Tag Archives: Law
By Philip Amiola Same sex marriage has been a subject of public debate for a long time. A cursory review of ancient literature traces this contention to the antediluvian age. Since then, proponents of this world view have coined several … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Op-ed, Philip Amiola, West Africa
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Tagged Gay, Gay Lesbian and Bisexual, Lagos, Law, LGBT, Marriage, Nigeria, Nigerian, same sex marriage, United States
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Johannesburg – An Ethiopian man was shot dead at a business premises in Klipgat on Saturday morning, North West police said. The man was found lying in a pool of blood near a pit toilet, said Captain Amanda Funani. He … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Ballistic trauma, England, Friday, indepthafrican, Law, North West, Police, Saturday, Saturday morning cartoon
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Now that we are deep into discussing the suit brought against the NPP’s Akufo-Addo by retired Supreme Court Judge Francis Kpegah and its entailments, we can’t discontinue just because our comments hurt some people. We … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Facebook, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Law, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, United States, Wikileaks
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The Zambian Parliament has removed the legal immunity of former President Rupiah Banda to enable the government to take him to court and answer charges of alleged abuse of office and corruption. The rushed manner in which the motion to … read more »
By: Robyn Doolittle, thestar.com With his legal woes behind him, Mayor Rob Ford was asked Tuesday if the numerous close calls had him “scared straight” when it comes to following the rules. Speaking in a rare one-on-one interview, Ford told … read more »
by Okoi Ofem Obono Obla Today I fortuitously appeared before Honourable Justice Abubukar Talba presiding over in Court No. 13 of the High Court of Justice of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Honourable Justice Talba is in the midst of … read more »
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Tagged Abuja, criminal code, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, IndepthAfrica, Law, nigerain, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigerian news, Penal Code, Police Pension Fund, Sudan
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Arab Times- An Ethiopian housemaid was arrested at Kuwait International Airport for the possession of ‘Qat’, a narcotic substance. Customs officers at the airport got suspicious when the housemaid appeared nervous when she approached the luggage check counter. This prompted … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Arab Times, Baggage, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Facebook, IndepthAfrica, Kuwait, Kuwait International Airport, latest ethiopian news, Law, Maid, news ethiopia
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By Ashenafe Endale, Addis Fortune A two-day protest by residents of Alamata town, 600Km north of Addis Abeba, in the Tigray Regional State, led to the arrest of close to 40 people, who are all currently under custody, in a … read more »
press release . Reeyot, who wrote columns critical of the government for the now-defunct independent weekly Feteh, has been imprisoned since June 2011 on terrorism charges in a case that has aroused international indignation. In January 2012, she was sentenced … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Appeal, Appellate court, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Law, Reeyot Alemu, terrorism
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Every 30 minutes a woman or girl is raped in Kenya. That’s nearly 50 woman or girls every day, over 300 every week, over 1,200 every month and over 15,000 each year. While laws exist in Kenya to prevent such … read more »
A group of lawyers representing various opposition parties in Zambia have announced the formation of The Coalition for the Defence of Democratic Rights (CDDR), an organization which will work within both local and international legal structures to halt the violation … read more »
THE Olubadan of Ibadan, Oba Samuel Odulana Odugade 1, has asked the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, to stop parading himself as the permanent chairman of the state Council of Obas. Oba Odulana, in a statement dated May 25, … read more »
The Traditional Courts Bill is meant to replace the Black Administration Act of 1927 with a law that is constitutional. Instead, if passed, it will in effect strip between 17 million and 21 million people living in rural South Africa … read more »
Posted in Article, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged afria travel, African people, Bantustan, City Press, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Law, Mamphela Ramphele, Mandla Mandela, map africa, map of africa, news, South Africa, Traditional Courts Bill, travel to africa
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Police launch manhunt for militant’s leader The Easter celebration turned bloody on Sunday at Ita-Faaji junction of Owode Apata, Ibadan, Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State, when members of Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) clashed with some hoodlums. About 30 … read more »
Posted in Nigeria
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Easter, Ibadan, IndepthAfrica, Law, nation, Oodua Peoples Congress, Oyo State, Police officer, Sunday
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Former governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva has dismissed the report presented by Bayelsa Finance Management and Review Committee, which indicted his administration of allegedly mismanaging over N660 billion that accrued to the state as revenue between 2007 and … read more »
Posted in Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Bayelsa State, Democracy, IndepthAfrica, Law, Nigeria, Peoples Democratic Party, Politics, Sylva, Timipre Sylva
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Rule of Law, Rule by Law, Rule by Unjust Law, Rule by Man Alemayehu G. Mariam All of the weekly commentaries I have written over the years have been structured on a single fundamental principle: the rule of law. What … read more »
Posted in Alemayehu G. Mariam, Article, Columnist, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Law, Mao Zedong, Meles Zenawi, Uniform Code of Military Justice, United States, Zenawi
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A teenage Afghan girl was brutally tortured, beaten and locked in a toilet by her husband’s family for five months after she refused to become a prostitute, it has emerged. Sahar Gul, 15, was in critical condition when she was … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Children & Youth, Miscellaneous
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Tagged Afghan Girl, Afghanistan, Badakhshan Province, Baghlan, Baghlan Province, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kabul, Law, Sahar Gul
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Kabul – An Afghan woman cut off her father-in-law’s penis with a knife after he tried to have sex with her, a doctor in eastern Afghanistan’s Ghazni province said Saturday. “One day when the husband was away from home he … read more »
Posted in Miscellaneous, Odd News
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Tagged Afghanistan, Father-in-law, Forced marriage, Ghazni, Ghazni Province, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kabul, Law, Oxfam
