Legal

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A former Rwandan gynaecologist has been arraigned in France in connection with the 1994 genocide, and he is standing trial for crimes against humanity. A complaint was filed against Sosthene Munyemana in the...

By John Ikani South Africa is on the brink of making history as the first African country to implement shared parental leave, following a groundbreaking high court decision mandating equal time off for both parents after...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Prosecutors in Burundi have urged the court to sentence a former Prime Minister, Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni to life imprisonment for allegedly using witchcraft to threaten the president’s life. Mr Bunyoni who is standing trial...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A High Court of Kenya on Thursday barred the government from going ahead to implement a proposed fee on the issuance of national identity card and other government-issued documents. This follows a petition...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, has granted a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, bail. The presiding judge, Justice Olukayode Adeniyi ordered that...

By John Ikani Sam Bankman-Fried, the former head of one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has been convicted of fraud and money laundering following a month-long trial in New York. The verdict came after the...