Tag Archives: Justice Ministry
Two weekly newspapers that have been critical of Ethiopia’s ruling party have stopped publication because of government obstruction, the papers’ publishers said Monday. The publishers are appealing to the country’s newly appointed Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to intervene. A government … read more »
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Martin Amidu’s public statements of late betray him as a bitter and frustrated politician. His effusions suggest nothing but a revenge mission spurred on by many factors, the most prominent of which is his dismissal … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, News, West Africa
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Tagged Amidu, IndepthAfrica, Jerry Rawlings, John Atta Mills, Justice Ministry, Martin Amidu, Mill, national security, United States
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Tunisian judges began an indefinite strike on Tuesday to protest at the firing of dozens of magistrates, increasing pressure on a government already facing the biggest upsurge in protests since it came to power in a democratic transition. Justice Minister … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, Spotlight, Tunisia
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Tagged Arab Spring, Ennahda, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Judges Union, Justice Ministry, Republican Party, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Rabat – More than half of Morocco’s judges have signed a petition calling for judicial reform by making prosecutors independent of the executive branch. The 1 800 members of Morocco’s judges’ club, a banned but tolerated association, signed a petition … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged afria travel, Associated Press, Executive (government), Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Judge, Judicial independence, Judicial Reform, Justice Ministry, map africa, map of africa, Morocco, news, South Africa, travel to africa
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor In this write-up, I isolate the country’s Ministry of Justice and Attorney-General’s Department for scrutiny. It is a major part of the problems confronting our legal and justice delivery system because its officials don’t perform … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Justice Ministry, Martin Amidu, Mill, MPs elected in the Ghanaian parliamentary election 2004, State Attorneys, Woyome
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Bujumbura – Burundi police have detained an anti-graft activist who criticised the country’s justice minister over corruption in the judiciary, where candidates for jobs were expected to pay bribes. Faustin Ndikumana was arrested late on Tuesday and told reporters before … read more »
Posted in Burundi, East Africa, News
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Tagged Bujumbura, Burundi, East Africa, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Justice Ministry, political corruption, Transparency International
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Rabat – A judge on Morocco’s Supreme Curt has condemned a government decision to demote him to a prosecutor and send him to a distant mountain town. Mohammed Anbar said on Tuesday the decision by the nation’s previous justice minister … read more »
Posted in Morocco, News, North Africa
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Tagged Associated Press, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Judiciary, Justice and Development Party, Justice Ministry, Morocco, Mustapha Ramid
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Tripoli – Libya’s deputy justice minister says his government has begun taking control of makeshift prisons in the country after human rights organisations complained of rampant torture of inmates. Minister Khalifa Ashour said on Sunday that judicial police are now … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Justice Ministry, Libya, Medecins Sans Frontieres, Misrata, Muammar Gaddafi, Prison, United Nations
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The ongoing controversy over the huge sum of money paid by the state (through the Mills-led government) to businessman and NDC financier, Alfred Agbesi Woyome, is a clear demonstration of the criminal laxity that persists in our country to facilitate … read more »
Posted in Article, Gabon, West Africa
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Tagged Betty Mould-Iddrissu, Commercial Court, Ebo Barton-Oduro, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, John Atta Mills, Justice Ministry, Kufuor government, Mills, NDC
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September 1, 2011 by benim
Johannesburg – The Zimbabwean government is spending $1.7m per month feeding prisoners due to overpopulation, Zimbabwe’s Herald Online reported on Thursday. Prison authorities said this was partly as a result of people arrested for petty cases being remanded in custody. … read more »
CAIRO – Egypt’s prosecutor general announced Wednesday the 15-day detention of the country’s former president pending inquiries into accusations of corruption, abuse of authority and the killings of protesters, in an unprecedented investigation of a former ruler in the Arab … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Arab World, breaking news, Cairo, Egypt, Embassies and Consulates, Gamal Mubarak, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Justice Ministry, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Red Sea, Sharm El-Sheikh, World news
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