The controversy that has erupted following the death of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has sparked calls for a forensic investigation amid allegations that the government had delayed his medical treatment as part of state-sponsored persecution of the respected statesman ... Read More
Ghana’s former Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta, has been placed on Interpol’s red notice list after allegedly using public office for personal gain, reports Al Jazeera. Ofori-Atta, whose location remains unclear as he reportedly seeks medical treatment, is being investigated over ... Read More
Four prominent opposition figures in Ivory Coast have been excluded from the final electoral list, officials announced yesterday, leaving them ineligible to contest Presidential elections later this year. The Citizen reports that Tidjane Thiam, leader of the main opposition party ... Read More
Kenyan free-speech advocates and lawyers have condemned the prosecution of the author of an unauthorised biography of President William Ruto's daughter, reports BBC News. Charlene Ruto accused Webster Elijah of ‘misusing’ her name by writing the book without first ... Read More
The AU has expressed dismay over the abrupt decision by the Trump administration to impose travel bans on people from a string of countries on the continent, reports News24. African nations made up seven of the 12 countries banned from ... Read More
The head of financial crime compliance at Binance and former US Federal Agent, Tigran Gambaryan, has resigned from the cryptocurrency exchange months after his release from detention in Nigeria, reports Punch. Over his four-year tenure, Gambaryan built and led Binance’s ... Read More
A UK soldier has been accused of raping a woman near a British army training camp in Kenya where another soldier was previously accused of murder, reports BBC News. The alleged rape happened last month close to the British Army ... Read More
The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights (AfCHPR) has unanimously elected Mali's Justice Modibo Sacko as its president, replacing Tanzanian Judge Imani Daud Aboud, whose term ended last Monday. According to the Eastleigh Voice, the 11-member panel of ... Read More
South Arica's Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) has rejected an appeal by the Home Affairs Minister against the Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg) order on Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEPs), which give about 180 000 Zimbabweans a special dispensation to lawfully ... Read More
The Congolese Government has banned the media from reporting on the activities of former President Joseph Kabila and interviewing members of his party, reports BBC News. This comes after Kabila returned to the DRC last month amid heightened tensions between ... Read More
Former director of the Ghana School of Law Kwaku Ansa-Asare has raised serious concerns about the Legal Education Bill before Parliament, describing it as ‘troubling’ and ‘incomplete’. Speaking to My Joy Online, he argued that the Bill fails to capture ... Read More
The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) said it has carefully reviewed the provisions of the Constitution Amendment Bill and is now calling for its withdrawal, reports the Lusaka Times. The government has signalled its intention to introduce this Bill in ... Read More
Kenya's National Assembly on Tuesday approved and adopted the President's reservations on the Conflict of Interest Bill that had, among other things, delayed Kenya's access to budget support financing by the World Bank. President William Ruto referred ... Read More
The recent ruling by a full Bench of South Africa's Western Cape High Court in DA (Democratic Alliance) v Hlophe and Others is of extreme importance, says the anonymous Professor Balthazar – said to be one of SA’s foremost legal minds. ‘It ... Read More
Legal circles in eSwatini have been riveted by the scorching dispute between a High Court judge, Titus Mlangeni, and the president of the Law Society of eSwatini, Mangaliso Magagula. The attorney, an often contentious figure given his litigation strategies, has ... Read More
'Chad has no planes to offer, no billions of dollars to give but Chad has its dignity and pride.' President Mahamat Idriss Deby, reciprocating a US visa ban and making reference to Qatar's gift of a $400m plane given to President Donald ... Read More
Africa is our centre of gravity, our cultural and spiritual mother and father, our beating heart, no matter where we live on the face of this earth. Writer John Clarke Read More
The Sahara is the world’s largest hot desert. It covers 8.5m square kilometres, making it about the size of Brazil. This desert region makes up 25% of Africa and defines the continent’s northern bulge. Read More
