Legal

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Nigerian television evangelist acquitted of sexual crimes by a South African court is to leave the country on Sunday, local media had reported, just days after prosecutors said they would reopen the...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A former President of Mauritania, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, was on Wednesday sentenced to 15 years in prison on corruption charges, following appeals to a Nouakchott court by both the state and Abdel...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Gabonese authorities have transferred the wife and son of the country’s former president, Ali Bongo, from prison to house arrest, Reuters news agency quoted two sources as saying. The 62-year-old Sylvia Bongo and...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A French uranium miner on Tuesday announced that it has filed a legal action in the Niger courts, challenging "arbitrary arrest, illegal detention and unjust confiscation of property" involving its staff and assets...

In a striking show of enduring loyalty, imprisoned former president Rodrigo Duterte has been reelected mayor of his family’s political stronghold by a landslide, even as he awaits trial at The Hague for crimes against humanity....

A U.S. federal judge in Boston has issued an emergency order blocking the Trump administration's controversial plan to deport migrants to Libya, declaring the proposed removals would "blatantly violate" a previous court order protecting immigrants' due...