When Malawi’s President Lazarus Chakwera appointed a new director general to lead the country’s troubled immigration department, the decision sparked a dispute over the appointee’s suitability. The department deals with issuing passports as well as with immigration,...
Law teachers at Uganda’s Makerere University have taken a brave step: in the name of academic freedom, they have declared their unanimous support for colleagues who set a controversial constitutional law exam. The paper requires students to think critically about...
Sometimes complex litigation can mask a powerful human drama. The case of Argentum Exploration against South Africa is just such a tale. Behind arcane argument in the UK courts about whether SA had to pay salvage costs to Argentum for …Share this:Click to share...
A JUDGE who did the unthinkable and flounced out of a formal court sitting, apparently irritated with counsel’s line of questioning, should have agreed to stand down when an application was subsequently brought for his recusal, the supreme court of …Share...
For what was almost certainly the first time in their lives, judges from across Africa have been hearing what advocates specialising in human rights work expect from them. The 20 judges, from 11 African countries, met last week for training …Share this:Click to...
