The widow of slain anti-apartheid hero Chris Hani, Limpho Hani, has once again called for a full investigation into the 1993 assassination of her husband following the deportation of his killer, Janusz Walus, to Poland. Legalbrief reports that Walus nearly ... Read More
A Kenyan court has convicted a photographer for the murder of LGBT activist Edwin Kiprotich Kipruto, popularly known as Edwin Chiloba, whose body was found dumped in a metal box on the roadside nearly two years ago. BBC News reports ... Read More
Ghana’s former President John Mahama has won a historic comeback election victory after voters appeared to punish the ruling New Patriotic party over its management of an economic crisis. The Guardian reports that the NPP’s candidate, the Vice-President, Mahamudu Bawumia ... Read More
Human rights groups in Guinea say they believe more than 135 football fans were killed in last Sunday’s crush at a stadium in Nzérékoré. BBC News reports that Justice Minister Yaya Kaïraba Kaba has announced the opening of a judicial ... Read More
Belgium was last week found guilty of crimes against humanity for the forced removal of five mixed-race children from their mothers in colonial Congo. The victims, who are now in their 70s, launched an appeal after losing their case in a ... Read More
The Nigerian Government has urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to stop the ‘prolonged’ investigation into alleged crimes by military personnel against civilians in conflict zones. This is despite well-documented evidence that showed that soldiers and guerillas committed war crimes ... Read More
McKinsey and Company Africa Ltd will pay more than $122m to resolve a US investigation into a bribery scheme in SA, the Department of Justice confirmed on Thursday. Legalbrief reports that the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said that, in terms ... Read More
Digital watchdogs have documented several cases across the African continent in recent months where access to the internet or social media was blocked or cut off at crucial moments. Analysts have said it is not always clear if the cases ... Read More
African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) executive chair Patrice Motsepe on Friday pushed back against a $195m lawsuit brought against the company for allegedly breaching a non-compete agreement related to graphite projects in Tanzania. During ARM’s AGM, Motsepe described the lawsuit as ... Read More
President-elect Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has denied allegations that Zimbabwe influenced Namibia's recent poll. Five Namibian political parties last accused the ruling Zanu-PF of having influencing Namibia's disputed presidential and National Assembly elections. The Namibian reports that they did not ... Read More
Amnesty International says President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi must not ratify the new asylum law approved by Parliament, which, if enacted, would further undermine refugee rights in Egypt amid the ongoing crackdown on people seeking protection and safety in the country ... Read More
In what The Mercury report calls a groundbreaking development in the fight against the weaponised distribution of private and intimate images, the Film and Publication Board (FPB) now has more muscle with the amendment Act in place. The Film and ... Read More
The National Assembly approved the Special Appropriations Bill that allocates around $5.2m for SA's case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to have Israel's military offensive against Palestinians declared genocide, with the DA and Patriotic Alliance ... Read More
In an extraordinary judgment, the highest court in eSwatini has come out in support of human rights and against the kingdom’s police chief. This is almost unheard of, particularly in the way that it outlines constitutional principles that must rule ... Read More
‘The late British Barrister John Smyth QC has been labelled as the most prolific serial abuser to be associated with the Church of England – but because that abuse was covered up, he was able to leave his mark on ... Read More
Around the world, many courts and legal practices will soon close for a brief holiday and year-end recess. But not many will have as crucial an issue hanging over the holidays as the legal profession in Uganda. There, the year ... Read More
9: UN International Anti-Corruption Day 10: Official results of Ghana’s presidential election expected to be announced (Accra) 10: UN Human Rights Day 2: President Cyril Ramaphosa will host His Angolan President João Manuel Gonçalves. They will ... Read More
'The people of Ghana have spoken, the people have voted for change at this time and we respect it with all humility.’ – Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia after former President John Mahama has won a historic comeback election victory ... Read More
If I had not grown up in Nigeria, and if all I knew of Africa were of popular images, I too would think that Africa was a place of beautiful landscapes, beautiful animals and incomprehensible people fighting senseless wars ... Read More
Nazia Carrim, head of product development at the Southern African Fraud Prevention Service (SAFPS) addresses the scam landscape in the region with News24. SAFPS is a non-profit organisation established 20 years ago to share fraud-related information and implement prevention ... Read More
Timbuktu is an ancient city in Mali, situated 20km north of the Niger River. It is the capital of the Tombouctou Region, one of the eight administrative regions of Mali. Archaeological evidence suggests prehistoric settlements in the region, predates ... Read More
