Zambia opposition leader arrested
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Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata is arrested in connection with an election asset declaration.
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Zimbabwe police have arrested opposition leader Arthur Mutambara and at least 60 opposition supporters during a campaign march ahead of a by-election in the capital, a party spokesman has said.
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The fugitive leader of a polygamist Mormon sect has been arrested in southern Nevada, the FBI said Tuesday.
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Mexican police on Monday arrested a left-wing activist who is one of the leaders behind six months of protests in Oaxaca that led to violent clashes with riot police.
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Zambia's former President Frederick Chiluba, facing corruption charges, is in hospital after collapsing.
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A top Muslim Brotherhood leader in Egypt is arrested along with scores of the group's supporters.
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Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is briefly held by police, hours before a banned march in Harare.
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A former Liberian army chief is arrested for "subversive activities" - the first such arrests since 2005 elections.
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A Zimbabwe opposition MP who assaulted a minister in parliament has been arrested trying to leave the country. A parliamentary committee recommended on Wednesday that Roy Bennett be jailed for a year after
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Zambia deployed armed police in the capital Lusaka on Sunday after President Levy Mwanawasa overtook his opponent's early lead in the election count, prompting allegations of ballot rigging.
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Yemen's security forces have arrested a   man they said was a senior al Qaeda militant who was also a   bodyguard for an opposition candidate in Wednesday's election,   President Ali Abdullah Saleh said.
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A senior member of Zimbabwe's ruling party is arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle diamonds abroad.
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Zimbabwe riot police arrested more than 200 opposition activists and officials on Saturday during a meeting they were holding at their party headquarters, an opposition spokesman said.
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South Africa police arrested the country's main opposition leader on Sunday in connection with a protest she led against drug lords wreaking havoc in Cape Town's poor districts, a party official said.
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Zimbabwean police arrested an opposition legislator Thursday morning, before he was preparing to flee the country to avoid a one-year jail term for shoving a minister.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 22 -- With President Pervez Musharraf facing an election in just two weeks, police on Saturday night arrested key opposition leaders who had vowed to try to block the general's plans for winning a new term.
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The leader of the British National party was arrested yesterday over remarks he made about Islam in an undercover documentary which exposed racism in his party.