orderly queue. They are being driven away from the prison in Thiès to enter a studio and fight.
Senegal is experimenting with a new form of restorative justice where these child prisoners – whose offenses range from violence to theft – are being…
Source — JollofNews
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Africa
Malawi
The failure by Malawi government to prosecute murder cases timely is resulting in some remanded suspects going mad, a new report has revealed. The report by the Malawi Prison Inspectorate revealed that authorities took at least a year to bring murder suspects to court.
Source — News 24
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Africa
Middle East
Egypt
A report, based on 23 interviews with relatives of inmates, lawyers, and a former prisoner, documents abusive conditions in Scorpion. Authorities there have banned inmates from contacting their families or lawyers for months at a time, held them in degrading conditions without beds, mattresses, or basic…
Source — Human Right Watch
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Africa
Material conditions
Kenya
For the fourth day running, the Naivasha Maximum Security Prison has had no water.
This follows the disconnection of the institution’s power supply over an estimated Sh1.6 million in unpaid bills.
The power is required to pump water from the institution’s borehole.
Source — Daily Nation
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Africa
Social ties
Senegal
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Source — Seneweb
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Africa
Protest
Violence
Senegal
À la prison de Rebeuss située au cœur de Dakar, un détenu est décédé mardi 20 septembre suite à un mouvement de foule et des affrontements avec les gardiens. Depuis une semaine, les prisonniers revendiquent de meilleures conditions de détention.
La grogne des prisonniers n’est pas nouvelle. La semaine…
Source — RFI
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Africa
Protest
Violence
Senegal
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Source — BBC
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