Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The patron of Boda-Boda 2010 and also Rubaga NRM Chairman Abdalla Kitata and 11 other people on Tuesday appeared before the General Court Martial in Makindye where they faced charges of unlawful possession of firearms and military stores. However they all refused to plead to …
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Lagos, Nigeria | AFP | Hundreds of Boko Haram suspects were due back in court Monday to hear if they will be prosecuted, sentenced or released, as proceedings resumed at a military base in central Nigeria. The first major prosecutions of people arrested during the insurgency began last October, involving …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Court has cleared the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct Local Council Elections after settling the grievances raised by petitioners amicably. The electoral commission had scheduled to conduct the elections last year but a number of people petitioned court faulting the manner and circumstances under …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | A South African court on Friday convicted a self-styled prophet who sprayed his followers in the face with domestic insect killer as a supposed cure for illness. Lethebo Rabalago was found guilty on five charges of grievous assault and contravening chemicals laws for using “Doom”, …
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San Francisco, United States | AFP | Former Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick appeared tense and tentative as he took the witness stand Tuesday seeking to counter allegations that his company stole autonomous driving secrets from former Google car unit Waymo. A key witness in the blockbuster trade secrets case, Kalanick …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT & AFP | Reports from Nairobi indicate that Kenyan government critic Miguna Miguna was last night forced on a flight to Canada. Miguna Miguna’s lawyer John Khaminwa confirmed the development. Kenya’s official government newsroom tweeted soon after that ” Miguna is headed home. The court ordered he gets …
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Bamako, Mali | AFP | Mali’s Supreme Court has ordered the government to pay more than $48 million to a local military equipment firm, in a legal battle dating back to 2014 triggered by corruption allegations. The World Bank and IMF froze aid to Mali that year over state dealings …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | A Kenyan government critic appeared in court Tuesday to face charges related to the mock inauguration of the “people’s president” Raila Odinga, as the authorities barred 14 opposition leaders from leaving the country. Protestors and police clashed in the opposition’s stronghold of western Kenya, and …
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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | The murder trial of Pine car bond Proprietor Muhammad Ssebuufu kicked off Monday before the High court’s Criminal Division in Kampala. Ssebuufu is accused of torturing to death business woman Donah Betty Katusabe over failure to clear a nine million shillings debt, which was …
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Seoul, South Korea | AFP | A South Korean appeals court on Monday upheld Samsung heir Lee Jae-Yong’s bribery conviction but cut his prison sentence to a suspended term, ordering his immediate release. Lee, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, the world’s biggest smartphone and memory chip maker, was convicted of bribery …
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