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Parliament has urged the government to allocate more money to agrarian reform, saying SA cannot afford to postpone this any longer and the lack of sufficient funding would compromise its development agenda.
Nigeria's former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida, has again called for the abolition of "federal character", describing it as no longer fashionable in the country's socio-economic and political system.
The trial against two former Congolese rebel leaders for crimes allegedly committed by their militias in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2003 is set to begin tomorrow in The Hague at the International Criminal Court.
The government has said that Kenya's post election violence witnesses have received threats.
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) joint trial of two Congolese rebel leaders offers victims the chance to see accountability for atrocities committed in Congo's armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said today.
Former National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli has reached an out of court settlement with the state.
Women leaders have lauded the draft constitution saying it recognises women's rights.
The judiciary is uncomfortable about proposals in the draft constitution that will effectively suspend all High Court and Court of Appeal judges and re-admit only those cleared of corruption.
Cabinet ministers who approved the allocation of Shs13.9 billion to construct a road and parking areas on private property ahead of the 2007 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (Chogm) in Kampala must refund it, the Public Accounts Committee (Pac) ruled last week.
The images of past and current Kenyan heads of state could soon fade from local currency if the newly unveiled draft constitution sails through.
THE good relationship between albinos and human rights activists has been strained in recent days. Some albinos complain bitterly saying that some human rights activists ignore their rights and instead defend their arch enemies -- killers who hunt for albino limbs.
The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors last Tuesday approved the Bank's new policy on access to information which positions the Bank as a transparency leader among international institutions. The policy was informed by extensive external and internal consultations held in 33 countries and through the Bank's external website. It reflects the views of member countries, civil society ...
EMBATTLED Public Service Commissioner Teckla Lameck and her business partner, Kongo Mokaxwa, have filed a case in the High Court to ask that N$623 490 be released out of the assets of their close corporation that have been frozen in terms of the Prevention of Organised Crime Act since July.
A court in Switzerland had yesterday, ordered the seizure of $350m, roughly about N53.2bn, worth of assets from the son of Nigeria's former military ruler, late General Sani Abacha.
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Monday reversed the 20-year sentence imposed on Protais Zigiranyirazo, brother-in-law of former Rwandan President Juvenal Habyarimana, and instead acquitted him of 1994 genocide charges.
A three-day training workshop of Rwanda Witness Protection Officers organised by the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was held in Arusha from Tuesday to Thursday, this week.
Kenya last Tuesday inched closer towards realising its 20-year old quest for a new constitutional order when the so-called Committee of Experts released the Harmonised Draft Constitution.
As Kenya embarks on overhauling its constitution, questions remain over how the new law will sit with the integration of the East African Community, the proposed Political Federation and how different it is from the constitutions of other member states.
A meeting between President Jacob Zuma and top African National Congress (ANC) officials is understood to be on the cards today to discuss the appointment of a new national director of public prosecutions now that the government's dispute with suspended chief Vusi Pikoli has been resolved.
THE four former University of the Free State (UFS) students involved in a racist incident last year may well find themselves compelled to apologise , despite their lawyer saying last week that they could not do so without opening themselves to further prosecution, and so would not.
A grain handler who allegedly declined to release wheat belonging to a Nairobi businessman has been ordered to discharge it within 48 hours.
A grain handler who has allegedly declined to release a consignment belonging to a Nairobi businessman has now been ordered to discharge the cargo within 48 hours.
A cabinet minister on Monday took to the witness box and gave evidence in a case challenging his election as a Member of Parliament.
Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul has called on the state, represented by the principal state counsel, S.H. Barkum, to file the bill of indictments, summary of witness statements, and list of exhibits the prosecution intends to use in the case involving one Omar Loum, who is standing trial for attempted rape.
Mrs Fatou Bensouda, the Gambian born deputy prosecutor and head of prosecution division at the International Criminal Court, has been presented with the prestigious International Jurists Award for 2009.
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