Rwanda - Feb 27

Popular Rwandan singer Kizito Mihigo has been convicted of planning to kill President Kagame and faces 10 years in prison. He was accused alongside Cassien Ntamuhanga, the director of a Christian radio station, who received a sentence of 25 years in prison for terrorism charges. Mihigo has admitted to communicating with the Rwandan National Congress, a South Africa based opposition group, and has stated his guilt in the attempted murder plot. Source: BBC Africa