The High Court has granted the Attorney General additional time to file responses in a petition brought forward by the Rastafari Society of Kenya (RSK). The case, which seeks to challenge laws criminalising marijuana use, had been scheduled for hearing today but was adjourned following a request from state counsel.…
Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Ndung’u Waititu has informed a Nairobi court that he has secured a bank guarantor in his corruption-related case, for which he is currently serving a sentence at Kamiti Maximum Prison. Appearing before Trial Magistrate Rose Ndobi on Tuesday during the mention of his separate hate-speech case,…
The legal battle between Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Kylian Mbappé intensified on Monday, with both parties presenting staggering financial claims in an industrial court. Mbappé, who did not attend the hearing, is demanding over €260 million ($283 million) from PSG. He argues that his fixed-term contract should be reclassified as…
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is calling for the maximum penalty life imprisonment for Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, widely known as Ali Kushayb, a former commander of Sudan’s infamous Janjaweed militia. Prosecutors allege that Abd-Al-Rahman orchestrated a campaign of massacres, rapes, and village burnings in Darfur more than two decades…
Armed assailants attacked a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria before dawn on Monday, abducting 25 schoolgirls and killing at least one staff member, authorities reported. The incident occurred at the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Maga, Danko-Wasagu area of Kebbi State, with no group immediately claiming responsibility. The motivation…
Police in Kisumu Central Sub-county have arrested Kibuye Market chairlady Judith Matengo, widely known as Nyaramba, after a viral video surfaced showing her assaulting two female traders with a wooden rod. Matengo was taken into custody on Monday night while hiding within the market, hours after the footage triggered widespread…
A Singapore court has charged 26-year-old Australian Johnson Wen with being a public nuisance after he grabbed singer and actress Ariana Grande during the premiere of Wicked: For Good on Thursday, November 13, 2025. Video footage captured Wen jumping over a barricade at Universal Studios Singapore and rushing toward Grande…
The highly contested national police recruitment scheduled for Monday is now set to move forward after the High Court on Friday temporarily lifted the conservatory orders that had earlier halted the process. Justice Bahati Mwamuye suspended the orders issued on November 10, 2025, restoring the situation that existed before the…
The Harare Provincial Magistrate’s Court on Thursday sentenced Robert Mugabe Jr., son of Zimbabwe’s late president, for possession of marijuana. Mugabe, 33, appeared before Magistrate Lisa Mutendereki and pleaded guilty to illegally possessing two grams of the drug. During his plea, Mugabe requested leniency, describing himself as a first-time offender,…
Mali is witnessing a sharp escalation in insecurity as jihadist groups carry out an unprecedented wave of kidnappings targeting foreigners. Data from the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) indicates that between May and October 2025, at least 22 to 26 foreign nationals were abducted the highest number…