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Men impregnating girls should be severely punished: Ugandan activists

The Ugandan government should severely punish all men impregnating girls to make

Top Zimbabwean author gets suspended sentence, fine over protest

A Zimbabwe court Thursday found award-winning novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga guilty of "inciting

The ICC was never set up against Africans, says Hofmanski

Piotr Jozef Hofmanski, the president of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has

International Criminal Court not targeting Africans — Piotr Hofmanski

Needed to do more, especially with the adaptation of the Rome Status

Africans Use UN Platform to Pile Pressure on US Over Zimbabwe Sanctions

The 77th United Nations General Assembly has provided a perfect platform for African

Equatorial Guinea abolishes death penalty

The death penalty has been abolished in Equatorial Guinea, according to a

Rights activists slam Tunisia plans to jail people spreading ‘false news’

Chapter 24 of the Information and Communication Crimes Law, which was issued

Court Orders Re-trial of Man Serving 20 Years in Jail For Defiling Step-daughter

A case where a man was charged with multiple sexual offences and

Nigeria signs new law to boost inheritance of women

A new measure has been signed into law in southern Nigeria’s Rivers

Senzo Meyiwa trial: Tumelo Madlala contradicts himself on the stand

Tumelo Madlala, the state’s third witness, contradicted himself about when and where