Justice - Page 7
Tanzanians to be hanged for gruesome Albino ritual murders
Three men who attacked and killed a young albino boy in Tanzania have been condemned to death by hanging, a Tanzanian court has ruled....
Morocco-France: Mysterious disappearance of an anti-fasting journalist
Zineb El-Rahzoui’s disappearance, Thursday, has innondated the Moroccan media. For some six days now, members of her family and the Moroccan Association of Human...
Caster Semenya affair: Lies from the top
The South African government has asked the UN to conduct an investigation to restore the honour of Caster Semenya after an Australian newspaper claimed...
Trafigura in Africa: A crime against humanity
This week the controversial oil trading company Trafigura found itself in the limelight once again, following a revelation by the British press showing evidence...
Paris: New step in “ill-gotten gains” scandal involving 3 African leaders
The Board of Inquiry at the Paris Court of Appeal will issue its decision on whether to open a criminal investigation against three African...
Ivory Coast: Massive population poisoning, Dutch oil-trading company guilty?
Trafigura, would have purposefully dumped deadly chemicals in Ivory Coast that poisoned and killed thousands of people in 2006. An Ivorian contractor Solomon Ugburogbu,...
Zimbabwe prison authorities release 1000 more prisoners than promised under amnesty
Scenes of jubilation engulfed Harare Central Prison at the weekend as
relatives reunited with their loved ones freed from jail after serving terms of incarceration....
Ghana: Shocking American’s paedophile sex tape scandal condemned
A disturbing story about a sex tape showing a 65- year-old retired male teacher from Minnesota in the United States of America having sex...
Moroccan King’s asthma a dangerous subject for the media
Four newspaper editors Tuesday resigned from the Federation of Moroccan media (FMM). Police interrogations and criminal accusations have become the order of the day...
Sudan: Lubna al-Hussein prefers prison to a $200 fine
Arrested on the 3rd of July along with twelve other women in a restaurant in Khartoum for wearing a pair of trousers, Lubna Ahmed...
Ethiopia: AACC urges gov’t to compensate businesses for Eritrean port losses
Addis Ababa Chamber of Commerce (AACC) has demanded that the Ethiopian government compensate businessmen who lost their properties at Eritrean ports during the border...
Ethiopia: 2 editors jailed on old charges under obsolete law
Two Ethiopian journalists were thrown in prison on Monday after a judge convicted them under an obsolete press law in connection with coverage of...
4 journalists from Uganda’s Monitor face criminal charges
Four journalists from Uganda's largest independent newspaper are facing criminal prosecutions, joining four others already charged since 2007, according to local journalists and news...
Al-Megrahi: Why Libyans gave him a hero’s welcome
Abdel Basset Ali Mohamed al-Megrahi was jailed in 2001 for the Lockerbie bombing. The UK and US governments have described his release and eventual...
Zambia: Ex President Frederick Chiluba goes home a free man
A court in Zambia has acquitted former Zambia president Frederick Chiluba of all graft charges that where hanging over his head. Magistrate Jones Chinyama...
Michael Jackson’s death: Could Dr Conrad Murray be really held responsible?
Dr Conrad Murray, the last doctor to have treated Michael Jackson (MJ), has admitted to having injected the pop star with a powerful anaesthetic...
Zambia: President Chiluba gets weekend grace before prison term?
Former Zambia president Frederick Chiluba whose jail sentence was expected Friday after an unprecedented criminal trial, that should send a shiver down the spines...
Zimbabwe whistle blower in court for illegal diamond possession
Chief Newman Chiadzwa of Zimbabwe who was on the run as he claimed that soldiers where after him appeared in court Thursday for allegedly...
Men on Men rape cases in DR Congo: The ordeal of “bush wives”
Nearly 200 000 women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have fallen victim to sex crimes since 1996. Very little is known about...
Sudan: Lubna’s trouser war, a call for Islamic law review?
The highly publicized trial of Ahmed Lubna al-Hussein was rescheduled Tuesday to take place next month. Lubna , a journalist by profession, was sentenced...
Zimbabwe: Driver accused of Susan Tsvangirai’s death escapes prison term
An aid truck driver involved in an accident that killed the wife of Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been fined US$200 dollars over...
Morocco: Casablanca and Madrid terror suspects get heavy sentences
Abdelkader Belliraj was Tuesday convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by a Moroccan anti-terrorism court. Accused of murdering six people in the early 90s,...
Nigeria: Government and oil firms to face ECOWAS court over violation
The Nigerian government and six international oil-firms operating in Nigeria will defend themselves against charges of oil-related pollution and environmental damages, human rights...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s nephew to face court as incriminating videos are released
Zimbabwean President's nephew who is accused of leading party militants and war veterans to disrupt a crucial constitutional conference in Harare would soon...
Impasse Over Abyei Resolved
A historic decision that once and for all resolves the contentious issue of the boundaries of Abyei has finally been reached by the Hague...
Man Who Was Waterboarded, Suffocated by Burge Torture Ring To Seek New Trial
Twenty-three years to the day that he was savagely tortured during a three-day interrogation administered by underlings of indicted former Chicago Police Commander Jon...
Bashir’s ICC indictment: Moreno-Ocampo meets AU official in Addis Ababa
Following the decision of the jury at the International Criminal Court (ICC) not to indict Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir for masterminding genocide in the...
South Africa: Zuma under fire for supporting AU stance on Omar Bashir
Pressure is mounting on South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma to distance himself from the African Union (AU) decision to ignore the arrest...
Ugandan government confused over Sudan president’s arrest ahead of visit
Ugandan government is divided over what action it must take concerning Sudan's president, Mr. Omar al-Bashir, ahead of his visit to Uganda for the...
Situation in Abyei, Sudan
The United States calls on both parties to the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) – the National Congress Party and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement...