Just days after Namibia's High Court struck down colonial-era laws criminalising same-sex acts between men in a victory for the LGBTQ+ community in the southern African country, Ugandan activists filed an appeal to Uganda's Supreme Court in the ... Read More
Criticism of the DRC army has seen a prominent morning radio show taken off the air, while an artist has promised to be more diplomatic in the future when talking about the fight against M23 rebels. ‘There is no war ... Read More
Justice Minister Yvonne Dausab said the green hydrogen, oil and gas sectors would present Namibian law graduates with many opportunities. The Namibian reports that she was responding to opposition lawmaker Maximalliant Katjimune who questioned whether the market could sustain the ... Read More
Police in Kenya have found dismembered bodies of 'at least seven' women in a rubbish dump in a case that has horrified and angered the country. The Daily Mail reports that the authorities are now investigating if the discoveries are ... Read More
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday said the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump is a reminder of the dangers of political extremism and intolerance. News24 reports that Trump was shot at a rally in Pennsylvania. ‘The attempted assassination ... Read More
A Kenyan court said police acted unlawfully in using lethal force against a Pakistani journalist killed near the capital in October 2022, ordering thousands of dollars in compensation for his widow. Arshad Sharif died when police opened fire on his ... Read More
Rwanda has no obligation to pay back $277m already paid under the Rwanda-UK Migration and Economic Development Partnership Initiative. This after the UK's new government cancelled the migrant deal which has caused deep divisions. The previous Conservative Government had ... Read More
The Ecowas Court of Justice in Abuja has ruled that Nigeria violated the rights of citizens during the 2020 anti-police brutality demonstrations, popularly tagged EndSARS protests. The #EndSARS protest erupted in numerous Nigerian cities in October 2020. At the Lekki ... Read More
The Sahel's three coup-led countries – Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso – are at an advanced stage of planning to form a confederation of their own rather than rejoining the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). The three ... Read More
The Zimbabwean Government has lifted the ban on importation of cars older than 10 years. In a notice in the Government Gazette, authorities say vehicles can now be brought into the country if they meet certain criteria. These include inherited ... Read More
National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula has rejected Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo's attempt to repeal the withdrawn Finance Bill 2024, stating that only an Act of Parliament can be repealed. CapitalFM reports that Amollo's proposed Bill aimed to overturn ... Read More
Renamo’s candidate for governor of Maputo, Antonio Muchanga, has insisted that the only way of eliminating electoral fraud is to amend the electoral legislation to allow the recounting of votes. A report on the allAfrica site notes that Muchanga said ... Read More
Namibians intending to marry in future will have to approach the Home Affairs Ministry three months before tying the knot to confirm that neither party is in a civil marriage. This is contained in the widely-supported marriage Bill currently being ... Read More
The High Court in Namibia, on 21 June, declared unconstitutional the criminalisation of sodomy between consenting men, on the grounds that it unjustifiably infringes on the constitutional rights to equality, dignity, freedom of expression and association. GroundUp notes that the ... Read More
Already under severe criticism for his stance on new taxes and the brutal suppression by police of protests against the scheme, Kenya’s President William Ruto must now come to terms with yet another setback, this time from the courts. He ... Read More
15: Rwandan presidential elections. There is very little room for improvement for President Paul Kagame after getting almost 99% of the vote last time round. The scale of his victory in 2017, along with his 95% in 2003 and ... Read More
PERSPECTIVES ON SECURITIES MARKETS AND THE LAW IN ZAMBIA C Mulenga Publisher: Juta Perspectives on Securities Markets and the Law in Zambia provides a thorough understanding of Zambia's securities market operations, regulatory framework and traded ... Read More
‘I was not very hopeful. This was a politically motivated murder. Of course, implementation will take time. For me, today's victory will leave a huge mark on press freedom and freedom of expression.’ – Javeria Siddique, one ... Read More
‘I knew the sounds of war before I knew how to do a cartwheel.’ – Sandra Uwiringiyimana, How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child Read More
Common English words with African origins include, aardvark, banjo, chigger, chimpanzee, cola, coffee, gumbo, jamboree, jazz, jumbo, impala, safari, tango, voodoo, yam, zebra and zombie. Read More
