Tag Archives: Supreme Court of the United States
MOGADISHU, Somalia – Nine al-Shabab Islamic extremists, most wearing suicide vests, stormed Somalia’s main court complex on Sunday while the Supreme Court was in session, firing a barrage of bullets during a running gun battle with security forces that lasted … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Pan African News, Somali
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Tagged Abdi Farah Shirdon, African Union, Al-Shabaab, Al-Shabab, IndepthAfrica, Mogadishu, Somalia, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Retired Supreme Court Justice Francis Kpegah’s legal action against the NPP’s Akufo-Addo at the Fast Track Division of the High Court will begin being heard on April 23, barring any hitch. The Writ of Summons … read more »
Posted in Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Georgina Theodora Wood, Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Justice Kpegah, Kpegah, Margaret Thatcher, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Election 2012 has indeed exposed the underbelly of the NPP. A careful analysis of the situation reveals why the party’s leaders are so traumatized by their defeat and are expending energy hyping the sentiments of … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Emergency service, Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, Nana Akufo-Addo, National Democratic Congress, New Patriotic Party, Strike action, Supreme Court of the United States
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By Edusei, Eric Kwabena The 2012 General Election Trial In Ghana Should Be Televised (Public) It is only a dreamer in Ghana today who can speculate that our nation is a peaceful country. How can we talk about peace or … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, Op-ed, Politics, West Africa
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Tagged General election, Ghana, Ghana's Supreme Court, Ghanaians, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, United States
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That is a matter of opinion; not a statement of fact. I respect Kenya’s Supreme Court Justices but I beg to disagree with the Justices. They rendered a bad decision on Saturday. Here are 6 reasons why. First, given the highly … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Op-ed
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Tagged Florida, Kenya, Politics, Raila Odinga, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, Uhuru Kenyatta, United States
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By Ola Johnson Kenya’s Supreme Court unanimously decided that Kenya’s presidential election — which had been held on 4 March — was conducted in a free, fair, transparent and credible manner, and that Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto of the … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News, Pan African News
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Tagged International Criminal Court, Jomo Kenyatta, Kenya, Raila Odinga, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, Uhuru Kenyatta, William Ruto
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Some people who have been selectively funding some groups of Zimbabwean politicians may feel good about themselves, but they have done nothing good for us ordinary Zimbabweans. They have just been worsening the problem of crony politics and corruption that … read more »
Posted in Article, Op-ed, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Beyond-visual-range missile, IndepthAfrica, Irwin Cox, Kenya, President-elect, Raila Odinga, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, Uhuru Kenyatta
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It used to be we were only afraid of the state and its capacity for illegitimate violence. We blamed politicians, not opinions, for inciting tribal clashes. It was the government, not citizens, which gagged the press or forbade dissent. No … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Kenya, Op-ed
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Tagged Beyond-visual-range missile, IndepthAfrica, Irwin Cox, Kenya, President-elect, Raila Odinga, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, Uhuru Kenyatta
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IndepthAfrica – In a BBC interview a day after conceding defeat and wishing Uhuru and his team well, Raila said even after the ruling, his coalition would fight on for democracy, “through other venues’’ which he did not specify. The … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News, Pan African News
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Tagged bbc, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, Nairobi, Raila Odinga, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, Uhuru Kenyatta
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Sabahi (Washington, DC) The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has appointed a nine-member committee to probe technological equipment failures during the March 4th general elections, Kenya’s The Standard reported Thursday (March 28th). The committee members are lawyers who are experts … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News, Pan African News
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Tagged Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission, Kenya, Law Society of Kenya, LSK, Raila Odinga, Standard, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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PRESIDENT-elect Uhuru Kenyatta will be sworn in on April 9 if the Supreme Court upholds his victory. Article 141 (2) (b) of the constitution says if the court upholds the election of a president, the swearing in of the president-elect … read more »
ABUJA — As the U.S. Supreme Court considers the country’s legal position on gay marriage, Nigerian leaders are re-asserting their position on the issue, advocating laws that further ban the already illegal practice. Gay rights activists in Nigeria fear if … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abdullahi Bayero, Abuja, Action Congress of Nigeria, IndepthAfrica, Nigeria, same sex marriage, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, US Supreme Court
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There was tight security at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre, the venue of the presidential election vote re-tallying as ordered by the Supreme Court. A contingent of General Service Unit, regular and administration police kept vigil as the re-tallying was … read more »
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya’s Supreme Court has ordered the election commission to recount votes in some constituencies in regard to the country’s March 4 presidential election. The court on Monday heard arguments from civil society groups and the legal team … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Somali
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Tagged Associated Press, Election, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, keyan election, Nairobi, Prime Minister of Kenya, Raila Odinga, Supreme Court of the United States, Uhuru Kenyatta
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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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Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim speaks out about experience in jail where he was lodged for interviewing alleged rape victim. Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim set free after Somalia’s attorney general says the original investigation misled the court. ( 17-Mar-2013 ) Somalia’s Supreme Court … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Letters & Interviews, Somali
