Legal

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Parliament in Uganda has passed an amended law allowing military tribunals to try civilians, despite a January ruling by the Supreme Court banning such trials, a development that has prompted protests among...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Prime Minister has been sentenced to a ten-year jail term with forced labour in connection with a graft case in which he was found guilty of...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Tanzanian authorities have taken into custody and later deported rights activists from Kenya and Uganda who had travelled to Dar es Salaam to observe a court appearance in the treason case against detained...

By Emmanuel Nduka  The Ugandan Parliament has begun reviewing the Political Parties and Organisations (Amendment) Bill, 2025, a Private Member’s Bill introduced by Faith Nakut, the Woman MP for Napak District. The Bill, tabled during a...

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...