Legal

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The Federal High Court in Nigeria's capital, Abuja on Wednesday convicted and sentenced a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to a total of 75 years’ imprisonment over a ₦33.8 billion ($24.6m) fraud...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Prominent South African opposition leader Julius Malema has called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to immediately resign, citing a Constitutional Court ruling that the parliament had violated the constitutional provision by blocking moves to...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna  France's Court of Appeal on Wednesday ordered that investigations should resume against Rwanda’s former first lady for her alleged “complicity in genocide”. This overturns a 2025 ruling of the lower court which dismissed...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna  Uganda's parliament passed ​legislation to curb what it termed foreign influence after an amendment that proposed restrictions on funding from ‌abroad, which the central bank governor warned could lead to "economic disaster". A...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Washington has announced sweeping sanctions on former Democratic Republic of Congo President, accusing him of backing the M23 rebel group. Joseph Kabila, 54, who led the East African country for 18 years from...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been transferred from jail to ​hospital, following a sharp deterioration in his health on Thursday, his Ennahda party announced. Ghannouchi, 84, a fierce critic ‌of President...