INTERNATIONAL

A Mozambican court on Wednesday sentenced the son of Mozambique’s ex-president Armando Guebuza to 12 years in jail. This is following a vast corruption scandal in which the government unleashed financial havoc by trying to conceal huge debts.“The crimes committed have brought…

 The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday denounced a European Union proposal to create an U.N.-backed special tribunal to prosecute crimes in Ukraine, saying his court was capable of effectively dealing with war crimes committed there. Karim Khan pushed back against…

Iran's attorney general has said that the country's "morality police​​​​​​" will be disbanded, according to media reports on Sunday. "Morality police have nothing to do with the judiciary and have been abolished," Attorney General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri was quoted as saying late Saturday by the ISNA…

Lawyers and litigants have been told to no longer address junior judges as 'Sir or Madam' but call them simply 'Judge'. Lord Burnett of Maldon, the Lord Chief Justice, said the move 'involves modern and simple terminology' while still 'maintaining the necessary…

The World Bank has described the level and quality of infrastructure in Nigeria as low despite the Federal Government’s claim of borrowing to finance infrastructure. In its Nigeria public finance review report, the World Bank said that Nigeria’s physical infrastructure gap would likely…

A special panel tasked with establishing whether South African President Cyril Ramaphosa should face impeachment for allegedly covering up a crime submitted its findings to parliament on Wednesday. The three-person team, led by an ex-chief justice, handed its report to National Assembly speaker…

Susan Hussey, an aide at the Buckingham palace,  has reportedly resigned after repeatedly asking Ngozi Fulani, founder of a British charity organisation, questions on her background. Hussey, godmother to the Prince of Wales, served as lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth…

The divorce proceedings between former Hollywood couple, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West is gradually nearing a final close. On Thursday, the reality TV star and rapper both reached a settlement, nearly two years after their split. Their terms of settlement include joint legal and…

A Copenhagen court on Monday found a suspected Nigerian pirate guilty of endangering the lives of Danish navy sailors in a firefight in the Gulf of Guinea but did not punish him. The Nigerian, who has not been identified, was arrested in November…