April 26
South Africa: Trial Begins for Alleged Thieves at Ramaphosa's Farm - South African News Briefs - April 26, 2024
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Rwanda: Supreme Court Dismisses Petition Challenging Public Indecency Law
New Times
The Supreme Court on Friday, April 26 dismissed a petition brought by a feminist organisation challenging the country's public indecency laws. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Three Zimbabweans, Six Others Jailed for Nearly 11,000 Years in South Africa
The Herald
The South Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa has jailed three Zimbabweans and six other people for a total of 10 939 years in prison for 391 counts of money laundering,… Read more »
Burkina Faso: Catechist Murdered in the East of the Country
Agenzia Fides
The catechist Edouard Zoetyenga Yougbare was kidnapped and killed near Saatenga, in the diocese of Fada N'Gourma, in eastern Burkina Faso. According to a diocesan priest quoted by… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa's Constitution Was Set Up As the Bedrock of Its Democracy - It's Been Challenged Over Last 30 Years, but Has Held Firm [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
There was a moment during the state capture years of South African president Jacob Zuma's term in office (2009 to 2018) when the veil finally slipped. There had been quiet… Read more »
Kenya: Massive Visa Scandal Unraveled At Indian Embassy in Kenya - Somali Patients Exploited
Shabelle
In a shocking revelation, an intricate network of corruption involving Somali, Kenyan, and Indian nationals has been exposed within the Indian Embassy in Kenya. These groups are… Read more »
Kenya: Position Statement On The Detention Of Kenya Airways Employees In Kinshasa
Kenya Airways
Kenya Airways (KQ) confirms that on Friday, April 19th, 2024, two of our employees at our Airport office in Kinshasa were arrested and continue to be detained by the Military… Read more »
Kenya: Anti-Counterfeit Body Intensifies Fight Against Illicit Trade
Capital FM
The Anti-Counterfeit Authority (ACA) is in the process of implementing varied methods to fight trade in illicit goods that costs Kenya upwards of Sh40 billion annually. Read more »
Ghana: Another Scientist Testifies in Gh¢271m Cocobod Financial Loss Case
Ghanaian Times
A witness, Mr Jerome Agbesi Dogbatse, yesterday told the Accra High Court that scientists tested and completed work on lithovit fertiliser before he joined the Ghana COCOBOD on… Read more »
Zimbabwe: E-Creator Ponzi Scheme Suspect Out On U.S.$1k Bail
New Zimbabwe
One of the suspects accused of defrauding thousands of unsuspecting Zimbabweans of over US$1 million through the E-creator Ponzi scheme has been granted US$1 000 bail. Read more »
Ghana: Preach Against Hate Speech, Violent Behaviour ...Peace Council to Stakeholders
Ghanaian Times
The National Peace Council, has urged stakeholders to preach against all forms of violence and hate speech ahead of the December elections. Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Airways Protests Detention of Staff By DR Congo Military Intelligence
New Times
Kenya's national carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has protested the arrest and detention of two members of staff in DR Congo capital, Kinshasa, over alleged missing customs documents of… Read more »
Nigeria: 119 Inmates' Escape - Govt May Relocate Suleja Prison
Leadership
Minister of Interior, Dr Olubumi Tunji-ojo, said yesterday that the federal government is likely to relocate the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Suleja, Niger State, following… Read more »
South Africa: Activists Celebrate Seven Years Since High Court Ruling Against SA Nuclear Deal
GroundUp
Vigil at Parliament also marked exactly 38 years since Chernobyl Disaster Read more »
Nigeria: Contract Scandal - ICPC Detains TETFund Director
Premium Times
ICPC initially invited three senior TETFUND officials but detained only one. Read more »
April 25
South Africa: Social Security Agency Workers Busted in Grant Fraud Scheme - South African News Briefs - April 25, 2024
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Nigeria: Nigerians Throw Naira Notes Around to Show Love - but It Could Land You in Jail [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
The legal implication of physically damaging the naira, Nigeria's currency, came into focus recently with the prosecution of at least two celebrities by the country's Economic and… Read more »
Liberia: Is Liberian Legislature A Place For Money Laundering?
New Republic
Nimba County District 7 Representative, Musa Hansan Bility has made serious allegations against the Liberian Legislature, labeling it as a hub of money laundering within the… Read more »
Egypt: Inside Egypt's Secret Scheme to Detain and Deport Thousands of Sudanese Refugees
The New Humanitarian
'I pleaded with the soldiers, but they refused to help us.' Read more »
Kenya: Court Allows Cult Leader Mackenzie, Wife to Meet Under Strict Supervision
Capital FM
A Mombasa Court on Thursday allowed cult leader Paul Mackenzie and his wife, Rhodah Mumbua, to meet in prison under strict supervision of the prison's authority. Read more »
Liberia: 'Removal of Tenured Officials Violates Constitution'
Liberian Observer
The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 24, delivered a landmark precedent decision in the tenure dispute over five Autonomous Public Commissions and Agencies (petitioners), whose… Read more »
Nigeria: Inmates Escape As Rainstorm Destroys Nigerian Correctional Centre
Premium Times
A storm during a heavy rainfall destroyed parts of the old Suleja custodial centre around 9 p.m., allowing many inmates to escape from the facility Read more »
Liberia: Court Orders Boakai to Withdraw Nominations
New Dawn
Liberia's Supreme Court has ordered President Joseph Nyumah Boakai to withdraw nominations he made to various tenured positions, having determined that tenured officials' rights to… Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu to Judiciary - Give Nigeria Functional Justice System
Leadership
President Bola Tinubu has implored the judiciary to embark on reforms that would ensure a functional justice system that will support a rapidly growing economy, guarantee basic… Read more »
Nigeria: Yahaya Bello and the Perils of Power
This Day
It doesn't surprise me that the former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, is now a fugitive from the law. Read more »