Kenya is coming under scrutiny for alleged abductions of political protesters on home soil and its apparent willingness to assist neighbouring countries kidnap dissenters, with the issue being highlighted by two high-profile cases (see stories below) and now flagged in the ... Read More
Burkina Faso’s President Ibrahim Traoré has banned the use of British and French colonial-style wigs by judges, marking a significant move to decolonise the country’s judicial system. Announcing the decision, Traoré stressed the importance of breaking away from colonial traditions ... Read More
Ahmed Kouchouk, Egypt’s Finance Minister, has announced that a simplified tax system designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs and professionals will soon be approved. This initiative is part of the government’s broader effort to drive investment and ... Read More
President John Mahama has taken a significant step toward fulfilling his promise to implement the constitutional review process by establishing a Constitution Review Committee, reports GBC Ghana Online. The committee, comprising experts from diverse fields, is tasked with addressing gaps ... Read More
A New York court has sentenced former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang to eight-and-a-half years' imprisonment for his role in the ‘tuna bond’ fraud and bribery scam more than a decade ago. The Daily Maverick reports that US District Judge ... Read More
The UK Government will not sign off on a deal to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius until Donald Trump’s administration has had a chance to consider the future of the joint military base, Downing Street has confirmed. According ... Read More
Mali's military government has started seizing gold stocks of the Canadian mining company Barrick as part of a legal battle over the share of revenue owed to the West African state, according to an internal Barrick letter seen by ... Read More
Sierra Leone has recalled its ambassador from neighbouring Guinea after seven suitcases containing suspected cocaine were found in an embassy vehicle, reports BBC News. Last Monday, Guinean authorities impounded a vehicle belonging to Sierra Leone's embassy and detained its ... Read More
South Africa's Minister of International Relations & Co-operation Ronald Lamola, who is leading a government delegation to Juba, South Sudan, forming part of the C5 ad hoc High-Level Committee of the AU, has expressed optimism about the country's ... Read More
Six years after its enactment, Nigeria’s Political Parties Act remains toothless, crippled by the absence of regulations, enabling politicians to evade accountability and transparency, reports The Nation. The law, passed in December 2018, was meant to bring accountability and transparency ... Read More
South African civil society group AfriForum intends to take legal action against the government over the promulgation of the Basic Education Laws Amendment (Bela) Act. During a briefing last week AfriForum, Solidarity and the Solidarity Support Centre for Schools (SCS ... Read More
Policies on Africa pursued by global powers, articulated at key forums like Davos, need to be underpinned by sound premises and fair representations, write Terence McNamee and Moky Makura in Daily Maverick analysis. They say the cost of not doing ... Read More
Many people in Somaliland are convinced that the US, under the Presidency of Donald Trump, is poised to become the world's first country to recognise the self-declared republic, writes analyster and author Mary Harper in BBC News. Harper notes that ... Read More
When a highly experienced senior judge says she was so disturbed by a case that she had difficulty sleeping because of it, readers of the judgment should be warned. The judge concerned is Matilda Twomey-Woods, former Chief Justice of Seychelles ... Read More
ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOR RURAL WOMEN IN SOUTH AFRICA: A POINT IN THE JOURNEY A Aiyedun | Print ISBN: 9781485152019 | Ebook ISBN: 9781485152538 This work examines the challenges rural women face in navigating SA's legal system. High litigation costs, travel ... Read More
‘A lot needs to be done in order to deal with the gaps in governance, criminal justice and regulatory enforcement.’ – Justice Minister Titus Mvalo, after the World Justice Project ranked Malawi as the second-best performing country globally ... Read More
'Africapitalism is the nexus between the ability of the private sector to create value and the government’s creation of a business-friendly environment.' – Tony Elumelu, African philanthropist Read More
Africans were the first to organise fishing expeditions 90 000 years ago. Read More
