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LONDON, UK | Xinhua | The United Kingdom (UK) High Court on Wednesday concluded its two-day hearing on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal against his extradition to the United States on espionage charges, but the judges said they would give their decision at a later date. Assange, 52, is wanted …

United Nations, US | Xinhua | UN humanitarians and partners issued a flash appeal worth 71.4 million U.S. dollars on Thursday to meet the urgent needs of Libyans suffering from devastating floods. The funds are for 250,000 people targeted out of the 884,000 people estimated to be in need over the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Supreme Court in Kampala has granted bail to Rajiv Kumar Sabharwal, the Director of Global Wire Industries, who is in Luzira serving a jail term of four years on charges of embezzlement. Rajiv was in 2020 charged in the Anti-Corruption Court on 53 …

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three Judges of the Court of Appeal have unanimously allowed an appeal by the Auditor General against the Soroti High Court ruling that quashed audit reports pinning the interdicted Soroti University Secretary, Ruth Achimo Etibot of procurement irregularities and Abuse of office. Achimo ran to …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court appeals chamber threw out an appeal by former LRA rebel commander Dominic Ongwen challenging the 25-year sentence. The Hague-based court last year convicted Ongwen and consequently sentenced him to 25 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity committed during the insurgency in Northern …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Director of Public Prosecutions Jane Frances Abodo has withdrawn an appeal challenging a decision by the Anti-Corruption Court that money laundering charges were maliciously instituted against lawyer Paul Wanyoto Mugoya. The notice communicating the withdraw of the appeal against Wanyoto and businessman Mugisha Patrick …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court Appeals Chamber has extended the deadline for Dominic Ongwen to file the notice of appeal and the appeal brief against the sentence of the Trial Chamber IX. ICC sentenced the former Sinia brigade commander under the Lord’s Resistance Army-LRA on May …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Operators of daycare centres and nursery schools have petitioned Speaker Rebecca Kadaga over the indefinite closure of the facilities saying government is unfair to both the operators and parents. The group under their umbrella body, Early Childhood Development Association of Uganda state that the …

Niamey, Niger | AFP | The UN refugee agency appealed on Wednesday for $157 million (126 million euros) to help over a quarter of a million people affected by the insurgency led by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The UNHCR, acting with more than 40 other agencies, said it …

Monrovia, Liberia | AFP | The parties of the Liberian presidential candidates who finished second and third in October 10 elections have lodged an appeal with the Supreme Court calling for a re-run of the vote. Incumbent Vice-President Joseph Boakai and veteran opposition leader Charles Brumskine brought the demand to …