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An important judgment by Kenya’s High Court has found that criminalising attempted suicide is unconstitutional. The judge, Lawrence Mugambi, was hearing a ...

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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 ...

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A Judicial Conduct Tribunal into sexual harassment allegations against Eastern Cape Judge President Selby Mbenenge is due to begin today. It marks the first time a judge has faced potential ...

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 ...

Kenyan President William Ruto has acknowledged abuses by Kenya's security forces, in the wake of demonstrations against a recent wave of alleged kidnappings that have sparked outrage in the country, ...

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 ...

The House of Peoples' Representatives in Ethiopia yesterday approved the Asset Recovery Bill, reports All Africa. Initially presented to lawmakers in June 2024, it was sent to the Legal and Justice ...

Police in Mauritius have arrested the former central bank governor for alleged conspiracy to defraud the nation, the first casualty of an audit of public finances under the new Government of Prime ...