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Mozambique’s Constitutional Council has declared Daniel Francisco Chapo the winner of the disputed October presidential election, despite acknowledging irregularities. Chapo secured 65.17% of the vote, ensuring another term for…

Ghana's Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed two separate cases challenging the legality of one of Africa's most restrictive pieces of anti-LGBT legislation, paving the way for the president to sign it into law. The West African nation's…

A court in Namibia on Friday granted two opposition parties the right to inspect material from the country’s recent disputed election. They have claimed there were irregularities in the presidential and parliamentary polls held on 27…

Zambia’s Constitutional Court has ruled that former President Edgar Lungu is ineligible to stand for re-election in 2026, citing constitutional limits on presidential terms. The court determined that Lungu, 68, has already served the…

Rwanda stands accused of backing the M23 group, a rebel military group which has carried out atrocities against civilians in the conflict-torn region of North Kivu, located in the eastern DRC. The DRC's Deputy Minister of Justice and…

A law prohibiting abortion services for women raped by their husbands and girls under the age of 18 is unconstitutional, Zimbabwe’s High Court has ruled. In his ruling handed down on November 22nd and made public this week, Judge Maxwell…

A Brussels appeals court has ruled that the Belgian state committed a crime against humanity in the case of five mixed-race women who were taken away from their Black mothers in infancy in a landmark case addressing the nation's colonial…

Ghana’s Supreme Court delivered a pivotal ruling, declaring that the Speaker of Parliament’s decision to declare four parliamentary seats vacant was unconstitutional. This ruling restores the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) majority in the…

The Chief Justice of Nigeria, Honourable Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun has pledged her commitment to support the ECOWAS Court of Justice in achieving its mandate as a Community Court. Justice Kekere-Ekun made the commitment when the…

A high court in Kenya has giving the green light for a new deputy president to take office despite a continuing court case challenging the impeachment of the previous deputy president. The three-judge High Court in Nairobi set aside…