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A Moscow court on Monday sentenced Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 10 days in prison for taking part in a protest in support of a journalist last month. IMAGES
Rwanda jails the main leader of the opposition for treason and denying the genocide which scourged the country in the 1990s. Next, there are urgent calls for a reform of South Sudan's use of the death penalty as activists warn justice is not being served. Finally, China's manufacturers begin gravitating towards Africa as the low production costs become an irresistible draw.
A Russian court on Friday sentenced jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny to 19 additional years behind bars on extremism charges. IMAGES
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the self-exiled Belarusian opposition figure leading a campaign against strongman Alexander Lukashenko, reacts in an interview with AFP to news of her husband being sentenced to 18 years in jail after galvanising an unprecedented protest movement. SOUNDBITE
Kyrgyzstan's former president is sentenced to 11 years in jail over the illegal release of a crime boss, a case that caused a violent power struggle with his successor. The presiding judge at a court in the capital Bishkek handed Almazbek Atambayev the sentence of 11 years and two months and ruled the ex-leader be stripped of all state honours as well as his homes and businesses. IMAGES
Supporters of Zambian President Lungu hold a rally in Lusaka during a tense presidential race, which has been marked by clashes between rival supporters. The presidential election will take place on Thursday. IMAGES.