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• Ace MagashuleChargedSouth African politician, former Premier of the Free State and former ANC Secretary-General, now leader of the African Congress for Transformation (ACT), who is on trial in the R255 million Free State asbestos audit tender case.South Africa
• Adjenim Boateng AdjeiChargedFormer Chief Executive of Ghana's Public Procurement Authority who is being prosecuted by the Office of the Special Prosecutor over contracts awarded to Talent Discovery Limited.Ghana
• Agnes NandutuConvictedUgandan politician and former journalist who served as Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs from 2021 to 2024.Uganda
• Al-Fateh Abdullah IdrisAllegationSudanese brigadier general in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Sudan
• Alain-Guillaume BunyoniConvictedBurundian former prime minister and former minister of public security.Burundi
• Alisher UsmanovClosedUzbek-born Russian businessman whose holding company is USM Holdings, former shareholder of Arsenal FC, and elected president of the International Fencing Federation (FIE).Russia
• Amos LugoloobiClosedUgandan politician who has served as Minister of State for Finance, Planning and Economic Development (Planning) since 2021.Uganda
• Anita AmongClosedUgandan politician who served as Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda until May 2026.Uganda
• Ayodele FayoseAcquittedNigerian politician who served two non-consecutive terms as Governor of Ekiti State and was tried by the EFCC on money laundering and theft charges at the Federal High Court, Lagos.Nigeria

B

• Bereket SimonConvictedEthiopian politician and founding member of the EPRDF who served as Minister of Communication Affairs from 1995 to 2012.Ethiopia
• Brian MolefeChargedFormer Group Chief Executive of Transnet who is an accused in National Prosecuting Authority corruption prosecutions over Transnet's locomotive procurement.

C

• Corneille NangaaConvictedCongolese politician who leads the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) and formerly presided over the DRC's National Independent Electoral Commission (CENI).DR Congo

D

• Daniel MandukuChargedKenyan Member of Parliament for Nyaribari Masaba and former Managing Director of the Kenya Ports Authority.Kenya
• Diezani Alison-MaduekeAcquittedFormer Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources (2010-2015) who was tried on bribery charges at Southwark Crown Court, London, and acquitted by a jury in June 2026.Nigeria
• Dudu MyeniClosedFormer chairperson of South African Airways who was declared a delinquent director for life by the High Court in Pretoria in 2020 and who died in June 2024 while facing Bosasa-linked corruption charges.South Africa
• Duduzile Zuma-SambudlaChargedSouth African politician and former uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party member of Parliament on trial in the Durban High Court on charges linked to the July 2021 unrest.South Africa

E

• Elon MuskOn appealBusiness executive who is chief executive officer of Tesla, Inc. and chief executive officer, chief technology officer and chairman of SpaceX.United States
• Erick MutaiClosedKenyan politician and academic who has been Governor of Kericho County since 2022.Kenya
• Evans KideroChargedKenyan politician and former company executive who served as the first Governor of Nairobi City County from 2013 to 2017.Kenya

F

• Ferdinand WaitituConvictedKenyan politician who served as Governor of Kiambu County from 2017 until his removal from office in January 2020.Kenya

G

• Gautam AdaniSettledIndian industrialist who is the founder and chairman of the Adani Group and executive chairman of Adani Enterprises Ltd and Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.India
• George NatembeyaOn appealKenyan politician and former provincial administrator serving as Governor of Trans Nzoia County.Kenya
• Gertrude TorkornooClosedFormer Chief Justice of Ghana, suspended in April 2025 and removed on 1 September 2025 under Article 146 of the Constitution, who challenged the process before Ghanaian courts and the ECOWAS Court of Justice.Ghana

H

• Henry RotichAcquittedKenyan economist who served as Cabinet Secretary for the National Treasury and was later appointed a senior adviser in the Office of the President.Kenya

I

• Ike EkweremaduConvictedFormer Deputy President of the Nigerian Senate who was convicted at the Central Criminal Court in London in March 2023 in an organ-trafficking case and sentenced to nine years and eight months.Nigeria

J

• James Gyakye QuaysonAcquittedGhanaian member of Parliament for Assin North who was tried in the High Court on forgery, perjury and false declaration charges linked to his 2020 candidacy and acquitted in April 2025.Ghana
• Jamil MukuluChargedUgandan national listed by the UN and US as head and commander of the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), on trial in Uganda since November 2025.Uganda
• John HlopheClosedFormer Judge President of the Western Cape High Court, removed from office in 2024 after a gross misconduct finding, and later an uMkhonto weSizwe Party member of Parliament whose designation to the Judicial Service Commission was set aside by the Western Cape High Court in June 2025.
• Joshua DariyeConvictedNigerian politician who was Governor of Plateau State from 1999 to 2007 and later a senator for Plateau Central, and who was convicted of criminal breach of trust in an EFCC prosecution.Nigeria

