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Swiss authorities yesterday convicted Abba, one of the sons of the late military dictator, General Sani Abacha, for graft and ordered $350 million worth of assets to be seized from him. (AllAfrica)

Global opposition is growing to the "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" recently proposed in Uganda, which would introduce the death penalty for homosexual activity. (AllAfrica)

The draft constitution cobbled together by the Committee of Experts is now public. But the question is if it will ultimately be the graveyard for Kenyan politicians. Will the politicians, as usual, derail the country's quest for a new constitution and consequently a reconstituted state? (AllAfrica)

The United Nations has welcomed the recent arrest in Germany of top leaders of the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR), and urged other nations to follow suit. (AllAfrica)

A UN court, the ICTR has acquitted a Catholic priest charged with genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. (AllAfrica)

Lawyer Antouman Gaye, the defence counsel for the 28 accused persons in the Babylon case before the special criminal division of the High Court, on Wednesday 18 November, applied for bail on behalf of his clients before Justice Moses Richards of the Banjul High Court. (AllAfrica)

Assistant Superintendent Goganang Pule has expressed concern over the high rate of maintenance cases reported against men in Selebi-Phikwe. (AllAfrica)

The suspect, who nearly landed some police personnel in a bloody clash with other colleagues on Wednesday, Kofi Boateng has been remanded into police custody for further investigations. This was when he appeared before an Accra Circuit Court, where he is facing charges of fraud, conspiracy and issuance of dud cheque. He is to reappear on November 23, 2009. (AllAfrica)

A Tema High Court presided over by Her Lordship Elizabeth Ankomah has sentenced one Adjartey Ngmlikiti, aka Kwasi Wayo, who claims to be a chief of Heowe in Doryumu, near Dodowa, in the Greater Accra region, to a one week imprisonment for contempt of court (AllAfrica)

Power in Kenya will be divided between a president and a prime minister under the new constitution. The draft, unlike the current law, is clear on the authority of the President and the PM. (AllAfrica)

A top official from the mainstream MDC on Thursday said there were doubts Robert Mugabe would implement the Global Political Agreement, even if party negotiators manage to strike a deal. (AllAfrica)

Nine former rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) last week surrendered to the Congolese army, bringing the total number of defectors in the last five months to 51. (AllAfrica)

The former chairman of the All Nigerian Peoples Party in Bauchi State, Alhaji Sani Shehu, has been expunged from the party by the state chapter of the party for alleged stealing of party funds which runs into millions of naira and allegedly conducting himself against the party constitution. (AllAfrica)

Six police officers were convicted on Tuesday, this week, by an Accra Circuit Court for robbing a businessman of various sums of money, and were sentenced to 20 years imprisonment each. (AllAfrica)

The former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Infrastructure, Vincent Gatwabuyege, was yesterday sentenced to three years in prison for embezzling state funds. (AllAfrica)

Charles Taylor was "not honest" with the United Nations Panel of Experts set up to investigate his alleged dealings with Sierra Leonean rebels, prosecutors told the Special Court for Sierra Leone today during cross-examination of the accused former Liberian president. (AllAfrica)

The government plans to deploy more security officers in the Mau forest amid threats by local politicians to lead evicted settlers back into the forest. (AllAfrica)

African countries have been urged to support the International Criminal Court to promote justice and peace. (AllAfrica)

Lawyers for MDC Treasurer General Roy Bennett on Thursday accused the police of pulling a 'PR stunt' by displaying weapons in court unrelated to his case, saying they are trying to whip up public sentiment against him. (AllAfrica)

Nigerian footballers under the auspices of the Nigerian Footballers Union have called on the Federal government of Nigeria to urgently intervene in the case Al-Merreikh player and former Enyimba FC star, Stephen Worgu who was recently charged with alcoholic consumption in Sudan and has been sentenced to 40 lashes of the cane. (AllAfrica)

The grandfather of two-year-old Randoline Fortune, who was raped and murdered, allegedly by a neighbour, has testified to the bruises on her naked body in the last moments he saw the little girl alive. (AllAfrica)

Lead prosecutor and American lawyer Brenda Hollis Thursday bombarded former president Charles Taylor with series of unstoppable questions regarding alleged atrocities of one of his Generals - General Coocoo Dennis. (AllAfrica)

Retrieval of state owned vehicles from ex-Ministers and other former government officials in the immediate past New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration became a topical issue in Parliament yesterday, when deputy Minister of Information, Agyenim Boateng appeared in the House on behalf of Zita Okaikoi, the substantive Information Minister, to answer questions pertaining to his Ministry. (AllAfrica)

The proposed amendments to the Land Act have divided MPs from Buganda region, forcing many to stay away from Parliament where the matter is currently being debated. (AllAfrica)

The Vice Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Professor Is-haq Oloyede, has canvassed for the collaboration of African Universities, Research institutes as well as the industries for better development of the continent. (AllAfrica)

A BITTER dispute between the widow and the former lawyer of the late German extradition target Hans Jurgen Koch made a return to the High Court this week, with Koch's widow scoring a courtroom win against her late husband's former attorney. (AllAfrica)

One Saul Ndure, a resident of Sanchaba Sulay Jobe, was recently, acquitted and discharged by the Bundung Magistrates Court, presided over by Magistrate Lamin George. (AllAfrica)

The Kanifing Magistrates Court, presided over by Magistrate BO Jobe, on Wednesday, issued a bench warrant for the arrest of one Lamin Jonga. (AllAfrica)

One Chambo Manneh, was recently arraigned before Principal Magistrate Kayode Olajubutu, of the Bundung Magistrates Court, charged with two counts of threatening violence and willful damage to property. (AllAfrica)

Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Court in Banjul has called on defence counsel, Kebba Sanyang, to file brief in the matter involving one Ebrima Johm who is standing trial for rape. (AllAfrica)

The government has been given thumbs up for its plan to formulate a framework that will guide the oil industry in accordance with the demands of Extractive Industry Transparency Initiatives (EITI) principles. (AllAfrica)