Tension between Finance minister Tendai Biti and Reserve Bank governor Gideon Gono over control of government financial levers has turned into a legal dispute on who has authority over the recent US$510 million financial aid from the International Monetary Fund

A high court judge has ruled that Presidential Affairs minister Didymus Mutasa must testify as a defence witness in a case where a white commercial farmer is facing prosecution for refusing to vacate a farm in Mashonaland West. Justice Bharat

The principal state counsel in the terrorism trial involving the State and the sixteen men charged with terrorism, S.H Bakum, on Thursday 29 October, told Justice Moses Richards of the Special Criminal Division of the Banjul High Court that the

Mr. Femi Peters, the Campaign Manager for the Opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), who is charged with two criminal counts on Wednesday 28th October, pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against him by Police prosecutors in the absence of

Michael Osborne says I am wrong to state that the South African government has given its "blessing" to the claims against certain multinational corporations in American courts (The facts of the matter, Letters, October 28). He quibbles.

It is no longer business as usual for Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

Two South African and two international human rights groups have scored a major victory in their bid to participate in an international investment dispute between some foreign investors and the Government of South Africa.

African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council member states are meeting in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday to discuss a panel report on justice and reconciliation on Darfur.

Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has cautioned the National Assembly against abandoning the amendment to the 1999 Constitution, but advised that rather than wholesome amendment, the exercise should be done piecemeal.

POLICE investigations into the collapse of the sh2b Makerere University perimeter wall in 2006 have been completed. The investigations reveal that Prof David Bakibinga former deputy vice-chancellor sanctioned the money for construction of the wall.

The Inspectorate of Government has directed that the principal accountant of the Ministry of Health, Mr Nestor Machumbi Gasasira, be dismissed for failure to explain the source of his wealth.

The Director of the International Labour Standards Department at the International Labour Organisation (ILO), Madam Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, has disclosed that the much-anticipated Maritime Labour Convention 2006 (MLC, 2006) would be implemented in 2011, after the ratification of the 30 states,

The public university system, comprising over 53 federal and state universities that were shut for more than three months, bounced back to academic activities when the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) finally signed an agreement both

Hundreds of Somalis against the Israeli soldiers who are destroying Al-aqsa mosque have made large demonstrations in Mogadishu and several regions in southern Somalia.

Ending one of the world's longest-running refugee sagas, the United Nations announced that some 400 Burundians left Tanzania today returning to the Central African homeland they escaped in 1972.

An African international agreement has opened the door to a debate on the rights and protection of people displaced by natural disasters, with a nod to migration as a result of climate change.

At least three government soldiers have been killed and several others including civilians have been wounded after land mine explosion targeted to government soldiers' vehicle in Mogadishu, witnesses officials told Shabelle radio on Friday.

Resettling the Internally Displace Persons (IDPs) was never going to be an easy task, but with a transparent, consistent and professional approach, it was hoped that it could be done. However, reports in the past week have accused the government

More than 200,000 people in the Coast will be marooned by floods if the current rains persist.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) considers gender mainstreaming, or involving women in farming development efforts, an essential component of its efforts to improve food security in Africa. This is especially the case when it comes to economic empowerment.