K

• Kawira MwangazaOn appealKenyan politician who was Governor of Meru County from 2022 until her removal by Senate impeachment in August 2024, and earlier Member of the National Assembly for Meru County.Kenya
• Ken Ofori-AttaChargedFormer Minister of Finance of Ghana (2017–2024) who faces corruption-related charges brought by the Office of the Special Prosecutor at the High Court in Accra and is the subject of extradition proceedings in the United States.Ghana

L

• Lillian OmolloChargedFormer Kenyan Principal Secretary for Youth (Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs).Kenya

M

• Margaret Nyakang'oChargedKenyan accountant serving as Controller of Budget of the Republic of Kenya.Kenya
• Mary Goretti KitutuChargedUgandan politician and geologist who served as Minister for Karamoja Affairs from 2021 to 2024 and earlier as Minister of Energy and Mineral Development.Uganda
• Mike SonkoChargedKenyan politician who served as Governor of Nairobi City County from 2017 until his removal by impeachment in December 2020.Kenya
• Moses LenolkulalAcquittedKenyan politician who served as Governor of Samburu County.Kenya
• Muhammad SwazuriChargedKenyan land administrator who served as chairman of the National Land Commission.Kenya
• Mustapha Abdul-HamidChargedGhanaian academic and politician, former Minister for Information and former Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority, who was charged by the Office of the Special Prosecutor in July 2025 with extortion and money laundering offences.Ghana
• Mwangi wa IriaChargedKenyan politician who served as Governor of Murang'a County and was later appointed chairperson of a public procurement board.Kenya

N

• Natasha Akpoti-UduaghanClosedNigerian senator for Kogi Central who challenged her 2025 six-month suspension by the Senate in the Federal High Court and the Court of Appeal.Nigeria
• Nathif JamaUnder investigationKenyan politician and banker who has been Governor of Garissa County since 2022, having previously served as its first governor from 2013 to 2017.Kenya

O

• Okoth ObadoConvictedKenyan politician who served as Governor of Migori County.Kenya
• Orji Uzor KaluClosedNigerian politician and senator for Abia North who was Governor of Abia State from 1999 to 2007, and whose 2019 fraud conviction was nullified by the Supreme Court in 2020.Nigeria
• Oscar SudiAcquittedKenyan member of Parliament for Kapseret who was acquitted in June 2024 of forgery and false declaration charges over academic certificates.Kenya

P

• Paul Nyongesa OtuomaUnder investigationKenyan politician and veterinary doctor who has been Governor of Busia County since 2022 and previously served as MP for Funyula and as a Cabinet minister.Kenya

R

• Raphael NakacindaConvictedZambian politician and Secretary General of the Patriotic Front who was convicted in 2024 of defaming the President and in 2026 of seditious practices.Zambia
• Rashid EchesaOn appealKenyan politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Sports and was appointed chairperson of the Kenya Water Towers Agency Board in 2023.Kenya
• Roman AbramovichUnder investigationRussian-born businessman, former owner of Chelsea Football Club (2003-2022) and former governor of Russia's Chukotka region, with shareholdings in Evraz and Norilsk Nickel.Russia

S

• Sam Bankman-FriedConvictedFormer cryptocurrency executive who co-founded Alameda Research and founded and led the FTX exchange, and who was convicted of fraud and conspiracy offences in 2023.United States
• Sospeter OjaamongAcquittedKenyan politician who served as Governor of Busia County.Kenya
• Stephen OpuniAcquittedFormer Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) who was tried for about seven years on 27 counts over fertiliser procurement and was acquitted and discharged in January 2025 after the Attorney-General withdrew the charges.Ghana

T

• Tundu LissuChargedTanzanian opposition politician and lawyer, national chairman of Chadema, on trial for treason in the High Court of Tanzania.Tanzania

U

• Uhuru KenyattaClosedKenyan politician who served as the fourth President of Kenya from 2013 to 2022.Kenya

V

• Vincent SmithConvictedFormer South African ANC member of Parliament and chair of Parliament's Portfolio Committee on Correctional Services who was sentenced in March 2026 for corruption, fraud, money laundering and tax offences linked to Bosasa.South Africa

W

• Wangari MaathaiChargedKenyan environmentalist, scientist and politician who founded the Green Belt Movement and received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize.Kenya
• Wycliffe OparanyaAllegationKenyan politician who has been Cabinet Secretary for Cooperatives and MSME Development since August 2024 and was Governor of Kakamega County from 2013 to 2022.Kenya