Crime
Child labour on cocoa farms in Ghana : Cadbury faces fresh accusations
A new TV documentary alleges that children as young as 10 are using machetes to harvest pods
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Africa
Nigeria court drops eight of 15 charges against separatist leader
Mr Kanu is the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob), a group that wants a breakaway state in south-east Nigeria where mainly Igbo people live, and which has been outlawed by the government.
BBC
Crime
Central Region: Commercial driver arrested for alleged sexual assault on trader
The suspect is alleged to have drugged and sexually assaulted the trader after she had gone to demand money he owed.
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Europe
Ed Sheeran wins Shape of You copyright case and hits out at 'baseless' claims
The Shape of You songwriters took legal action in 2018 after the track's royalties were frozen when Chokri and O'Donoghue asked the Performing Rights Society (PRS) to add them to the hit's credits as co-writers.
BBC
Africa
Nigerian atheist Mubarak Bala jailed for blaspheming Islam
Mubarak Bala, a 37-year-old president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria was arrested in 2020 after a group of Muslims filed a petition to authorities accusing him of posting uncomplimentary messages about Islam on social media.
BBC
Africa
Demand for African arbitration centres on the rise – Report
Increasing disputes between African parties are being resolved ‘onshore’, through African arbitral institutions and local courts, as opposed to the former practice of ‘offshore’ resolution of disputes.
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Crime
10-year- old pupil defiled, sodomized by 4 men
The victim noted that she was sent on Thursday evening by one of the suspects. Upon returning the things, he asked her to come into the room which she heeded.
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Courts
Our external court sitting in Accra achieved over 90% success rate – ECOWAS Court President
He indicated that the Court delivered 20 judgments, the highest so far since the court began its external sessions.
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Courts
Kenya Supreme Court to rule on disputed law changes
The Attorney-general and two others appealed to the Supreme Court on four main issues, including whether a sitting president can initiate a constitutional amendment process without going through parliament.
BBC
General
Fighting corruption: AG asks new board of Office of Registrar of Companies to leverage Companies Act
The provisions of the enacted Companies Act, 2019, Act 992, have been lauded as a strong tool to aid in fighting corruption, money laundering, and illicit wealth.
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Africa
Nigeria: Court sends 'super cop', Abba Kyari, co-defendants to prison after bail denial
Abba Kyari, popularly known as Nigeria's ‘super cop’, a reputation he earned for investigating big criminal cases, was arrested in January, alongside four others for their alleged involvement in a cocaine-trafficking cartel.
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Courts
Amend section 24 of Cybercrime Act – ECOWAS Court directs Nigeria
The Court's directive comes on the back of a writ, challenging the legality and compatibility of Section 24 of Nigeria's Cybercrime Act 2005.
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Africa
Kenya: Court declares abortion-related arrests, prosecutions illegal
The court noted in its ruling that abortion care is a fundamental right under the Constitution of Kenya and that protecting access to abortion impacts vital Constitutional values, including dignity, autonomy, equality, and bodily integrity.
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Europe
Lapsus$: Oxford teen accused of being multi-millionaire cyber-criminal
Relatively new, Lapsus$ is said to be one of the most talked-about and feared hacker cyber-crime gangs, after successfully breaching major firms like Microsoft and then bragging about it online.
BBC
Supreme Court News
Court of Appeal acted arbitrarily; restore processes - Hon.Quayson to SC
Hon. Quayson argues that the Court of Appeal acted arbitrarily by striking out appeal processes before it because his lawyers had prompted the court of a pending motion.
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Courts
Conduct speedy trial of rape case-ECOWAS court to Nigeria
The applicant, a Nigerian woman filed a suit at the court against Peter Okoro for raping her somewhere in 2011 in Lagos.
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Africa
Kenya: Digital lenders barred from accessing customers contacts under new law
According to the Central Bank of Kenya (Digital Credit Providers) Regulations, 2022, a digital credit provider, its officers, employees, or agents shall also not, in the course of debt collection, use obscene or profane language with the cu...
AllAfrica
Courts
ECOWAS Court orders AG to file additional documents by March 28, pay $750
The court presided over by Edward Amoako Asante declined the AG's request and described the reason for its late response as untenable and ordered the same to pay an amount of $750 to Transparency International.
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Tech
Meta, Google, Twitter appeal against global injunction by Indian Yoga Guru set for May 10
The digital giants have come in appeal against an order passed by an Indian High Court in 2019 on a suit by Indian Yoga Guru, Ramdev alleging defamation via remarks and videos, based on the book "Godman to Tycoon – the Untold Story of Baba...
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General
ECOWAS Court external session an opportunity to learn – CJ to lawyers, judges
The External Court session of the Court is being held in Ghana for the first time since its formation over twenty years ago.
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