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We Demand Justice For Lilian Dedjoe – FIDA Cries
The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) is demanding justice for the late Lilian Dedjoe, who was allegedly battered to death by her husband Charles Dedjoe.
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Opinion
Klomega (no.2) v. Attorney-general, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority and others: A missed opportunity to strengthen public financial management
The author examines the Court’s decision in Klomega and its implications for public financial management and accountability.
Nicholas Opoku
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Former AG appointed Chair of AWLA
AWLA is a non-governmental, non-profit, non-sectarian, professional organization of women lawyers in Nigeria and Africa generally.
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Others
Book Alert: Consumer Rights And Justice In Ghana: A Legal Compass-'Safeguarding Fair Consumer Transactions’
The book, authored by Dr. Francisca Kusi-Appiah of the UPSA Law School, provides a comprehensive, sector-by-sector blueprint of consumer rights and obligations, anchored in fair and transparent transactional principles. It operationalizes t...
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AU launches campaign to rally action on women’s empowerment on IWD
Launched today, March 8, 2022, on International Women’s Day (IWD), the “What African Women Want” initiative will also seek to make popular the speedy and full implementation of the of the African Union Strategy for Gender Equality and Women...
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Others
Meet Dr. Justice Srem-Sai:The nominated Deputy Attorney General
As a young, vibrant, and highly experienced lawyer in practice and an academic, many are sure certain that his loads of experience and depth would be a real complement to the substantive minister, Dr. Dominic Ayine.
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Africa
Britain clashes with European judges over plan to send boat migrants to Rwanda
Last June, judges at the European Court of Human Rights, imposed a last-minute injunction preventing the first flight of asylum seekers arriving on small boats to be immediately sent to Rwanda
VOA
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Ghana gov’t committed to advancing rights of minorities – AG tells UN
Delivering an address at the just ended High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly, Mr. Dame thus advocated for the advancement of equal rights sustainable development, etc among member states to enhance the interest of the minority grou...
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Africa
African Union must remove access to African Court impediments
African Governments must demonstrate their commitment to upholding the tenets of human rights by repealing article 34(6) to make way for entry.
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Courts
Wesley Girls SHS sued for alleged discrimination against muslim students
The case, filed under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court pursuant to Articles 2(1)(b) and 130(1)(a) of the 1992 Constitution, seeks to address what Osman claims are constitutional breaches impacting Muslim students.
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Business
US$8.33m debt: Minerals Commission explains why Northern Ashanti Mines lost mining rights
According to the Commission, the company accumulated millions of dollars in unpaid statutory fees despite receiving notices and opportunities to address the breaches.
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Others
The principle of quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit
This article argues that the maxim quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit has increasingly been relied upon by litigants as a shield to establish claims of possession through physical acts upon land, thereby exposing potential purchasers who f...
ENK Danquah-Acheampong, LLM, BL, LL.B. Lawyer | Legal Researcher | Author
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Catholic Bishops endorse anti-LGBTQ+ bill
The components of human rights according to the church include the right to life, personal liberty, freedom of thought, expression, religion, movement freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, gender, age, language etc.
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“Ho 21 LGBT activists haven’t committed any crime,” – CDD-Ghana tells courts
"The occasional use of archaic colonial legal relics like Section 202 of Act 29 by the police to undermine constitutional rights, particularly the right to assemble, exposes the stagnation we continue to experience in efforts to promote and...
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Courts
Rastafarian Saga: Applicant not a student of Achimota School – AG
Mr Godfred Yeboah Dame, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, has challenged the action of Tyron Iras Marghuy, one of the Rastafarian Students, who was allegedly denied admission by the Achimota School.
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Africa
Martha Koome - from women's right campaigner to Supreme Court chief justice
The 62-year-old was appointed chief justice in May last year by outgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta after she came top of 10 candidates interviewed in front of a live television audience by Kenya's Judicial Service Commission (JSC).
BBC
Africa
Blanket criminalisation of consensual sex between minors unconstitutional-Kenya court
In a landmark decision in Constitutional Petition No. E490 of 2025, Justice Bahati Mwamuye declared that the blanket application of parts of the Sexual Offences Act to consensual adolescent relationships is unconstitutional.
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Africa
Nigerian lawmakers reject bill to regulate foreign education for public officers’ children
The bill by Mr Ogun proposed that a public officer can only send his/her children or wards to foreign schools after approval of the Minister of Education. It also requires that the officers must provide proof of ability to pay the school fe...
Premium Times Nig
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Child Online Africa calls for mechanism to protect children’s rights
In a press release to mark National Children’s Day, the Executive Director was convinced if the community structures are well-positioned to support parents in their quest to raise children, the whole community would reap the benefits.
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Courts
Rasta students against Achimota SHS: Second ruling out
Six of the seven reliefs sought by the applicant were granted
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