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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta will remain president until a new leader is sworn in, the country’s attorney general said Friday, seeking to assuage fears of a constitutional crisis if elections are delayed further. Questions have mounted over the status of the government after the Supreme Court annulled …

IN THE INDEPENDENT: Katureebe’s Kenyan test COVER STORY Katureebe’s Kenyan test: Kenya Supreme Court annulment of election reignites debate over Uganda ruling. THE LAST WORD Opening the Pandora’s Box: How the nullification of the presidential elections in Kenya has put that country on a slippery slope. NEWS ANALYSIS Cost of …

THIS WEEK: 800 pass LDC Pre-entry Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | An improvement in performance has been recorded after the Law Development Centre (LDC) released results of the 2017/2018 pre-entry examinations indicating 814 of the 1797 candidates who sat for the exam to have passed. This represented a pass rate …

THIS WEEK: Judges to be given a target of cases to handle a year Kampala, Uganda | THIS WEEK | During the Court Open Day held in Fort Portal on Aug.21, Chief Justice Bart Katureebe said judges are to be given a target of cases to handle in a specified …

VIDEO: Police to back law enforcement team on the city Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | The Police say they will work alongside KCCA’s law enforcement officials to ensure that street vendors don’t return on the streets of Kampala. This  was after a meeting between the police and Minister for Kampala, …

Luanda, Angola | AFP |  Angola’s parliament passed a law on Friday that will drastically limit the powers of the country’s future presidents in matters of security and defence. The law will only apply to successors of the current head of state, President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has enjoyed …

  Dubai, United Arab Emirates | AFP |  An Emirati state minister Friday welcomed changes to Qatar’s anti-terror legislation as a “positive” step in the crisis between Doha and four Arab neighbours which accuse it of backing extremists. Qatar announced a decree by Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani late …

Seoul, South Korea | AFP | The young woman laboured up the steps, past brightly decorated walls akin to a child’s nursery, her daughter in her arms. Opening a hatch in the wall, she put her inside, turned around and walked away. She ran her hands over her head but did …

VIDEO: Amongi says proposed ammendment of land law is in good faith Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | Uganda Lands Minister Betty Amongi has defended the proposed amendment to the constitution on land, saying it is meant to speed up government projects. Amongi says many government programmes have been stalled or …

The prize-winning tech helping Ghana’s farmers to grow, pioneering legal services online in Uganda Accra, Ghana | AFP |  Agyei Douglas is a farmer who grows vegetables near Kumasi in Ghana’s central Ashanti region. He used to struggle to access markets and capital. The information he needed was broadcast on …