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Embattled Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has moved to court to stop the impeachment process against
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Zimbabwe: Zim Doctors Haul Govt to Court Over Deplorable Conditions At Quarantine Centres
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) on Monday 1 June 2020 petitioned the High Court seeking an order to compel Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo to improve the deplorable conditions at some quarantine and isolation centres located across the country, which are housing
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SLAJ president speaks about the diffculties facing SLAJ amid COVID-19
In his address to members of SLAJ, the erudite President of the Association, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, congratulated members, more especially the surviving founding members, namely – Hon. Ibrahim Ben Kargbo (MP), Mrs. Bernadette Cole, Mr. Christo Johnson and
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Zimbabwe: Kasukuwere in Spirited Fight to Save Mazowe Farm From Govt Seizure
Exiled former minister Saviour Kasukuwere has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court challenging Lands Minister Perrance Shiri's decision to withdraw his offer letter for his Mazowe farm without giving him a chance to file
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George Floyd remembered at powerful memorial service in Minneapolis
One of the most powerful moments during the memorial service Thursday for George Floyd occurred near the end of the ceremony as attendees stood in silence for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, the amount of time that former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeled on
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Kenya: Mombasa High Court Stops Sdt Football Hearings
It is likely this year's Football Kenya Federation (FKF) polls will be determined by the courts other than the
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Zambia: After Seven Years, Displaced Villagers Might Get Land
Dozens of residents evicted by one commercial farmer in 2013 lived out in the open for months, then later in tents or shoddy housing on the fringes of a government forest reserve, with inadequate access to water and no source of livelihood or permission to cultivate
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Uganda: Total-Tullow Oil Sales Deal Awaits Cabinet Approval
Last month's French oil giant Total E&P acquisition of Anglo-Irish Tullow assets awaits Cabinet approval before it can be endorsed by government, the Ministry of Energy has
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Zimbabwe: MDC-T Wants Supreme Court to Rule On MPs
MDC-T has appealed to the Supreme Court challenging Monday's High Court decision to block it from replacing four legislators it recently recalled until their court application contesting the party's right to recall them has been
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Philadelphia Court Supervisor Fired After Saying that Black Lives Don't Matter to Him
Nationwide — Michael Henkel, a 61-year old man who worked as a Family Court supervisor in Philadelphia, has been fired from his job after being caught on camera causing a disturbance during a peaceful Black Lives Matter
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(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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Mozambique: Macomia - Terrorists Fall Into Army Ambush
Maputo — Some of the terrorists who attacked and briefly occupied the town of Macomia, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado on 28 May, fell into an ambush mounted by the defence and security forces at the Nova Zambezia village last Friday, according to a report in the independent
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High Court blocks Khupe from replacing recalled MPs
In a rare legal victory for the MDC Alliance, the High Court has ruled in favour of the two of the party’s legislators, who had approached the court seeking an order barring the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T and the House of Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda from replacing them as lawmakers after they
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Fans of Kenyan musician prevent burial under 'swift' COVID-19 rules
Hundreds of Kenyans defied tear gas and riot police last Friday (June 12) to prevent the swift burial of popular musician Abenny Jachiga in the western city of
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High Court hearings remain suspended for next month
As part of its measures to safeguard its staff, attorneys and the public against COVID-19, the High Court on Wednesday released updated practice directions that advised, among other things, that all physical hearings before it and the Court of Appeal would remain suspended for the next month unless
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KRA takes Ndii to court in Sh2.8 million tax row
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Dr Sylvia Blyden has been rearrested and detained
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Serial rapist sentenced to 15 life sentence plus 30 additional years
Herman Harker, who the police termed a serial rapist, was sentenced for four counts of abduction and sexual
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300 Trinidadians stuck on cruise ship off Barbados
(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Stuart Young says over 300 nationals stuck on a ship off Barbados will be allowed to come home if the cruise ship company agrees to quarantine them at sea off Trinidad and
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Uganda: Court Suspends Lawyer for 16 Months Over Client's Money
The High Court has upheld the decision by Uganda Law Council to suspend prominent lawyer Geoffrey Nangumya from practice for 16 months and get him to refund client's money he recovered and used for personal
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Crackdown soon on communication from prisoners, says Chang
Speaking with the Observer last Friday, Dr Chang said while he did not know the specifics of the Red Hills Road situation, changes were being made across the prison system which will effectively cramp the efforts of inmates to communicate with their cronies on the
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Malawi: Macra Under Fire for Threatening Private Broadcasters - Times, Mibawa and Zodiak
Malawi Regulatory Communications Authority (Macra) has threatened to shut down three powerful private broadcasters in the country for allegedly violating their broadcasting licence agreement during the ongoing campaign ahead of fresh presidential elections, a warning which has been rebuked by
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Trinidad: Apologies from businessmen after racist posts
(Trinidad Guardian) Advertising executive Dennis Ramdeen yesterday apologised for a series of social media posts by his
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5 Key Events in Affirmative Action History
Affirmative action, also know as equal opportunity, is a federal agenda designed to counteract historic discrimination faced by ethnic minorities, women and other underrepresented groups. To foster diversity and compensate for the ways such groups have historically been excluded, institutions with
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'There's no corona!' - Denial a major obstacle in fight against coronavirus in DR Congo
On 20 May, the official committee to fight the coronavirus said three of its workers were threatened at knifepoint, part of what the government last Friday described as "rising cases" of abuse of virus
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Sophia’s dream comes true - Three years after woman makes wish, Sanmerna delivers wheelchair
Three years ago, Waterhouse resident Sophia Sutherland requested a motorised wheelchair to help her to get around the
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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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Kenya: Ex-City Hall Finance Chief Losses Bid to Stop EACC From Tabling Evidence
Mr Osiro, who served in Governor Evans Kidero's administration, said the order that allowed detectives access information concerning his bank statements, account opening documents, cheques, deposit slips and payment vouchers was made by an incompetent
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South Africa: COVID-19 Restrictions On Personal Care Industry to Stay for Now As DA Court Bid Postponed
The DA's application to the Western Cape High Court to challenge the prohibition on the personal care industry, which includes hairdressers and beauticians, was postponed on
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