Quotes
Publish date: 26 October 2026
Issue Number: 1200
Diary: IBA Legalbrief Africa
Category: general
’We are a great people driven revolutionary movement which can never be stopped.’
Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe President, after the ruling Zanu-PF party endorsed him to remain its leader beyond 2028
‘All six of my children died in Shakahola forest. I only found and buried the remains of my son Samuel.’
Stephen Mwiti, a father who lost all six of his children to the cult led by Kenyan doomsday leader Paul Mackenzie
‘It provides a degree of reassurance to players and an apparent regulatory framework, which can make banks, payment providers and other commercial partners more comfortable doing business with them.’
Analyst Alun Bowden on why owners of rogue online casinos would want any kind of licence at all after it was revealed that the small African island of Anjouan appears to be a hub for alleged illegal underground online gambling, with ties to British gamblers
‘The commission is committed to ensuring that the funds are managed responsibly, transparently and accountably, with due regard to the rights and needs of victims and survivors.'
The Gambia Reparations Commission, confirming that it received just more than $2.5m from the sale of a property in the US, belonging to ex-President Yahya Jammeh, which will be used to pay reparations