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  • BuaNews South Africa: Fired Top Prosecutor Settles Claim With State

    Former National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli has reached an out of court settlement with the state.

  • Nation Kenya: Women Applaud New Draft Constitution

    Women leaders have lauded the draft constitution saying it recognises women's rights.

  • Nation Kenya: Judges Resist Constitution Amendment

    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.

  • Monitor Uganda: MPs Ask Cabinet to Refund Shs13.9 Billion

    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.

  • EA Business Kenya: Currency for Major Changes

    The images of past and current Kenyan heads of state could soon fade from local currency if the newly unveiled draft constitution sails through.

  • Daily News Tanzania: Who is Defending Albino Killers?

    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.

  • Public Agenda Africa: World Bank Announces Landmark Policy On Access to Information

    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 ...

  • Namibian Namibia: Teko Trading Asks for Release of Frozen Funds

    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.

  • Leadership Nigeria: Abacha's Son to Pay N53.2 Billion

    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.

  • Arusha Times Rwanda: Appeals Court Acquits 'Mr Z' of 1994 Genocide

    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.

  • Arusha Times Rwanda: Tribunal Trains Witness Protection Officers

    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.

  • East African Kenya: Is the Long Wait Finally Over? [editorial]

    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.

  • East African East Africa: Will New Rules Foster Regional Unity?

    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.

  • Business Day South Africa: Pikoli's R7,5 Million Payout Clears Way for Zuma

    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.

  • Business Day South Africa: Reitz Four May Be Compelled to Apologise

    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.

  • Nation Kenya: Grain Handler Ordered to Release Miller's Wheat

    A grain handler who allegedly declined to release wheat belonging to a Nairobi businessman has been ordered to discharge it within 48 hours.

  • Nation Kenya: Grain Handling Firm Gets 48 Hours Court Notice

    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.

  • Nation Kenya: Minister Gives Evidence in Election Petition

    A cabinet minister on Monday took to the witness box and gave evidence in a case challenging his election as a Member of Parliament.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: Attempted Rape Case Stalled

    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.

  • Daily Observer Gambia: ICC Deputy Prosecutor Bensouda Bags International Award

    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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