Nairobi, Kenya – The Kenya Union of Savings and Credit Co-operative Organisations (KUSCCO) has secured temporary relief after the High Court issued orders stopping the auction of its offices over a disputed Ksh.108.8 million claim. In a ruling delivered under a certificate of urgency, Justice Linus P. Kassan granted KUSCCO…
Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Sexual and gender-based violence has surged dramatically in Haiti in recent years, with women and girls increasingly targeted by brutal practices, medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Thursday. In a new report based on a decade of data and testimonies from its Pran Men’m clinic in…
Nairobi, Kenya – Sarah Wairimu Kamotho has moved to the High Court seeking to have her ongoing murder trial at the Kibera High Court declared a mistrial, citing what she describes as grave prosecutorial and judicial improprieties that have compromised her right to a fair trial. Wairimu, who is charged…
Nairobi, Kenya – The Supreme Court is expected to issue a landmark ruling today in the impeachment case of Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who was removed from office in October 2024. The decision could reshape the legal framework governing parliamentary impeachment processes and judicial oversight in Kenya. The Core…
London, UK – Former Nigerian oil minister and OPEC’s first female president, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has gone on trial in London, facing multiple counts of bribery. British prosecutors allege that she lived a life of luxury funded by bribes during her tenure as Nigeria’s oil minister between 2011 and 2015. Allegations…
The Hague, Netherlands – Rwanda has filed an arbitration case against the United Kingdom, claiming it is owed more than $130 million following the cancellation of a controversial asylum scheme. The case has been submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, with Kigali accusing London of breaching…
Seoul, South Korea – A South Korean court has sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee to 20 months in prison for accepting lavish gifts from the Unification Church, a controversial religious sect, while acquitting her of stock manipulation and campaign finance violations. The ruling, delivered on Wednesday by Judge…
Nairobi, Kenya – The High Court has dismissed a petition filed by survivors and families affected by the 1998 Nairobi bomb blast, ruling that the case lacked sufficient legal merit. The decision has reopened painful wounds for victims and families who have lived with trauma, injuries, and economic hardship for…
Zwolle, Netherlands – On Tuesday, a Dutch court sentenced Amanuel Walid, an Eritrean national, to 20 years in prison for running a human trafficking network that subjected migrants to torture and extortion while transporting them from Eritrea to Europe via Libya. Court Findings The presiding judge described Walid’s actions as…
Oslo, Norway – Prosecutors in Norway have charged an oil company and two of its executives for allegedly paying millions of dollars in bribes to Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso and his family, in a case that has drawn international attention to corruption in the energy sector. The…