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Assa Nyakundi wins first round in murder case
The court noted that whereas it could have wished to grant the application by the DPP to discontinue the current proceedings, “the spirit of the law generally, and the Constitution in particular, must be upheld not only for the sanctity of the judicial system but also for the interest of the public
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Uganda: Gen Tumukunde's Trial Adjourned to June
Court on Wednesday declined to honour a request by lawyers representing Rtd Lt Gen Henry Tumukunde who wanted court to give state the last adjournment to complete its investigations in a treason case against their client, since he is a presidential aspirant, and any delay to prosecute him disrupts
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Source: allAfrica.com
Richards Bay man apologises for video of him and a friend 'catching a klap for our troubles'
A man recorded goading and getting into a tussle with a security guard at a Richards Bay liquor store has apologised, saying what transpired was "a result of frustration of this whole Covid
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Malawi: Top Court's Ruling Sets New Poll Standards
In its 142-page decision the seven judges in Malawi's Supreme Court of Appeal, among them the Chief Justice, Andrew Nyirenda, are unanimous in upholding the finding of the Constitutional Court: the May 2019 elections failed in their aim of 'duly electing' a new
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Malawi: HRDC, Church and Society Heightens Pressure On Mutharika to Stop Attacking Judges
Church and Society Program of the CCAP Synod of Livingstonia and firebrand Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) have, separately, faulted President Peter Mutharika for his continued attacks on the judiciary, particularly targeting the Malawi Supreme Court of Appeal for upholding the
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Source: allAfrica.com
(1987) Thurgood Marshall, “A Colorblind Society Remains an Aspiration”
On August 15, 1987 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke to a gathering of federal judges.  Reflecting on his two decades on the Court and particularly on recent affirmative action rulings by the High Court, Justice Marshall reminded his audience that the United States had not yet
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1987
Loving v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court, which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial
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(1857) Abraham Lincoln, “The Dred Scott Decision and Slavery,"
? The Dred Scott Decision handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1857 was supposed to end the decades-long debate about slavery in the United States.  It did just the opposite, inflaming passions particularly in the North.  In the follow speech, Abraham Lincoln, then a private citizen, p
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Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of
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Moment of truth approaches for GECOM Chair
As the recount of votes from the March 2nd general elections crawls along it must not be forgotten that what should have been an orderly process with a result within two or three days was obscenely overturned by the Returning Officer for District Four, Clairmont Mingo when he introduced numbers
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Malawi: From ACB Statements - How Malawi Judges Rejected K100m to Deliver Electoral Justice
In his statement, Justice Potani speaks of how Mpinganjira "desperately hunted for him for a meeting" which, he said, he dodged
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Source: allAfrica.com
State Supreme Court Delivers Key Ruling for Black Jurors in Capital Cases
Never before in North Carolina judicial history have trial judges taken accusations of racial discrimination against Black jurors seriously, if a White prosecutor had a Black juror struck from a prospective jury primarily on the basis of race through preemptory challenge – which is illegal – the
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Zimbabwe: High Court Sets Aside Currency Separation
The High Court has today declared invalid the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Exchange Control Directive
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Court orders NSSF to join Ngong Forest land case
The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) will now have to fight in court to keep a 1,000-acre-portion of Ngong Forest it bought from Ankhan Holdings — a company associated with Jonathan Moi, Sammy Boit Kogo and Hubert Nyambu Mwakibwa — as the Kenya Forest Service seeks to reclaim the prime
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Gayle questions FIFA as it moves to help Zimbabwe FA clear debt
Gayle questions FIFA as it moves to help Zimbabwe FA clear debt
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
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Savage, Augustus Alexander, “Gus” (1925 - )
Augustus Alexander Savage, later better known as “Gus”, was born in Detroit, Michigan, on October 30 1925. Savage attended public schools in Chicago and graduated from Wendell Phillips High School in 1943 before joining the United States Army. He served until 1946 before earning
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Zimbabwe: Ecocash Loses Agents Court Challenge Against RBZ
The High Court has thrown out a challenge by EcoCash seeking the restoration of thousands of agent lines terminated without notice by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for suspected illegal forex
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Source: allAfrica.com
Carter Center’s: ‘Even if ….