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London – A Libyan commander who fought Muammar Gaddafi’s forces is taking legal action against Britain, alleging it was complicit in his ill-treatment and illegal rendition to Libya in 2004, his lawyers said on Monday. Abdelhakim Belhaj, who became head … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Britain, Government of the United Kingdom, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Law, Libya, Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, London, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Tripoli
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by Susan Lindauer “Commanding Officer Refuses Attorney Visits Despite Letter From Attorney General Mukasey Ordering Him to do So” Some things are truly unforgivable in a democracy. A bill moving through Congress, authorizing the military to imprison Americans indefinitely, without … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues
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Tagged Attorney general, Commanding officer, Elena Kagan, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Law, Law Enforcement, Michael Mukasey, Prosecuting Attorneys, United States
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Kenya’s new chief justice Willy Mutunga says that living by the constitution means that all Kenyans – from the tiniest hut to State House – must do what it requires, when it is required, whatever the cost in finance, effort … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged Constitution, Constitution of Kenya, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, Law, Legal Information, Willy Mutunga
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November 24, 2011 by benim
Yaounde – A court in Yaounde has sentenced three Cameroonian men arrested in July to five years in prison for engaging in gay sex, their lawyer said on Wednesday. The Ekounou court sentenced the three on Tuesday to five years … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, News
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Tagged breaking news, Cameroon, East Africa, Homosexuality, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Law, Lawyer, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Paul Biya, Southern Africa, West Africa, Yaoundé
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November 1, 2011 by benim
Egypt’s ruling generals will ratify within days a law barring anyone found guilty of corruption from political life, a senior minister said on Monday, a move to curb the influence of ousted President Hosni Mubarak’s former allies. Wealthy people in … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged abuse, Cairo, Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Law, mubarak, National Democratic Party, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Politics, Southern Africa, West Africa
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The stereotype suggests that it’s the husband who simply cannot bear their mother-in-law. But wives feel exactly the same, according to the latest research. One in four despises their mother-in-law and believes she is ‘controlling, interfering and bitchy’. Parental control: … read more »
Posted in Lifestyle, Relationship, Women
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Tagged Angela Rippon, family, Freddie, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Law, Mother, Mother-in-law, Netmums, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, parent, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 27, 2011 by benim
Print Harare – Zimbabwe will soon probe foreign-owned firms to establish their level of compliance with a law requiring them to sell at least a 51% shareholding in their Zimbabwean operations to locals, an official said on Tuesday. The heavily … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Anglo Platinum, Harare, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Law, Morgan Tsvangirai, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Robert Mugabe, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
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September 21, 2011 by benim
Cairo – Egypt’s emergency law will be in place until June next year, the ruling military said on Wednesday, dashing demands by protesters for a swift end to the code that rights groups say was used by former leader Hosni … read more »
Posted in Egypt, News, North Africa
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Tagged Ahmad Maher (diplomat), Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Israel, Law, mubarak, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Protest, Reuters, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 14, 2011 by benim
The Chief Justice of the Republic of South Sudan (RoSS), Justice Chan Reec Madut, on Tuesday directed primary courts to apply an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) system in its proceedings to speed up disposal of cases. JPEG – 34.2 kb … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, South Sudan
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Tagged Africa football, Africa Nations Cup, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Best Soccer Players, bundesliga, Central Equatoria, champions league, Chief Justice, Copa América, County Court, Dispute resolution, Europa League, FIFA, FIFA Women’s World Cup, football, games, Indepth Nigeria, IndepthAfrica, IndepthSoccer, Italia Serie A, Judiciary, La Liga, Law, MLS, premiership, Soccer, Southern Sudan, sports, World cup, world footballers
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September 6, 2011 by benim
Like the proverbial Sword of Damocles hanging over the NPP’s Akufo-Addo, the never-fading allegation of drug-use against him continues to dangle in the public domain. It continues to dent his public image as it assumes wider dimensions. A Wikileaks report, … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, West Africa
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Tagged Damocles, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Law, New Patriotic Party, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pamela E. Bridgewater, Pan African News, Politics, Southern Africa, United States Ambassador, West Africa, Wikileaks
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September 1, 2011 by benim
Ghana’s chief lawyer has declared categorically that homosexuality, if practiced privately between two consenting adults, is not illegal. It is only criminal if the act involved an underage participant, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Martin A.B.K Amidu has stated. The … read more »
Posted in Ghana, News, West Africa
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Tagged Bureau of National Investigations, Ghana, Homosexuality, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Law, LGBT, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Paul Evans Aidoo, Southern Africa, West Africa
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The Department of Correctional Services has fired an officer who features in a scandalous sex video. Footage of the correctional officer having sex with a policewoman at a Krugersdorp prison hospital was published by the Sowetan newspaper on August 15. … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, South Africa, Southern Africa
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Tagged Corrections officer, Krugersdorp, Law, Law Enforcement, Police, Police officer, Sowetan, United States
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