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Egypt’s dangerous poetry: Civil servant imprisoned for writing a poem
This week, a demand for pardon, written by Hanna Saïd, was relayed to President Hosni Mubarak via the Egyptian newspaper Al-Masri Al-Yom. The former,...
Ethiopian man, jailed over US diplomat’s murder, claims ‘rape’
A 23-year-old man who was arraigned before the Ethiopian High Court, on homicide charges, has been sentenced to a 17-year prison term over the...
Swiss court approves African kleptocracy: Mobutu’s loot to go to his family
Chairman of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions, Mark Pieth raised an appeal against a...
Liberia: Charles Taylor to speak in his own defense at The Hague
Former Liberian warlord and president, Mr. Charles Taylor will be allowed to speak in his defense at the International Criminal Court in The Hague,...
Nigeria: Niger Delta rebel group hits Economic capital
The notorious rebel movement in Nigeria (Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta), has carried out an attack on an oil-tanker facility in...
Addis Ababa: ICC prosecutor condemns AU support for Bashir, appeals Sudan genocide case
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...
Nigeria: Rebel activities likely continue after Henry Okah’s release
Rebel Kingpin of Nigeria's Niger Delta Henry Okah has agreed to call off his rebellion against the Nigerian government and walk free. Henry Okah...
British company charged with bribing Ghanaian and Jamaican officials between ’94 and 2001 to set precedence
The case of Mabey & Johnson – which makes bridges based on the portable Bailey crossing used by Allied troops during the second world...
L’Oreal and Adecco’s employment discrimination conviction reveals systemic racism
The Court of Cassation, June 23, confirmed the condemnation of L'Oreal and Adecco for discriminatory employment practices in France. The two companies only recruited...
Liberia: Africa’s first female President, Johnson-Sirleaf, a former warlord?
Liberian president, Mrs. Johnson-Sirleaf faces a 30-year ban from political affairs for her role in former warlord Charles Taylor's rebellion, 20 years ago. The...
Black Activists Praise Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision
With the U.S. Supreme Court dealing a stinging blow to race-based employment practices, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are praising the...
U.S. National charged with sexual abuse while in Algeria
Andrew Warren, 41, has been charged in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with one count of sexual abuse in Algeria within...
Kenyan victims of British torture camps seek reparations
Five veterans of the Mau Mau movement arrived last week in London to launch a complaint against the British government for acts of torture...
South Africa-Mozambique: One man’s fight against human trafficking
A casual conversation in a Pretoria, South Africa, café launched a dangerous investigation by Inácio Sebastião Mussanhane, a lawyer from Mozambique who was studying...
Amnesty International negotiates justice with Islamist rebel groups in Somalia
Amnesty International (AI) has moved to protect four Somalians who are to be amputated for stealing following their condemnation by Islamist rebels al-Shabab.
AI...
ICC Prosecutor in a spot as support for Al-Bashir’s arrest Wanes
The credibility of the International Criminal Court, ICC and its Prosecutor, Louis Moreno-Ocampo could be in disrepute as the ongoing standoff on the indictment...
Two Zimbabwean journalists challenge the constitutionality of charges levelled against them
Two Zimbabwe journalists; editor of the Zimbabwe Independent newspaper, Vincent Kahiya and news editor Constantine Chimakure, accused of publishing falsehoods, have challenged the constitutionality...
Nigeria: Justice for Saro-Wiwa’s Ogoni people after 13 years
Royal Dutch Shell has opted to settle out of court in a case of oppression, environmental degradation, human rights violations, and murder against the...
Burundi: Traffickers in Albino human parts in Court
Eleven Burundians accused of albino killings were arraigned in court Tuesday. Their trial, which takes place at the Ruyigi court in Burundi, has...
A Sudanese rebel leader manipulates the ICC
The leader of the Sudanese rebel group, United Resistance Front (URF), Bahar Idriss Abu Garda, appeared for the first time on Monday before the...
Zimbabwe: Susan Tsvangirai’s killer’s trial begins
The trial of a truck driver involved in a fatal accident that killed the wife of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai opens Wednesday with 16...
Zimbabwe: Police arrest prominent human rights lawyer
Zimbabwean police on Thursday arrested a prominent human rights lawyer Alec Muchadehama at Harare Rotten Row magistrate's court accusing him of defeating the...
‘Fierce row rocks’ Zimbabwe media over police torture
Two journalists arrested in Zimbabwe on Monday have been charged with publishing information meant to undermine public confidence in law enforcement and security...
3 African Presidents to pay for their ill-gotten wealth
The doyen of judges in the financial hub of Paris, Françoise Desset, has ordered a judicial inquiry into the luxury property bought by three...
Zimbabwe: Surprise release of Jestina Mukoko
In a dramatic turn of political events in Zimbabwe on Wednesday, human rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko was released on bail with eighteen opposition activists...
South Africa: Jacob Zuma and Omar Bashir to meet?
South Africa's new president, Jacob Zuma, is set to be inaugurated on Saturday amid a serious diplomatic dilemma involving the South African administration after...
Jestina case: Zimbabwe coalition in danger, MDC warns
Former television news anchor Jestina Mukoko and leading human rights activists has been sent back to jail by Harare magistrate. Prime Minister Morgan...
Nigeria: Rioting soldiers get life, corrupt officers go free?
27 former Nigerian United Nations Peacekeepers soldiers who sought compensation for the delay in the payment of their benefits have been convicted of mutiny...
Ethiopia and Omar al-Bashir, henceforth, inseparable
International war crimes suspect and Sudanese President, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, has showed his most determined contempt against the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) warrant for...
Court relaxes Roy Bennet conditions, Mugabe still furious
A Mutare magistrate today relaxed stringent bail conditions for Deputy Agriculture Minister designate Roy Bennet, who is facing charges of contravening sections of the...