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UPDATED: Kenyan court strikes down housing levy in finance law

Humphrey Malalo and Bhargav Acharya 28 Nov 2023

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Morocco's competition regulator fines fuel companies $180m

Ahmed Eljechtimi 24 Nov 2023

Source: International Criminal Court.

South Africa refers Israel to ICC for Gaza war crimes

16 Nov 2023

Credit Suisse ends 'tuna bond' dispute with shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Manuel Mucari 8 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Belgium drafting new fuel quality law targeting exports to Africa

3 Nov 2023

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu looks on after his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria 29 May 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo,

Nigeria's top court to rule on presidential election challenge on Thursday

MacDonald Dzirutwe 25 Oct 2023

Tunisians gather during a pro-Palestinian protest to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Tunis, Tunisia, 20 October 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo.

Tunisian parliament committee proposes bill criminalising normalisation with Israel

Tarek Amara 25 Oct 2023

Former Central African Republic militia leader Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka attends the International Criminal Court hearings to determine the exact charges it will bring against him, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool/File Photo

ICC prosecutor drops charges against Central Africa militia leader

Bart Meijer 19 Oct 2023

Mediation fails between Meta and Kenyan moderators, rights group says

George Obulutsa 17 Oct 2023

SA recalls UN peacekeepers accused of sexual misconduct in Congo

16 Oct 2023

Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Frans Viljoen 16 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Government Employees Pension Fund chairperson Dondo Mogajane.

Mogajane launches Gepf's transformative policy for economic change

12 Oct 2023

Image source: Rabia Elif Aksoy –

Mozambique drops part of 'tuna bonds' claim against shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Kirstin Ridley 5 Oct 2023

File photo: Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, 19 September 2023. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Mozambique can sue Privinvest in London 'tuna bond' case, UK court rules

Sam Tobin 20 Sep 2023

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File photo: The Nairobi skyline is seen in the background as zebras walk through the Nairobi National Park, near Nairobi, Kenya, 3 December 2018. Reuters/Amir Cohen/File Photo

UPDATED: Kenyan court strikes down housing levy in finance law

Humphrey Malalo and Bhargav Acharya 28 Nov 2023

Image source: scyther5 –

Morocco's competition regulator fines fuel companies $180m

Ahmed Eljechtimi 24 Nov 2023

Source: International Criminal Court.

South Africa refers Israel to ICC for Gaza war crimes

16 Nov 2023

Credit Suisse ends 'tuna bond' dispute with shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Manuel Mucari 8 Nov 2023

Source: Reuters.

Belgium drafting new fuel quality law targeting exports to Africa

3 Nov 2023

Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu looks on after his swearing-in ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria 29 May 2023. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja/File Photo,

Nigeria's top court to rule on presidential election challenge on Thursday

MacDonald Dzirutwe 25 Oct 2023

Tunisians gather during a pro-Palestinian protest to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, in Tunis, Tunisia, 20 October 2023. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui/File Photo.

Tunisian parliament committee proposes bill criminalising normalisation with Israel

Tarek Amara 25 Oct 2023

Former Central African Republic militia leader Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka attends the International Criminal Court hearings to determine the exact charges it will bring against him, in The Hague, Netherlands, August 22, 2023. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool/File Photo

ICC prosecutor drops charges against Central Africa militia leader

Bart Meijer 19 Oct 2023

Mediation fails between Meta and Kenyan moderators, rights group says

George Obulutsa 17 Oct 2023

SA recalls UN peacekeepers accused of sexual misconduct in Congo

16 Oct 2023

Mauritius is the latest nation to decriminalise same-sex relations in a divided continent

Frans Viljoen 16 Oct 2023

Source: Supplied. Government Employees Pension Fund chairperson Dondo Mogajane.

Mogajane launches Gepf's transformative policy for economic change

12 Oct 2023

Image source: Rabia Elif Aksoy –

Mozambique drops part of 'tuna bonds' claim against shipbuilder Privinvest

Sam Tobin and Kirstin Ridley 5 Oct 2023

File photo: Mozambique President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, 19 September 2023. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

Mozambique can sue Privinvest in London 'tuna bond' case, UK court rules

Sam Tobin 20 Sep 2023

Congolese government will closely follow case of detained journalist -spokesperson

Alessandra Prentice 15 Sep 2023

File photo: Meta and Facebook logos are seen in this illustration taken 15 February 2022. Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Kenyan court orders mediation in Meta labour dispute

George Obulutsa 23 Aug 2023

Iraqi man arrested for broadcasting pornography on major advertising screen

22 Aug 2023

Source: Reuters.

