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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |The High Court in Kampala has declined to issue orders to exhume the body of the late Ivan Ssemwanga to retrive currency noted said to have been buried with him as asked by a concerned citizen a one Abey Mgugu. This is after presiding judge …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Parents of a nursery and primary school in Munyonyo Kampala, (Mild Care parents’ school) have gone to court seeking restraining orders against the directors of the said school, from re-opening for third term due to corporal punishment that is subjected to their children. The parents …

Mumbai, India | AFP | A 13-year-old rape survivor who was allowed to terminate a late pregnancy by India’s Supreme Court has given birth to a pre-term baby boy, a doctor said Friday. The teenager was 32 weeks pregnant, well beyond India’s 20-week legal limit after which terminations are only allowed …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  Prosecution handling the murder case of the 20 people suspected to have killed former AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi, his body guard Kenneth Erau and driver Godfrey Wambewa has informed court that police investigations are still incomplete. State prosecutor Caroline Apiya told Nakawa court Grade one magistrate Noah Sajjabi …

Strasbourg, France | AFP | Europe’s top rights court ruled Tuesday in favour of a Romanian man fired by his employer over private messages sent at work, overturning a previous decision with wide ramifications for privacy in the workplace. The apex body of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) …

VIDEO: Judicial officers told to wait a bit longer for pay rise Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Judicial officers who have been on strike for over a week now over poor pay may have to wait a little longer for their demands to be met. Minister of Justice and Constitutional …

o Can bosses snoop on employees? European court to rule Strasbourg, France | AFP |  Europe’s top human rights court is set to rule Tuesday whether bosses have the right to spy on employees who use company messaging systems, in a landmark decision for privacy in the work place. In …

Kampala,Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Buikwe District woman MP Judith Babirye has been summoned by the Commercial Court to file a defence in fifteen days, explaining why she unlawfully sold a piece of land in Kitende twice. A one Joseph Ojok dragged the Legislator to court seeking orders compelling her to …

Luanda, Angola | AFP | Four opposition parties in Angola on Sunday called for a recount in last week’s general election, alleging “irregularities” during the vote that kept the ruling party in power. The MPLA party of former president Jose Eduardo Dos Santos won just over 61 percent of the …

Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Sparks were flying in Kenya on Sunday as the main rival of President Uhuru Kenyatta called for the ousting of members of the country’s election commission, likening them to “hyenas”, while judges slammed “veiled threats” by the president after the shock annulment of his re-election …