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CONTROVERSIAL former Department of Justice director-general Menzi Simelane was yesterday appointed new head of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), prompting dismay in political and legal circles. (AllAfrica)

Ministers, heads of departments and chief executives of parastatals who fail to satisfactorily implement the budget by the end of the forthcoming fiscal year deserve to be penalised. (AllAfrica)

THE National Society for Human Rights is poised to approach the High Court for an urgent interdict forcing the Electoral Commission of Namibia to stop banning them as election observers. (AllAfrica)

The request today by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to the court's judges to open a Kenya investigation is a decisive step toward justice for the country's 2007 post-election violence, Human Rights Watch said. The move comes after more than a year of inaction by Kenya's authorities on national prosecutions. (AllAfrica)

In more than 34 years as a judge, he has not been as deeply concerned by anything as he was by the recent comment of a South African deputy minister of police that police officers should shoot and "kill the bastards". (AllAfrica)

Charles Taylor today admitted that he sent his Chief of Protocol to accompany a Sierra Leonean rebel commander to Burkina Faso in 1998 but denied that he helped him transport arms and ammunition through Liberia for use by rebel forces in Sierra Leone. (AllAfrica)

The Nigerian government has not brought a single prosecution or even begun investigations a year after Nigerian policemen and soldiers killed more than 130 civilians in responding to deadly sectarian clashes in the central Nigerian city of Jos, Human Rights Watch said today. (AllAfrica)

The trial of Roy Bennett, the MDC senior official accused of trying to overthrow the Mugabe regime, continued on Wednesday with the cross examination of another state witness, Superintendent Arnold Zorodzai Dhliwayo. (AllAfrica)

UNITED Nations Children's Funds (UNICEF) has lamented the fate of children in the country, stating that the only genuine way of showing commitment towards their protection was passing into law, the Child Right Bill by the various State governments. (AllAfrica)

The Senate, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties and the Academic Staff Union of Universities were unanimous that the proposed 2010 budget fell short of the people's expectations. (AllAfrica)

WHEN he was director-general of the Department of Justice, Menzi Simelane expressed a very different view of his new role as national director of public prosecutions than his predecessor, Vusi Pikoli. (AllAfrica)

More than 300 former combatants in Darfur, including women and disabled persons, have participated in a three-day discharge programme organized by the Government of Sudan with support from the joint African Union-United Nations mission in Darfur. (AllAfrica)

A seven-year jail sentence is the penalty that will be handed down to landlords or any individual who attempts to evict, evicts or participates in the eviction of tenants. (AllAfrica)

The government is pushing for land law reforms as contained in the Land Amendment Bill 2007 to avoid "a major war" from taking place between landlords and tenants, Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi has said. (AllAfrica)

THE Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) yesterday commenced the South West version of first admiralty seminar for judges with a view to updating the knowledge of the Nigerian judges on admiralty matters. (AllAfrica)

Justice Moses Richards of the special criminal court in Banjul yesterday, Monday 23, 2009, convicted and sentenced one Newton Nefe after he was found guilty of the criminal offence of attempted robbery, contrary to section 274 of the criminal code. (AllAfrica)

The other day, I switched on one of our TV channels in order to watch the news. And on came this footage about a prominent Nigerian who is currently standing trial for allegedly embezzling billions of Naira of public funds. The camera focused on him smiling broadly like a popular politician who has just been declared winner in a most keenly contested election that was free and fair. You would not think this was rather a potential candidate for jail. (AllAfrica)

A 40-year old meat seller, Saidi Akanbi, was yesterday arraigned for allegedly stabbing a spare parts dealer. Akanbi, who pleaded not guilty, is facing two-count charge of assault and threat to life at an Ejigbo Magistrate's Court in Lagos. The Prosecutor, Cpl. Oladejo Balogun, told the court that the accused assaulted one Jacob Orie by stabbing him on the hand with a knife. (AllAfrica)

Former Bank of Tanzania (BoT) director personnel and administration Amatus Liyumba was a key coordinator in the twin tower project, the Kisutu resident magistrate court heard yesterday. (AllAfrica)

Lawyers from the East African region will meet in Kigali, Rwanda, next Friday and Saturday to discuss regional integration. (AllAfrica)

Congolese musician Nguza Mbangu 'Viking' and his three sons have advanced 15 reasons why the Court of Appeal should set them free after they were sentenced to life imprisonment in 2004. (AllAfrica)

The Parliamentary Committee on Land, Environment, Natural Resources and Tourism, has started probing the controversial eviction of pastoralists from Loliondo Game Controlled area early this year. (AllAfrica)

Three men caught for allegedly stealing and forging a cheque belonging to the Senate President David Mark have been arraigned before a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja. (AllAfrica)

Super Eagles coach, Amodu Shaibu, has threatened to sue an Abuja-based weekly newspaper, AbujaToday, unless the paper retracts what he termed "defamatory publication" against his person. (AllAfrica)

Activities at the Delta State Legislature were brought to a halt yesterday following a work-to-rule by staff over unpaid allowances. (AllAfrica)

The Ondo State House of Assembly and the state Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko, are at loggerheads again. This time, the executive and the legislative arms of government are disagreeing over the N27 billion supplementary appropriation bill currently before the lawmakers. (AllAfrica)

Three persons who allegedly stole a cheque belonging to Senate President, David Mark, were yesterday arraigned before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). They were charged with theft and forgery. (AllAfrica)

Pension Fund Assets have hit N1.3 trillion, Mr. Ahmed Dauda, Head of Research and Corporate Strategy, National Pension Commission (PenCom) said on Tuesday. (AllAfrica)

The problems of the Niger Delta are Marginalization, lack of infrastructural development and lack of political space. These problems gave rise to youth militancy. The federal Government is in a hurry to stop the militancy for each immediate gains of increased oil production but appear not to be equally eager to address the real problems of Niger Delta. (AllAfrica)

Plateau State police command has warned members of the public against remembering their loved ones who died during last year's November 27 Jos crisis. (AllAfrica)

THE corruption trial of former police commissioner Jackie Selebi has been delayed until next Tuesday to allow State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele 's advocate to get further instructions. (AllAfrica)