Legal

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Kenyan gay rights activist, Edwin Kiptoo, can now have a peaceful rest as a court in the East African country has found his former housemate guilty of his murder nearly two years...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Ugandan government is to pay the sum of 10 million Ugandan shillings ($2,740) to each victim of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a court in the East African country has ordered. Commander Thomas...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Senegalese government says it will investigate dozens of deaths from political violence that took place in the West African nation between 2021 and 2024. “To leave these deaths unpunished would send a...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Senate in Zimbabwe on Thursday passed a law to abolish death penalty, finally eliminating a constitutional provision that has not been implemented in the past 20 years. The law will come into...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has said the use of military courts to try civilians has become necessary because the regular courts are clogged with many cases, despite a Constitutional Court ruling against it....

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared before a district court in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to testify for the first time regarding corruption allegations against him, dismissing the charges as baseless. Netanyahu, who...