‘Even if pre-election and election day processes go well, a flawed vote count or vote tabulation can fatally undermine the integrity and credibility of the electoral process and decrease public confidence and public acceptance of the results’ (Carter Center Disappointed Not to Be Able to Return to
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Covid-19: 1,500 charged with breaking rules
In a statement, the Judiciary said it set up two temporary courts at the Kasarani Stadium to handle cases related to violation of Covid-19
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Biography: Idi Amin Dada, the Butcher of Uganda
Idi Amin Dada, who became known as the Butcher of Uganda for his brutal, despotic rule whilst president of Uganda in the 1970s, is possibly the most notorious of all Africas post-independence dictators. Amin seized power in a military coup in 1971 and ruled over Uganda for 8 years. Estimates for
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Dred Scott Timeline
In 1857, just a few years before the Emancipation Proclamation, a slave named Samuel Dred Scott lost a fight for his
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The 'risky business' of tracking Rwandan fugitive Felicien Kabuga
In 1997, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), an international court established by the United Nations Security Council to judge people responsible for the genocide, indicted Kabuga on seven criminal charges including
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Chamisa MPs call off Parly boycott
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Lagos coronavirus: 2,755 cases; patient delivers twins
Total cases = 2,755
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Fourth political party applies for registration
A new political entity — Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP) — has applied to the Electoral Commission of Jamaica (ECJ) to be registered as Jamaica's fourth political
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Communications Authority launches search for new chief
Communications Authority launches search for new chief
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Uganda: Sakwa - Victim's Family Disowns Apology
On Friday, a group of youth armed with placards and claiming to be family members of the deceased, Charles Isanga told journalists that they had forgiven the embattled
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Kenya: 1,500 People Charged With Violating COVID-19 Rules
In a statement, the Judiciary said it set up two temporary courts at the Kasarani Stadium to handle cases related to violation of Covid-19
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How Kenya ended up immortalising Jomo’s buddies
In the case of two other friends with origins in the State of Guyana, Ras Makonnen and Cecil Miller, President Jomo Kenyatta gave them Kenyan citizenship, jobs and facilitated their permanent settlement in the country, where he wanted them laid to rest when the time finally
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Jamaica: Church leader rejects demand for worshippers to masks
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Second string side out! - —No weakened side if England tour proceeds, says Skerritt
Day six: GECOM recounts 53 boxes - -timeline for discussion today
TT star Jamal Nicholas aims to go pro
Vryheid’s Lust woman stabbed to death by son-in-law
GECOM acknowledges that complaint was filed against Mingo declaration 
Essequibo T20 Bash Cricket Committee donates hampers
COVID-19 testing site launched at Merriman Mall
Boxing association delivers on promise
Rupununi’s Deep South villages fear harder rainy season with COVID restrictions - -some residents call for exemption from curfew 
King targets T20 World Cup - Batsman wants to display his talents on the global stage
Four Corentyne men on seven armed robbery charges
Civil Defence Commission issues flood warning
Player safety major consideration for CWI on England tour: Skerritt
GPSU disturbed by lack of action on low pay, poor conditions for nurses
Raina calls on BCCI to lift overseas T20 ban
Private sector writes GECOM about unfounded allegations made by party agents on elections
Making past PNC wrongs even more disgraceful now
New Zealand’s Super Rugby teams back in action from June
Two charged with attempted murder of Port Mourant vendor
Labourer chopped to death at Skull City
Brazil launches military operations to protect Amazon rainforest
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Venezuelan opposition advisers resign after failed operation to oust Maduro
No arrest yet in murder of Brazilian dredge owner - -dead bandit had been wanted over killing of another gold miner
Exited power as a laughing stock
Olympic champion Van der Breggen to retire after Tokyo Games
Hosein: T&T will suffer worst GDP in 40 years after COVID
Banking and customer distancing
China calls up three foreign-born players for first time
Port Mourant man caught with narcotics on $200,000 bail
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Digicel’s US$1.7-b debt restructuring deal amounts to default, says Moody’s
Remove the fraudulent Region 4 declarations from GECOM’s website
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