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Charles Taylor today told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges that he received money from both Taiwan and Libya as contributions to his campaign to become president of Liberia in 1997. (AllAfrica)

UN' secretary general's special envoy on AIDS in Africa Elizabeth Mataka cautions Uganda against a proposed bill on HIV/AIDS.This during a news conference in Kampala. (AllAfrica)

A scathing new report issued by the London-based environment and governance watchdog Platform has put government and oil companies under fire. Revealing for the first time one of the production sharing agreements (PSAs) between Heritage and the government, Platform's analysis reveals that, contrary to oil company and government executives' claims that the state would get up to 80% of oil revenues, internal figures reveal that the state will actually take in between 67%-74%. Platform's own analysis puts the government take even lower at a potential 47.4% - 79.5%, depending on a variety of external factors (price of oil, developmental costs, etc). (AllAfrica)

Today, on 2 December 2009, Judge Akua Kuenyehia, Presiding Judge of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), delivered a summary of the judgment reversing the decision of Pre-Trial Chamber II that had granted the request of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo for interim release, albeit under conditions. (AllAfrica)

The Minister of Finance, Augustine Nganfuan has announced in Monrovia that an international investment group, the Hamsah Investments Limited and Wall Capital Limited has sued the Liberian Government in a British High Court in London for a Summary Judgment to enforce a 2002 New York judgment for over US$ 20million. (AllAfrica)

A motion seeking to debate the health situation of President Umaru Musa Yar'adua on the floor of the Senate was voted down yesterday by the upper legislative chamber. (AllAfrica)

Principal state counsel, Merley Wood, last Friday, left The Gambia for her home country, Ghana, after a four-year stint at the Justice Department. (AllAfrica)

More than 70 youths armed with crude weapons on Tuesday raided Sheriani village in Kikambala and demolished more than 15 houses leaving hundreds in the cold. (AllAfrica)

A car snatching syndicate, comprising of a motor dealer, an ex convict and two others suspected to be specialists in stolen vehicle in kwara state and its environs were yesterday paraded by the Kwara state Police command. (AllAfrica)

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced the setting up of a National Standard Board to curb the proliferation of substandard goods including food, cosmetic, insecticide on the local market. (AllAfrica)

Public Works Minister Attorney Samuel Kofi Woods, II warned government contracted firms on infrastructure-related projects that there will be no compromise for non-compliance to the terms of these contracts. (AllAfrica)

The Joe Karpeh Civil Rights Institute, a not-for-profit and 's first civil rights organization said government lacks specialized legal institutions. (AllAfrica)

MARY looks down at the floor while she is speaking, her big brown eyes focused on the pattern of the linoleum, her voice a low monotone that almost betrays no emotion. (AllAfrica)

The Police yesterday deployed heavily and ensured Democratic Party spokesperson Betty Nambooze's return from South Africa was not the celebration it was anticipated to be. (AllAfrica)

ALLEGED child killer Ernestus Aibeb, who is accused of murdering three people - including two small children - and also killing an unborn baby in a stabbing and arson rampage that shocked Outjo in May, has made a first appearance in the High Court in Windhoek. (AllAfrica)

I have been wondering what in military parlance and war tradition, it would mean for a private to single-handedly slay a general on the battlefield. Would one be promoted from private to, say, Captain; Major; Lieutenant Colonel or Brigadier? (AllAfrica)

After spending the N1 billion provided in the 2009 budget without making any headway, the National Assembly is to get an additional N1 billion for Constitution review exercise in the 2010 budget. (AllAfrica)

I am deeply in shock to see that the cordiality existing between the senate and the House of Representatives has given way to a situation of mutual suspicion and antagonism even to the detriment of time-honoured traditions and conventions of our fledging democracy. (AllAfrica)

The N4.07 trillion 2010 Federal budget laid before the National Assembly last week has been read a second time in the Senate with completion of debate on general principles of the bill by senators. (AllAfrica)

A 38-year-old court official yesterday at an Abuja magistrate court denied ever asking a former governor of Sokoto State to give him N2 million.The official, Jafaru Ahmadu, who works at the Court of Appeal Kaduna State, pleaded not guilty to allegations that he introduced himself as Justice Mukthar of the Federal Court of Appeal Lagos and also demanded for N2 million from ex governor Attahiru Bafarawa. (AllAfrica)

An Abuja Area Court judge was recently informed of how one Private David John of Mogadishu Cantonment lost his leg in an accident.Prosecutor Amby Ayuba told the court that a tipper driver, Tony Onobuwa, allegedly drove his truck recklessly on November 15 along Murtala Muhammad Way and rammed into an unregistered motorcycle ridden by the soldier. (AllAfrica)

A 19-year-old boy has been sentenced to four months imprisonment by an Area Court for stealing from two ladies apartments. The accused, Odinaka Nnaji was jailed for jointly breaking into Roseline Okocha and Halima Umar's apartments at Area 'F' Nyanya, Abuja, and stealing three bags containing items. (AllAfrica)

A 25-year-old business lady was recently arraigned before an Area Court for alleged breach of trust, which is contrary to Section 312 of the Penal Code Law. (AllAfrica)

THE chief engineer at the works and transport ministry, who was charged with causing a financial loss of sh1.6b, has been remanded to Luzira Prison. (AllAfrica)

THE Uganda North American Association (UNAA) president has said the dual citizenship law is insufficient and will not serve the diverse interests of Ugandans in the diaspora. (AllAfrica)

The Principal Magistrate EA Amadi of Brikama Magistrates court, on November 23rd convicted and sentenced one Sedat Camara to pay a fine of D10,000 in default to serve a prison term of 3 years respectively on both two counts of criminal offence filed in by the state. (AllAfrica)

The criminal trial of one Sara Camara resumed yesterday before justice Moses Richards of the special criminal court in Banjul . (AllAfrica)

The criminal trial of two suspects, Modou Sanneh and Ebou Cham standing trial on robbery charge before justice Moses Richards of the special criminal court in Banjul resumed yesterday. (AllAfrica)

Samsiden Jobe, a youth residing in Brikama was on Monday 18th November 2009 arraigned before Magistrate E.A Amad of the Brikama Magistrates Court, charged with assault. (AllAfrica)

The criminal trial of Fatou Tamba resumed yesterday, Monday, November 17 2009 before justice Moses Richards of the special criminal court in Banjul. (AllAfrica)

The ongoing case of Congolese rebel leader Laurent Nkunda will come before Rwanda's Supreme Court, Mr Nkunda's lawyer said Tuesday. (AllAfrica)