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 Mauritania formally adopted the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women in 2001, but in the eight years since, it has had limited effect on the status of women. (AllAfrica)

Liberia's Poverty Reduction programs and HICP (Highly Indebted Poor Countries) initiative would be jeopardized should it lose a US$20m debt case filed in a London High Court against the country, Finance Minister Augustine Ngafaun said Thursday. (AllAfrica)

Failure by African Union officials to account for millions of dollars for Somalia operations has dried up payments for the 4,500 peace-keeping troops after upset donors abruptly halted disbursements. (AllAfrica)

Outside an imposing residence in Runda, an upscale residential area in Nairobi, Kenya, two men in black-and-orange uniforms stand guard. They work for Group 4 Security, a private security firm. A few feet away a patrol car idles. Its radio communication systems are patched into an alarm centre in the city and to an identical car parked near a police station two miles away. The patrol cars are there to ensure the police respond as soon as an alarm is raised. (AllAfrica)

In July 2008 Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced his intention to prosecute President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan for human rights violations related to the conflict in that country's Darfur region. Less than a year later, on 3 March 2009, ICC judges confirmed that an arrest warrant had been issued for President Bashir on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes. (AllAfrica)

A South African court has ordered the government to protect the land rights of its citizens in Zimbabwe, as well as to respect the rulings of the human rights court of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). (AllAfrica)

A RULING in the North Gauteng High Court yesterday paved the way for the signing today of a historic bilateral investment protection treaty between Zimbabwe and SA. (AllAfrica)

Charles Taylor helped three major Sierra Leonean rebel commanders to reconcile their differences but such reconciliation was not for purposes of a military takeover of the country, the accused former Liberian president told Special Court for Sierra Leone judges today in The Hague. (AllAfrica)

The government breathed a huge sigh of relief yesterday as Parliament finally passed the controversial Land (Amendment) Bill 2007. (AllAfrica)

The indictment of key post-election violence suspects drew closer on Thursday after International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo asked for the go-ahead to start investigations. (AllAfrica)

In our editorial of our 25th November Issue we reported that we will do further investigation on the reports of the arrests of the Ex Chief of Defence Staff, Lang Tombong Tamba; The Ex Director General of the NIA, Modou Lamin Badjie; Ex Deputy Inspector General of Police, Momodou Gaye; Ex Lt Colonel, Kawsu Camara;Mr Lie Joof and Mr. Kebba Touray. The list of those reported to be in custody is growing. It includes former Minister and National mobiliser of the APRC, Yankuba Touray. (AllAfrica)

Suspected RDP housing fraudster Bafana Ntuli is expected to appear before the Alberton Magistrates court on Friday. (AllAfrica)

A snap survey by this newspaper amongst Members of Parliament shows that the Land Bill will pass if put to the vote in the House, the strong opposition to it notwithstanding. (AllAfrica)

A FAILURE to deliver an outstanding judgement in good time is as much an abuse by a judge as beating a spouse would be, a retired South African Constitutional Court judge said in Windhoek on Friday. (AllAfrica)

The Liberian Muslim Community is apparently embroiled in a scandal, with some Legislators allegedly linked, resulting into the deportation of Several Liberian Muslim members from the ongoing Hajj in Saudi Arabia. (AllAfrica)

The alleged killers of Keith Jubah, chair of the Government's Public Procurement and Concession Commission (PPCC), should be hanged if found guilty to set a precedent, legislators from Bong County (late Juba's home County) who attended his funeral have demanded. (AllAfrica)

The Police chief Marc Amblard says it is finding it difficult to investigate rape cases and bring defendants to justice. (AllAfrica)

Imo State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it apprehended 1,350 road traffic offenders for committing 1,411 offences this year. (AllAfrica)

The Anglican Church has asked for the removal of the Kadhi courts from the harmonised draft constitution, saying it amounts to "the elevation of one religion over the rest." (AllAfrica)

The government will assist the families of nine inmates who succumbed to Cholera at Kamiti prison in funeral and burial arrangements. (AllAfrica)

Employers are opposed to a section of the draft constitution, but have generally termed it as a good document for Kenya. (AllAfrica)

When Dr PLO Lumumba penned his 76-page book on the rot in Kenya politics, little did he know he would be the man slated to take over the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission and bring "political hygiene" to this "highly political society." (AllAfrica)

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)