The second High-level Meeting of Women Judicial Leaders of Africa closed with what SA's Chief Justice Mandisa Maya described as a ‘transformative odyssey of judicial solidarity’ by adopting the Johannesburg Declaration. Legalbrief Africa reports that the declaration contained a set ... Read More

The Kenyan Appeals Court on Friday overturned a landmark ruling that accessing abortion was a fundamental right, reports africanews. Kenya is a deeply Christian country where abortions are legal but still taboo, pushing hundreds of thousands of women and girls ... Read More

The acting head of Malawi’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) allegedly used confidential corruption case files involving senior opposition politicians as leverage to pressurise the parliamentary committee examining his conduct. The allegation is contained in a formal, seven-page complaint filed Wednesday by ... Read More

One of Malawi’s largest pharmaceutical suppliers has allegedly repeatedly supplied expired and falsified medicines to public hospitals for more than a decade, a Platform for Investigative Journalism (PIJ) investigation has found. According to GroundUp, documents show that a company operating ... Read More

Former Senegalese President Macky Sall closed the public hearings for candidates seeking to succeed António Guterres as the UN’s Secretary-General, presenting himself as a bridge-builder, reports RFI. He is the only African in the race and the only one of ... Read More

African Union (AU) heads of state snubbed King Mswati’s 40 years on the throne celebrations that took place at the Somhlolo National Stadium on Friday, reports Swaziland News. It has been disclosed that the AU heads of state were invited ... Read More

Maritime authorities are warning of an increased threat to ships off the coast of Somalia after a cargo ship became the latest vessel to be seized in a suspected act of piracy, reports BBC News. The UK Maritime Trade Operations ... Read More

Ghana has summoned South Africa's (SA) top envoy to the country over reported ‘acts of intimidation and harassment’ against its citizens and other African migrants, reports BBC News. Last week, video clips were shared online showing vigilante groups attacking ... Read More

Kenyan President William Ruto has faced a social media backlash after publicly suggesting that Nigerian-accented English was incomprehensible and required a translator, reports BBC News. Addressing Kenyans living in Italy last Monday, Ruto said: ‘If you listen to a Nigerian ... Read More

The Foreign Ministers of Niger and Mali have accused neighbouring countries of sponsoring terrorism, but said they were willing to co-operate on some matters with the West African regional bloc Ecowas, from which they formally split last year. The accusations ... Read More

Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) has formally raised concerns about the proposed Protection of Sovereignty Bill, 2026, joining a growing list of institutions questioning the potential impact of the legislation on academic work in Uganda, reports the Nile ... Read More

The UN’s slavery resolution is a historic moment, but what comes next is even more important, writes legal historian Dr Femi Owolade in an Al Jazeera analysis. Leading up to the resolution, Owolade says, the African Union urged its 55 ... Read More

A mediation conference in Kenya has seen a potentially ground-breaking decision by the judiciary: from now on, all disputes in family matters must first be referred for mediation. Courts may only become involved if mediation fails to resolve arguments over ... Read More

 ‘The NBC’s (National Broadcasting Commission) notice represents a dangerous attempt to impose prior censorship on the media and suppress legitimate journalistic expression.’  Kolawole Oluwadare, deputy director of the Socio‑Economic Rights and Accountability Project, criticising Nigeria’s broadcast regulator which ... Read More

‘When the world pulls you down, you are responsible for pulling yourself up.’  Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean-Canadian philosopher and author Read More

The Berbers of North Africa in ancient times were largely nomadic, and never united into a single state. Read More