Legal

Federal prosecutors in Switzerland said on Monday they have found the international unit of a commodities trade company, Glencore “criminally liable” and ordered the firm to pay over $150 million in fines and compensation after ending...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Some managers and employees of Cameroon's state-owned oil company will appear before a court in the United Kingdom over their alleged involvement in bribery offences linked to Swiss commodity trader Glencoe, the National...

By John Ikani Alex Beard, the former head of oil at commodities giant Glencore Plc, has been accused of corruption by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Four other ex-Glencore employees also face similar charges. The...

Kenya's Court of Appeal on Wednesday declared the government's 2023 finance law unconstitutional, inflicting a new blow to the government of President William Ruto who withdrew this year's finance bill after deadly protests. The finance bills,...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna  A high court in Ghana has barred a plan by some civil society groups to embark on a street demonstration against the escalating cost-of-living in the West African nation. Ghana joins the growing...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna As Niger marks the first anniversary of the 2023 coup that toppled a democratically elected government, Moussa Coulibaly, lawyer to the ousted President Mohamed Bazoum has raised concern that the former head of...