Africa
CAR opposition leader sentenced for defamation
Crepin Mboli Goumba, a lawyer and coordinator for the opposition group BRDC, was arrested earlier this month after accusing magistrates of corruption.
BBC
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Business
Contract Act amendment to prohibit compound interests payable by state-AG
According to him, The Contracts (Amendment) Act 2023 (Act 1114), which was sponsored by his outfit, was informed by observations made by him in the several instances
DL News
Courts
Student, painter in court for sexual extortion
They are Peter Awudi, 23, a painter; and Prosper Boafor, 19, a student.
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Courts
Know the 8 courts selected to pilot the court shift system
This move, according to her, is to help optimize the use of existing resources to reduce the volume of cases before the courts.
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Supreme Court News
Removal, dismissal of IGP, CFO, DG Prisons Service by new governments unconstitutional - IMANI to SC
The plaintiffs, IMANI and Prof Kwesi Aning, argue that these Institutions are part of the public services of Ghana there by the removal of their heads must be justified under Article 191(b) of the constitution.
DL News
Supreme Court News
Anti-LGBTQ Bill: Citi FM's Richard Sky goes to Supreme Court, wants it declared null and void
Sky, who's also a private legal practitioner asserts that the bill passed by Parliament contravenes various articles of the constitution and thus should be declared null or void.
DL News
Courts
Lawyers, parties to produce their Ghana cards to obtain court orders, judgments
She notes that this order should be replicated in all kinds of cases, as is done in probate cases.
DL News
Courts
Accountant hauled to court for allegedly falsifying GRA receipts
Michael allegedly managed to acquire these properties by forging 39 Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) official payment receipts of BMG Infrastructure Limited.
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Others
Iran court orders US To pay $50bn for assassinating its top General Qasem Soleimani
Then-US president Donald Trump ordered a drone strike near Baghdad airport that killed General Qasem Soleimani, 62, and his Iraqi lieutenant Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis on January 3, 2020.
The Nigeria Lawyer
US
Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades
Manuel Rocha wept as he sat handcuffed in Miami federal court on charges that he engaged in “clandestine activity” on Cuba’s behalf since at least 1981 — the year he joined the U.S. foreign service
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Africa
Niger junta sues ECOWAS, Court to rule Dec 7
The coup leaders asked the ECOWAS court to immediately lift the sanctions imposed on them by their West African neighbours.
The Nigeria Lawyer
Crime
Two teachers jailed 6 years each for forging Judicial Service receipt
Lordfred Heward Mills, the main architect of the crime was jailed in absentia while Lawrence Ansu Asante, the second accused person, was escorted by the police to jail.
GNA
Africa
Ex-Zimbabwean minister convicted for smuggling fuel
The country's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) proved that the quartet smuggled a tanker filled with diesel into the country without paying duty in 2017.
New Zimbabwe
Africa
Chadian opposition figure delays return from exile
Mr Masra, the head of the Transformers party, fled Chad a year ago following a deadly crackdown on protesters opposed to election delays by the ruling military junta.
BBC
Courts
OSP charges Cecilia Dapaah over failure to declare assets
Madam Dapaah has been specifically charged with one count of failing to comply with a lawful demand by an officer of the OSP in the performance of his functions
DL News
Africa
DR Congo colonel sentenced to death
The death sentence is often handed down in DR Congo but it's been more than 20 years since an execution took place.
BBC
Africa
Kenya court exonerates healthcare provider and mother criminalised for abortion
The case dismissal affirms that abortion care is a fundamental right under the Constitution of Kenya and aligns with earlier court rulings declaring that arrest and prosecution of patients and providers is illegal.
AllAfrica
Africa
Delegation from the African Union Questions International Law and Climate Change at (ITLOS) Oral Hearing
The African Union (AU) delivered a compelling address regarding the interpretation of pertinent provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), a detailed exposition of the factual implications of climate change...
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Courts
EC Chair, Deputies cited for contempt over limited voter registration exercise
Ayitah who has already filed an originating motion and an interlocutory injunction at the High Court in Tema against the process, argues that the EC's decision to still conduct the limited registration exercise in its district offices inste...
DL News
General
‘Enough of the lip service’ – GBA calls for passage of Conduct of Public Officers Bill
This Bill, when passed, will amend and help strengthen the current Public Officers’ asset declaration regime
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