Justice
New York Forum Africa 2013: The ICC, judicial colonialism in Africa?
At a debate on "independence" in Africa during the second edition of the New York Forum Africa 2013 in Libreville, Gabon, the Rwandan minister...
Argentina delegation talk over warship being detained outside Ghana
A delegation from Argentina on Tuesday met with Ghanaian officials in an attempt to negotiate the release of a warship being detained outside Accra...
Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud challenges Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi
Attorney General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud challenges Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi as he refuses to resign after being removed from office by the President.
The Attorney...
Sierra Leone court will soon deliver its final judgment
The court established to prosecute those responsible for killing committed during the 10-year civil war in Sierra Leone's will soon deliver its final judgment.
Justice...
International fraud: Le Floch-Prigent charged in Togo
After passing in front of a togolese judge Le Floch-Prigent was accused for complicity in fraud. The former...
International fraud: Le Floch-Prigent extradited to Togo
Le Floch-Prigent, the former boss of Elf was arrested Saturday at the airport in Abidjan, Ivory Coast , where he ...
On the Charles Taylor verdict: a valuable precedent or blundering Western meddling?
A judge from the tiny Samoan archipelago made history last week by declaring that Charles Taylor, the deposed president of the West African state...
Treason cases split Zimbabwe lawyers association
On-going treason trials in Zimbabwe have split an influential grouping of human rights lawyers over accusations of rampant partisan representation and neglect of arrested...
Gaddafi regime’s “last stand” mentality
Stefan Simanowitz looks at the ‘responsibility to protect’ principle and assesses the extent to which the ICC referral might have back fired.
On 26th...
Zimbabwe: Election year terror and treason under Mugabe
After threatening to dissolve Parliament and call for elections during a visit to Singapour last month, Zimbabwe's aging leader, President Robert Mugabe, has began...
Ethiopian court throws OLF members into jail for life
Three Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) leaders have been imprisoned for life by the Ethiopian High Court after they were found guilty of carrying out...
Anti-gay propaganda splits Uganda priests and churches
Christianity in Uganda has been hit by anti-gay propaganda which has led to
divisions amongst followers as many Christians in the country express surprise at...
Zimbabwe PM Tsvangirai to go to court over love child
The private life of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, a widower, is never far from media spotlight. After being romantically linked to a string...
Malawi’s jailed witches get a lease of life
A human rights group in Malawi is causing a stir as it embarks on a mission to gather 10,000 signatures from locals to force...
Teenage boy shocks court after raping 12yr old boy
A Zimbabwean teenage-boy stunned a local court by boldly telling a magistrate that anal sex was “brilliant” following accusations that he forced a 12-year-old...
Several arrested for insulting Uganda president
Twenty people have been arrested in Uganda for booing president Museveni at a campaign rally.
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has in the past two months...
When the Mugabes become a sexual joke in Zimbabwe
Frustrated Zimbabweans seem to have discovered a new hobby as they ridicule their aging president, Robert Mugabe and his young wife, Grace.
Frustrated Zimbabweans seem...
Ethiopia’s most powerful female politician steps down
Birtukan Mideksa, a renowned former judge and leader of Ethiopia's powerful opposition party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) has decided to step-down from...
Malawi bill seeks to punish public farting and fortune tellers
Malawi government is set to introduce a set of laws that would render life, in one way or another, interesting for its citizens.
While no...
Ethiopia: Chinese smugglers risk 10 years in prison
Two Chinese citizens who were apprehended by the Ethiopian Federal Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (FEACC) as they tried to smuggle rare Ethiopian artifacts out...
High ranking Nigerian Senator charged with Murder
The murder of Nigerian trade union activist Lateef Salako by unidentified gunmen in the Nigerian state of Oyo has been linked to the leader...
Zambia: Coup plotter apologizes to Chiluba, asks for God’s forgiveness
The orchestrator of Zambia’s 1997 attempted coup, Captain Stephen Lungu (alias Captain Solo), has met Dr. Frederick Chiluba, the man whose government he wanted...
Uganda gays celebrate court victory
Gays in Uganda celebrated today, after courts ruled in their favor in a case against a newspaper which called on people to hang them.
In...
Zambia: Coup plotter set free on humanitarian grounds
Zambia's most famous coup-plotter, who assembled 54 soldiers to forcible remove former leader Frederick Chiluba from power in 1997 has been set free...
Wikileaks Founder: Revolutionist or Rebel?
The arrest of Mr. Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikilleaks over the release of thousands of leaked classified diplomatic cables, is undemocratic,...
Zimbabwe: Lawyers mend Mugabe family image after Wikileaks
Lawyers for Zimbabwe’s First Family, the Mugabes, have, in recent weeks, been busy repairing the damaged image of their clients shortly after revelations from...
Sudan: Authorities embarrased by woman’s brutal public whipping
An immensely disturbing video that appeared on the internet last week has become a thorn in the side of Sudanese authorities. The video, below,...
Zambia: Sudan President’s invitation to summit questioned
The Zambian government has assured Sudanese president Omar Hassan
Al-Bashir, who has been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, that he is...
Ivory Coast: Presidential election results rejected as tension mounts
The Chairman of Ivory Coast's Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), Youssouf Bakayoko Thursday afternoon declared Alassane Ouattara winner of the West African country's presidential election....
Zimbabwe: Editor released but “dark times are back”
After a 24 hour detention in Harare's Rhodesville police station, a Zimbabwean court has ordered the release of Nevanji Madanhire, editor of a privately...