Kenya suspends crypto project Worldcoin over safety concerns

Humphrey Malalo 3 Aug 2023

File photo: William Ruto, President of Kenya, speaks during a joint press conference with Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, French President Emmanuel Macron, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and World Bank President Ajay Banga at the end of the New Global Financial Pact Summit, Friday, 23 June 2023 in Paris, France. Lewis Joly/Pool via Reuters/File Photo

Kenya appeals court unfreezes finance law that sparked unrest

Humphrey Malalo and Hereward Holland 28 Jul 2023

Source: Reuters.

Grieving Gambian families take govt to court over mishandling of cough syrup

Edward McAllister 14 Jul 2023

Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Frederike Ambagtsheer 13 Jul 2023

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Africa: Transforming carbon markets as implementation of Paris Agreement commitments progress

Kieran Whyte and Clara Hans 12 Jul 2023

TotalEnergies faces second lawsuit over Uganda oil projects

America Hernandez 27 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

Binance issues cease and desist notice to "Binance Nigeria Limited"

Gursimran Kaur 19 Jun 2023

Source: Reuters.

HIV alarm in Uganda as anti-gay law forces LGBT 'lockdown'

9 Jun 2023

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Last chance for Zim Exemption Permit holders to apply for waiver, visa

Bianca Rutherfoord-Jones, Nivaani Moodley & Siya Ngcamu 5 Jun 2023

Francis Wang’ombe Kariuki, MBS, Bowmans' new senior consultant in its Kenyan Competition Practice

#AfricaMonth: Bowmans' new heavy hitter, Francis Wang'ombe Kariuki, on the future of African competition law

Shan Radcliffe 30 May 2023

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

#HIVToday: Licensing of anti-HIV jab ignites hope for millions in Africa

Katja Hamilton 26 May 2023

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#AfricaMonth: 11 reasons to celebrate Africa's bright future

Baker McKenzie Africa Team 24 May 2023

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Namibia's top court recognises same-sex marriages formed elsewhere

Nyasha Nyaungwa and Anait Miridzhanian 17 May 2023

Tunisia detains 2 students over satirical song criticising police

Tarek Amara, Angus MacSwan 17 May 2023

File Photo: Rached Ghannouchi, the head of Islamist Ennahda party and former speaker of the parliament, during an interview with Reuters at his office in Tunis, Tunisia, 15 July 2022. Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi

Tunisian judge sentences opposition leader Ghannouchi to year in prison

Tarek Amara 16 May 2023

Source: Twitter/@BRICSza

Pandor signals SA's likely move to adopting new global trading currency

Katja Hamilton 11 May 2023

File photo: A view shows the Bonny oil terminal in the Niger delta in Port Harcourt, Nigeria 1 August 2018. Reuters/Ron Bousso/File Photo

Shell wins UK Supreme Court case on 2011 oil spill off Nigerian coast

Estelle Shirbon 10 May 2023

File photo: Zimbabwean novelist, Tsitsi Dangarembga, whose latest book "This Mournable Body" has been nominated for a Booker Prize, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Harare, Zimbabwe, 4 August 2020. Reuters/MacDonald Dzirutwe

Zimbabwe prize-winning novelist acquitted over anti-government protest

Nyasha Chingono 8 May 2023

File photo: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, January 16, 2022. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged

Aaron Ross 2 May 2023

Paul Mackenzie, 50, a Kenyan cult leader accused of ordering his followers of the members of the Good News International Church to starve themselves to death in Shakahola forest, appears at Malindi Law Courts, in Malindi, Kenya, 2 May 2023. Reuters/Stringer

Kenyan cult leader appears in court after more than 100 followers die

George Obulutsa, Humphrey Malalo and Duncan Miriri 2 May 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo

Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

Court rules Meta can be sued in Kenya over alleged unlawful redundancies

Ayenat Mersie 20 Apr 2023