BNP Paribas has been ordered by a US judge to face a lawsuit accusing the French bank of helping Sudan's Government commit genocide between 1997 and 2011 by providing banking services that violated American sanctions. Legalbrief reports that the ruling ... Read More
The Catholic Church in the DRC is at loggerheads with the government over what it has called the ‘degrading’ treatment of its leading cleric when he was denied access to the VIP lounge at the N'djili International Airport in ... Read More
The IMF fears the security situation in Ethiopia is still volatile, despite the peace agreement that ended the northern Ethiopia war 18 months ago, notes The Reporter. ‘Social tensions and the prospect of further violence remain elevated in Ethiopia despite ... Read More
Kenyan President William Ruto has secured a spot on TIME magazine's list of the world's most influential people. He joins Nigerian Afrobeats sensation Burna Boyand South African rugby captain Siya Kolisi. Ruto has emerged as a key voice ... Read More
Almost two years after Presidents and Environment Ministers met in Nairobi and adopted a draft treaty to end plastic pollution, they will gather in Canada this week to develop the treaty. SA hopes the final treaty will help to end plastic ... Read More
John Siboyintore, the head of Rwanda's Genocide Fugitives Tracking Unit, has called for enhanced international co-operation to bring them to justice. He said that out of 33 countries where approximately 1 146 indictments were sent, only eight genocide suspects ... Read More
Police have raised concerns about a proposal to stage a musical festival in a Leicester park. New Zimbabwe reports that organisers of the Africa Music Festival want to hold the event in Abbey Park at the end of August. However ... Read More
Tanzania and Malawi are on the brink of a diplomatic standoff following Tanzania's decision to commence the upgrade of Mbamba Bay Port, situated on the shores of Lake Malawi. Lilongwe accuses its neighbour of initiating the project without consultation ... Read More
A man mentioned in former South African spy boss Arthur Fraser's explosive affidavit about the theft of $580 000 from President Cyril Ramaphosa's Phala Phala ranch was sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for the illegal ... Read More
PetroSA expects the first flows of gas into the country from a deal with Mozambique's national energy company, ENH, later this year, officials said, amid efforts to shore up supplies ahead of a potentially crippling shortage. Handed a gas ... Read More
A coalition of churches in Botswana has voiced its opposition to Parliament's latest effort to amend the Constitution to include gay rights. Voice of America reports Botswana’s Minister for State President, Kabo Morwaeng, introduced a constitutional amendment Bill last ... Read More
Rwanda is seeking to amend its mineral tax law with a view to to promote value addition for higher revenues and discourage the exportation of the valuable natural substances in raw form, according to a Bill before parliament. The Nyasa ... Read More
The Rwanda Government has proposed changes to the 2014 law on refugees and migrants, including legal provisions that will enable the implementation of a migration treaty signed between Rwanda and the UK in December 2023. The Bill, tabled before Parliament ... Read More
‘The charge that a federated state is somehow injurious to Africans is divorced from the history of African people having organised their states along federal lines, prior to contact with Europeans.’ So says the Free Market Foundation’s Zakhele Mthembu ... Read More
The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris are just three months away, but staging the world's biggest sporting event is a privilege Africa has never been afforded. That could be set to change, with Egypt preparing to table a proposal ... Read More
Kenya’s HIV and AIDS Tribunal, set up to deal with human rights violations involving HIV, is increasingly hearing cases in which social media is used for the unlawful broadcast of people’s status. Among its important decisions, the tribunal – the ... Read More
22: The Electoral Court is expected to release its full judgment to justify its decision to reinstate former President Jacob Zuma’s name as a candidate in next month’s elections. Zuma’s name was initially removed from the MK Party candidate ... Read More
ENFORCING ACCOUNTABILITY, CONSOLIDATING DEMOCRACY AND COMPELLING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE 21ST CENTURY P Osode, M Njotini, M R Madlanga, E S Nwauche and N Ntlama-Makhanya PRINT ISBN: 978-1-48515-199-9 This book brings together diverse perspectives from scholars ... Read More
‘In our constitutional democracy – while the spirit and heartbeat of the country may be located inside the executive and legislature – the soul of South Africa is firmly in the courts. Therefore, the future of the country stands or ... Read More
Just because some Africans enslaved rival tribes before European arrival, doesn't mean all Africans enslaved. Buying/selling humans was unthinkable to peaceful tribes like our Lenape, and the San of Africa. – San Mateo Read More
Approximately 589m people in sub-Saharan Africa live without electricity. As a result, 80% of the population relies on energy sources such as wood, charcoal and dung in order to cook. Read More
