Legal

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The United States has charged former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, 94 with conspiracy to kill US nationals and other crimes, in connection with the downing of two planes between Cuba and Florida in...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A court in Kenya on Wednesday ruled that sections of a law on sexual offences in the East African nation ​cannot apply to adolescents found to have had consensual intercourse, bringing relief to...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Uganda's President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has assented to a legislation to protect its sovereignty, forbidding foreign interference in the country, amidst opposition. Museveni, 81, has repeatedly accused political opponents and other NGOs of...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Lucien Kabuga, a suspect in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has died ​in custody, a U.N. court announced ‌on Saturday. Kabuga, 93 was arrested in France in 2020 after over two decades on ​the...

By Emmanuel Nduka  Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested the Director-General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria, Dr Mustapha Abdullahi, over alleged money laundering offences involving about N500 billion. Sources within...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Suspended South African police chief on Wednesday returned to the Pretoria Magistrate Court where he has been charged with failing in his duties to provide proper oversight in his role following a health...