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The International Criminal Court prosecutor, Louis Moreno Ocampo, left Kenyans with a clear message - that The Hague process had officially begun. During his three-day visit, the ICC prosecutor ensured that the government understood what was to happen next as the ICC president in The Hague had appointed a three-judge bench to determine the fate of masterminds of the post-election violence. (AllAfrica)

The former head of the government office that controlled the Rwandan tea industry was today sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty by a United Nations tribunal over his role in the African country's 1994 genocide. (AllAfrica)

A former inmate of Kasapa central prison in Lubumbashi has claimed that rape and sexual abuse of female prisoners is widespread, leading to many women becoming pregnant and giving birth while in jail. (AllAfrica)

A majority of sixty-eight members of the Pan- African Parliament (PAP) have adopted the motion to exert pressure on the government of the Kingdom of Morocco to release the seven human rights activists that were "abducted upon their return from visiting their families in the Saharawi refugee camps." (AllAfrica)

International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo leaves on Saturday morning with the fate of Kenya's post-election violence suspects resting with judges at The Hague. (AllAfrica)

Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country's ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda's medicine imports. (AllAfrica)

Decorum was thrown to the wind yesterday as a debate on the "State of the Nation" gave way to chaos, pitting honourable members of the House of Representatives against one another. (AllAfrica)

Charles Taylor today accused Britain of transporting arms to Sierra Leone in violation of a United Nations arms embargo on the country, and of using him as a scapegoat by falsely accusing him of responsibility for the flow of arms into the country. Mr. Taylor also denied widespread press and investigative reports that the terrorist group, Al Qaeda, traded diamonds with Sierra Leonean rebels under his supervision in Liberia. (AllAfrica)

The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced today that the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, a former senior official of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who has been charged with war crimes, will begin in April 2010. (AllAfrica)

The son of Western Cape Judge President John Hlophe is to answer in court next year to charges that he defrauded people and businesses of more than R500 000 over two years. (AllAfrica)

The commission of inquiry set up by the Sokoto State government to probe the immediate past government of Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa has recommended that the former governor and some of his officials refund the sum of N2.9b to the state. "Let's meet in court," the indicted persons replied. But what are the people saying? (AllAfrica)

Two Fufa officials have been summoned by the Buganda Road Court to answer charges of embezzlement and causing financial loss to the tune of over Shs972m. (AllAfrica)

THE three FUFA officials accused of misappropriation of federation funds have been summoned to appear before the the Buganda Road Chief Magistrates Court on November 27. (AllAfrica)

A day-long workshop on the introduction of the High Court Amendment Rules 2009 to members of The Gambia Bar and judicial officials was yesterday held at the Kairaba Beach Hotel. (AllAfrica)

THE Attorney General's (AG) office in Sekondi, and the Kwesimintsim Police Command of the Ghana Police Service (GPS) are engaged in brawl over the decision by the former to take a unilateral decision to withdraw criminal charges leveled against five workers of the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), accused in a 'flying waybill deal'. A flying waybill simply means, presenting a receipt to mean that something has been received, whilst it is rather the opposite. (AllAfrica)

Journalists were on Friday harassed by security officers as they tried to interview International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo. Mr Moreno-Ocampo spent the better part of the day at the Nairobi National Park, but security officers would not allow journalists to speak to him. (AllAfrica)

A judge on Friday dismissed an application seeking to compel the Interim Independent Electoral Commission to produce ODM nomination papers for the South Mugirango seat. (AllAfrica)

A businessman dug out a case that was first filed in court by his father about four decades ago, and succeeded where the old man, now dead, failed. And as, from his determination, Mr Raphael Murigi may be celebrating his success, four other families are crying foul and do not know whom to turn to for help. (AllAfrica)

Pascal Gwezere, the MDC Transport Manager who was abducted at gunpoint from his house in Harare last Tuesday, has made another appearance in court. He first appeared in court last Saturday, four days after he went missing. He is being accused of undergoing military training in Uganda and stealing firearms from Pomona Army Barracks in Harare. He denies all the allegations. (AllAfrica)

The Kenyan government has failed to implement a fair and credible judicial process to try those accused of carrying out human rights violations, including possible crimes against humanity, during last year’s post-election violence, said Amnesty International. (AllAfrica)

A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released today. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control Bill could be taken up by Uganda's parliament shortly. (AllAfrica)

A report released on November 5, 2009 by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan reveals continuing human rights violations in Darfur and underscores the urgent need to reform Sudan's repressive national security law, Human Rights Watch said today. (AllAfrica)

Since the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor is not a Kenyan, it is imperative that he receive some education on the thinking in official circles that turned his visit to the country into a roaring success this week. (AllAfrica)

A MAJOR political battle between Zanu PF and the main MDC wing which could further destabilise the already unstable inclusive government is looming in parliament over the contentious Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill. The fight, coming at a time when the power struggle within the coalition government is intensifying necessitating the current regional diplomatic intervention, could fuel internal wrangling and widen cracks in the gradually crumbling arrangement. (AllAfrica)

WHETHER the Maputo talks bring some progress on the GPA issues or not, 29/11 will be a date worth remembering. Coming soon, Sunday, November 29 will mark the end of a lost decade. (AllAfrica)

Mrs. Nebu B. Jones, the State Counsel in the Babylon arson case at the Banjul High Court on Monday 2nd November submitted the State's reply to the preliminary objection raised by the defence counsel in the case against the State's application for a stay of proceedings in the case. (AllAfrica)

The Kanifing Magistrates Court, presided over by Magistrate B O Jobe, on Wednesday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one Abdou Jallow. (AllAfrica)

One Abdoulie Jawara, was recently brought before the Brikama Magistrates Court, presided over by Magistrate J A Effim, charged with assault causing actual bodily harm. (AllAfrica)

The Anti-Homosexuality Bill, now commonly known as 'Bahati Bill', would be oppressive and brutal if passed into law by Parliament, and assented to by the President.The Bill, vigorously promoted by Ndorwa West MP, David Bahati, seems to be putting homosexuality at the same level as murder and treason, which is preposterous. (AllAfrica)

State Prosecutors at the Attorney-General's Department yesterday failed to turn up before an Accra Financial Court to proceed with the trial of former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and NEPAD, Mr. Akwasi Osei-Adjei and the former Managing Director of the National Investment Bank (NIB), Mr. Daniel Charles Gyimah, for their alleged involvement in the importation of rice from India. (AllAfrica)

A FORMER Deputy Minister of Presidential Affairs and ex-Member of Parliament (MP) for Wenchi, Alhaji Moctar Bamba, has challenged anyone who accuses him of any form of financial misappropriation during his term as a Deputy Minister in the former administration, to take him to court. (AllAfrica)