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19 March 2024 Africa Legal News Watch

Focus


Court ruling clears path for tightly-contested poll

Senegal’s Supreme Court has dismissed opposition politician Karim Wade’s bid to cancel presidential elections just days before the vote is scheduled to take place. Legalbrief reports that the ruling paves the way for the 24 March delayed poll which triggered ... Read More

Regional News


Death-penalty moratorium lifted

The DRC has resolved to lift a 21-year moratorium on death penalty executions as part of measures to stop its citizens, and serving military and police, from working with M23 rebels in the eastern part of the country. During the ... Read More

Former murder accused lands government post

A television anchor who was acquitted of murder has now been hired for a senior job in the Kenyan Government, sparking anger. Jacque Maribe was cleared of murdering businesswoman Monica Kimani, who was found with her throat slit. However, her ... Read More

Amnesty calls for accountability over deadly floods

Six months after catastrophic floods in Derna resulted in the death of at least 4 352 people and displaced thousands, Amnesty International has expressed concern over the lack of accountability and justice from the Libyan authorities. A new report, In ... Read More

Africa International


Google denies withholding SA profits

Google last week insisted that the company is not opposed to transparency about its income generated in SA. According to a report in Die Burger, representatives from Google started representations to the Competition Commission by saying its income from news ... Read More

Niger’s junta ends military agreement with US

Niger's junta has ended a military agreement that allowed US personnel to be deployed in the country. This weekend’s announcement followed a visit by a US delegation in Niamey. Washington used its base in Niger to monitor regional jihadist ... Read More

Kenya suspends police deployment to Haiti

A top civil servant in Kenya's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the planned deployment of police to Haiti is now on hold following the announcement by Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry that he would be stepping down. Korir ... Read More

General


Lawyer sues Kenya over removal of EAC secretary-general

Ugandan lawyer Hassan Male Mabirizi is suing the Government of Kenya over the ‘illegal removal’ of Peter Mathuki as secretary-general of the East African Community (EAC). Mabirizi's suit against the Attorney-General of Kenya and Mathuki at the East African ... Read More

How Reserve Bank facilitated Jooste’s operation

Startling details contained in a docket registered to the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime unit shine a light on some alleged backroom dealings apparently aimed at paving the way for the questionable facilitation of billions of Steinhoff rands out of the ... Read More

Regulator zooms in on 38 crypto companies

South Africa's Financial Services Conduct Authority has set its sights on 38 crypto companies which are not registered as financial service providers, Beeld reports. Crypto currencies have been classified as financial assets since 2022. Felicity Mabaso, the FSCA’s head ... Read More

Legislation


Bill opens door to end of load shedding

New legislation that will effectively end power utility Eskom's monopoly on the production of electricity and establish a competitive electricity supply market was passed by the National Assembly last week. The reform, one of President Cyril Ramaphosa's most ... Read More

Africa Analysis


Russia’s education tool to increase its African footprint

Russia has embarked on an extensive campaign to strengthen its influence in Africa through educational initiatives, leveraging soft power tactics to deepen ties with the continent. In a Daily Maverick analysis, Mitchelle Awuor, Moffin Njoroge and Chike Odita note that ... Read More

A Matter of Justice


Law anomaly could lower sentence for rapist grandson

The High Court has sent the case of a Malawian teenager, charged with raping his 89-year-old grandmother, back to the Magistrate’s Court because the court had wrongly prosecuted a case of rape instead of incest. If convicted in a re-trial ... Read More

THIS WEEK


THIS WEEK

  18: National Conference on the State of Human Rights Conference marking the 30th anniversary of constitutional democracy and human rights in South Africa. It will be hosted by the Department of Justice & Constitutional Development under the theme ‘Three ... Read More

BOOK REVIEW


Constitutional Litigation

  Constitutional Litigation     By J Brickhill, M Du Plessis and G Penfold    Over the past 20 years, the South African courts, and particularly the Constitutional Court, have developed a rich set of rules and principles applicable to cases ... Read More

WORDS OF WISDOM


WORDS OF WISDOM

  Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe lord it over a continent 10 times its size? Why does needy Africa continue ... Read More

DID YOU KNOW?


DID YOU KNOW?

  Africa has around 30% of the earth’s remaining mineral resources. This includes over 40% of gold reserves and 90% of platinum reserves. Nigeria is the world's fifth largest exporter of oil, ahead of Iraq and Kuwait. Read More

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