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15 February 2025 Africa Legal News Watch

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SA stands up against 'bullying' amid US clampdown

SA/US relations remain tense as President Donald Trump stands resolute in his mission to punish SA for what he refers to as its racist policies and its actions in the International Court of Justice against Israel, and SA President Cyril ... Read More

Regional News


Secret service detains doctors who quit

Five doctors in Burundi have been imprisoned by the Intelligence Service after quitting their jobs over the failure of salary negotiations, union and government sources told AFP. New Vision reports that the doctors were arrested by the Intelligence Service between ... Read More

President seeks global backing for war crimes court

Recently-elected Liberian President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, who has endorsed a majority legislative vote to set up the long-awaited war crimes tribunal, is seeking global support for the court. The international community, including France, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden and the US, whose ... Read More

Former top Presidential official jailed for bribery

Romy Voos Andrianarisoa, the Madagascan President's former chief of staff at the time has been jailed by a London court for attempts to solicit bribes out of Gemfields executives in return for exclusive sapphire mining rights in Madagascar. Within ... Read More

Africa International


Ugandan rugby player jailed for rape in Wales

A Ugandan rugby player who claimed asylum in Wales has been jailed for four and a half years after raping a woman in Cardiff. BBC News reports that Cardiff Crown Court heard how Philip Pariyo became close friends with the ... Read More

General


African leaders fall short in DRC talks agrement

The much-anticipated joint summit between the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and East African Community (EAC), which ended on Saturday, failed to agree on concrete measures to address the warfare in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Daily ... Read More

Lawyers challenge Uganda army chief over X posts

Lawyers from three East African states are seeking two related petitions over Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces (CDF) controversial posts on social media, which the complainants say ‘violate regional and international laws.’ The Monitor reports that the lawyers include ... Read More

Archbishop to tighten abuse protocols

All Anglican churches could be required to make submissions about any concerns of abuse or conduct to their bishops after a panel of inquiry found the Anglican Church of Southern Africa had not done enough to protect parishioners from an ... Read More

Legislation


Top court orders state to address albinism abuse

The African Court on Human & Peoples' Rights has directed Tanzania to revise its witchcraft laws to clearly distinguish between traditional healers and witchdoctors. The ruling came as part of a judgment on a case concerning attacks on people with albinism ... Read More

Africa Analysis


Trump’s funding cuts threaten African stability

US President Donald Trump’s declaration that he would be ‘cutting off all future funding to SA’ until an investigation into the Expropriation Act was complete follows his freeze on Pepfar (President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief) aid, which accounts for ... Read More

A Matter of Justice


Will Tanzania abide by landmark albinism ruling?

Tanzania, a country repeatedly litigated against in the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, has once again been found wanting in its protection of basic human rights. This time the court says that Tanzania’s approach to protecting the country’s ... Read More

BOOK REVIEW


QUOTES


Quotes

  ‘We must resist the temptation to think that we can somehow shoot or bombard our way into a solution in the face of such a complex situation.’ Kenyan President William Ruto, the current East African Community chairperson, after ... Read More

WORDS OF WISDOM


Words of wisdom

'What I’ve learned from myself is that I don’t have to be anybody else. Myself is good enough.' Kenyan-Mexican ctress Lupita Nyong’o Read More

Q&A


Quotes

  ‘We must resist the temptation to think that we can somehow shoot or bombard our way into a solution in the face of such a complex situation.’  Kenyan President William Ruto, the current East African Community chairperson after ... Read More

DID YOU KNOW?


Did you know?

  Africans mummified their dead 9 000 years ago. A mummified infant was found under the Uan Muhuggiag rock shelter in south western Libya. The infant was buried in the foetal position and was mummified using a very sophisticated technique ... Read More

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