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There has been an out-pour of anger from some Ghanaian lawyers and ordinary citizens following a notice from Ghana’s Chief Justice warning judges and lawyers to wear wigs in courtrooms.

The 26 Togolese nationals who were arrested in Ghana’s capital Accra by the police for staging an unlawful protest to demand for the resignation of their President, Faure Gnassingbe have now been released.

A South African court will on Friday sentence two white farmers, Willem Oosthuizen and Theo Jackson who have been convicted of assault, attempted murder, kidnapping and intimidation.

A court in Tunisia has jailed a couple for kissing in public after officials describe the action of the lovers as "public indecency".

A High Court in Kenya has announced a temporary suspension of a ban placed on opposition protests by the government.

South Africa’s top court of appeal has ruled to reinstate the several charges of corruption filed against Jacob Zuma before becoming President of the country.

Spain's Constitutional Court has suspended next Monday's session of Catalan parliament, in a bid to pre-empt a possible push for independence.

Kenya's opposition leader and leader of the National Super Alliance (Nasa) leader Raila Odinga on Tuesday said he was not ready to participate in the re-run of presidential election slated for October 17, the date set by the country's electoral commission.

India's top court on Tuesday banned a controversial Islamic practice that allows men to divorce their wives instantly, ending a long tradition that many Muslim women had fiercely opposed.

The Ethiopian government on Thursday put over 30 persons before a federal high court on charges of high-level corruption, the state-affiliated FANA Broadcasting corporate reported. The 37...