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Tagged Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, Aljazeera, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Prison, Rape, Somalia, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The Founder and leader of Glorious Word Ministry International, Rev. Isaac Owusu Bempah, is in the news again for the wrong reason. He is reported to have predicted that President Mahama will die this year … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor
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Tagged Aliu Mahama, Ghana, God, IndepthAfrica, Mahama, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Owusu Bempah, Supreme Court of the United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Folks, there is more trouble in Osonokrom. President Mahama’s intention to call about 4,800 witnesses to testify for him in the NPP’s election-related case now before the Supreme Court has sent serious shock waves through … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, Ghana School of Law, lawsuit, Mahama, NDC, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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By Andreas E Peltzer, column WHAT is the task of a human rights activist? Helping victims of human rights violations may be the first answer. Now there are specialists dealing with perpetrators and victims of rights violations, which include law … read more »
The Progressive People’s Party (PPP) will neither send a delegation to President John Mahama’s inauguration today nor participate in it in anyway, joining the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to boycott the programme. The hint was dropped by the … read more »
By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor What we see unfolding from the NPP front is not freakish nor will it abate soon. It won’t because it is the culmination of the party’s grand agenda in response to the unexpected outcome of … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Akufo-Addo, Electoral Commission, IndepthAfrica, Mahama, Mahamudu Bawumia, National Democratic Congress, NPP, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor We have had good cause to posit arguments that the NPP’s lawsuit at the Supreme Court won’t be determined solely on the figures and documents that are contained in the petition filed by the party’s … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, West Africa
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Tagged Electoral Commission, ghana election, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, Mahamudu Bawumia, New Patriotic Party, NPP, Petitioner, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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ADDIS ABABA — An Ethiopian court on Thursday delayed the appeal of blogger Eskinder Nega and opposition leader Andualem Arage who were jailed earlier this year for for terror-related offences. Judge Dagne Melaku said the Supreme Court needed several weeks … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Anti-terrorism legislation, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, Ginbot 7, IndepthAfrica, Muslim, Supreme Court of the United States, terrorism, United States
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By Elizabeth Ashamu and David Deng When the Republic of South Sudan declared independence in July 2011, it joined the ranks of a small handful of African countries that continue to carry out judicial executions. On August 21, two men … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Capital punishment, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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BRITAIN’S Supreme Court has emphatically ruled in RT (Zimbabwe) & Ors v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] UKSC 38 (25 July 2012) that people should not be forced to lie about their true beliefs or lack of … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Africa Business News, Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news agency, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Home Secretary, IndepthAfrica, MDC, Mugabe, reuters africa news, Robert Mugabe, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, Zimbabwe
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor The controversy surrounding the creation of 45 new constituencies by the Electoral Commission is troubling. So also is the anger that the government’s creation and hasty inauguration of 46 new districts and choice of their … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, News, West Africa
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Tagged Aflao, afria travel, Africa news, africa news today, African news, BBC Africa, bbc africa news, East Africa, Electoral Commission, Inauguration, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, latest africa news, map africa, map of africa, news, news 24, news in africa, Ningo, North Africa, Prampram, Rule of law, South Africa, south african news, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, travel to africa, West Africa
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Tuesday, May 22, 2012 We insist that the Supreme Court’s ruling that the NPP’s Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey did no wrong in acquiring a state bungalow is appalling. It is disappointing and will go a long way … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, News, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, John Kufuor, Judiciary, Kufuor government, NPP, Sophia Akuffo, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States, United States, United States Supreme Court
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By Dr. Michael J.K. Bokor Tuesday, May 22, 2012 The Supreme Court’s judgement, legitimizing Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey’s acquisition of a state property (bungalow) is bad. It flies in the face of decency and sets a very horrible precedent that won’t encourage … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Ghana, Michael Bokor, News, West Africa
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Tagged Ghana, IndepthAfrica, Jacob Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey, John Kufuor, Kufuor government, NPP, Sophia Akuffo, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, January 18, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Justice Richard Brunt Lussick of Samoa has been elected Presiding Judge of Trial Chamber II. He succeeds Justice Teresa Doherty, whose one-year term ended on 17 January 2012. Pursuant to … read more »
Posted in Miscellaneous, Press Releases
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Tagged Charles Taylor, Freetown, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Special Court, Special Court for Sierra Leone, Supreme Court of the United States
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Abuja – Nigeria’s Supreme Court threw out a challenge to President Goodluck Jonathan’s victory in April 16 elections, upholding the result and rejecting calls by the main opposition party for a recount in several parts of the country. Jonathan was … read more »
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