Quotes

‘The conduct of the electoral commission left a lot to be desired.’

– Justice Frank Kapanda dismissing President Peter Mutharika's appeal against Malawi’s presidential election. In Friday’s ruling, the court said ‘the various breaches undermined the duties of the commission and grossly undermined rights of voters’.

‘The sentence of this court upon you, Olalekan Hameed, is that you be hanged by the neck until you be pronounced dead and may the Lord have mercy upon your soul. This is the virtual judgment of the court.’

– Lagos Judge Mojisola Dada sentencing Hameed to death for murder. It was Nigeria's first virtual ruling due to the five-week coronavirus lockdown.

'No positive case has been detected in the interior of the country since April 21.'

– President Alassane Ouattara who lifted all restrictions and curfews at schools, restaurants, bars and concert venues across the Ivory Coast.