Legal

By John Ikani International police have dealt a blow to online financial fraudsters in a sting operation codenamed "Operation Jackal III." The operation, which ran from April 10th to July 3rd, spanned 21 countries across five...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A court in Milan has ordered a journalist to pay Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni the sum of 5,000 euros ($5,465) being damages for making fun of her in a social media post,...

By John Ikani A Kenyan court has temporarily blocked a police order banning protests in the capital, Nairobi, upholding the right to peaceful assembly. The police cited safety concerns stemming from "leaderless" demonstrations and potential criminal...

Lawyers in Guinea have commenced a two-week strike, citing what they call, “arbitrary arrests” of citizens in the junta-led West African nation, the bar association said. Authorities had arrested two leaders of a citizens’ movement, Oumar...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Parliament in Gambia has defied pressure from some Muslim clerics and threw out a bill seeking the annulment of the 2015 ban on female genital mutilation (FGM). A majority of MPs had...

By John Ikani Boeing's guilty plea this week to a criminal conspiracy charge brought closure to a probe into the 737 Max crashes, but for families who lost loved ones in the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302...