As tension mounts in the Democratic Republic of Congo following the takeover of a key city by Rwandan-backed rebels, leading to fears of a regional war with international impact, African leaders are ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has exposed Angola, Cameroon, Eritrea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Rwanda and Tunisia in Africa as leading jailers of journalists in 2024. Malawi24 reports that the CPJ ...

Fed up with waiting for three decades for justice, the families of more than 20 murdered anti-apartheid activists have lodged legal proceedings to demand answers from government, the National Director ...

Six years after its enactment, Nigeria’s Political Parties Act remains toothless, crippled by the absence of regulations, enabling politicians to evade accountability and transparency, reports The ...

Mozambique President Daniel Chapo last week took the oath of office in front of a heavily guarded audience of dignitaries in Maputo following weeks of violent demonstrations over the fiercely disputed ...

President John Mahama has taken a significant step toward fulfilling his promise to implement the constitutional review process by establishing a Constitution Review Committee, reports GBC Ghana ...

This work examines the challenges rural women face in navigating SA's legal system. High litigation costs, travel distances and alien procedures hinder access to formal courts, while traditional ...

Ahmed Kouchouk, Egypt’s Finance Minister, has announced that a simplified tax system designed to support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), entrepreneurs and professionals will soon be ...

Mali's military government has started seizing gold stocks of the Canadian mining company Barrick as part of a legal battle over the share of revenue owed to the West African state, according to an ...

One of SA's most respected lawyers, recently appointed to probe child abuse claims in the Anglican Church of SA, is himself being accused of the sexual abuse of a teenage boy. Advocate Jeremy ...

Malawi has earned a prestigious distinction from the World Justice Project (WJP), ranking as the second-best performing country globally in upholding the rule of law among low-income nations. This was ...