- On 11 November 2019, the Republic of The Gambia filed in the Registry of the International Court of Justice, an Application instituting proceedings against the Republic of the Union of Myanmar concerning alleged violations of the Convention
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Harry Meyer Kantor, who passed away on Saturday the 18th January 2020 in Cape Town, South Africa. The Law Society of Zimbabwe announced the death of the senior legal practitioner in a statement released on Tuesday.
Kantor was born on…
A court in Sudan sentenced 27 intelligence agents on Monday 30 December 2019 to death for torture and murder. They were found guilty of deadly abuse against detained activist and teacher Ahmed al-Kheir in February 2019.
Al-Kheir was killed…
By Lenin Tinashe Chisaira
As we approach the end of the 2010s , Africa Legal News revisits 10 legal cases that defined Africa’s decade. On the international and domestic legal scene, there were significant developments where court cases played a…
President Edgar Chagwa Lungu of Zambia on Friday 27 December 2019 announced that he was cutting his salary and those of senior officials such as Cabinet Ministers by between 10%-20% amidst an energy crisis. The cut was with immediate effect.…
By AfricaLegalNews East Africa Desk
Judge of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice (Prof) James Otieno Aggrey Odek’s mysterious death has made an impact on Kenyan society. The judge was found dead in his apartment in Kisumu, Kenya on the…
In politics there are hard and soft issues that at times become cause for heated debates for ruling and opposition parties alike as well as their supporters. The hard issues have a bearing on the immediate concerns…
Citizens of the State of Colorado in the United States would
soon be permitted to have their bodies turned into composite after death if a
2020 bill passes according to a report on The
Denver Post.
The report suggested…