Legal

Kenyan women were in the streets of Nairobi Tuesday in protest of motorbike taxi drivers who allegedly assaulted a woman last week.The protesters, organized by the Federation of Women Lawyers, gave the capital’s police chief a petition seeking assuranc...

TUNIS— Members of Tunisian caretaker Superior Council of the Judiciary took oath on Monday with the presence of President Kais Saied who ordered the reshuffle three weeks earlier.Presiding at the oath-taking ceremony, Saied said Tunisia “is working to ...

Namibia’s Supreme Court has ruled that a government ministry must reconsider a same-sex couple’s appeal for residence rights.Namibia Supreme Court Chief Justice Peter Shivute said Monday that the Ministry of Home Affairs should look again at an applica...

CAIRO– Nearly 100 female judges assumed office, at Egypt’s State Council for the first time in the country’s history, the Egyptian judiciary body announced yesterday.The 98 judges, who were sworn in on Saturday, were appointed last year, under a presid...

BLANTYRE, MALAWI — The United Nations and other humanitarian organizations in Malawi have launched a flash appeal for $29.4 million to provide assistance for...

BEIRUT– Lebanon and Algeria signed yesterday, two legal agreements, on the extradition of criminals and judicial cooperation in the criminal field.The agreements constitute “a fruitful beginning of cooperation, to boost ties between the two countries,”...

Ethnic Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh will not return to their home in neighboring Myanmar’s Rakhine state unless they are granted equal rights and freedom of movement, they said Thursday, days after the junta announced that it is preparing for their ...

The security of civilians in Mali has improved in recent years, but the country must remain vigilant, according to human rights experts.Alioune Tine, who was appointed in 2018 by the United Nations Human Rights Council to assist the Malian government i...