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Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI |  Buganda Road Court has halted government’s request to ascertain the mental status of Senior Makerere University Researcher Dr. Stella Nyanzi. This, court said, will stay pending disposal of her petition challenging the Mental Treatment Act of 1938. Chief Magistrate James Eremye Mawanda ruled that he could not …

Zitto Kabwe: The arrest of Rugemalira and Seth is the ‘single most bold step by President Magufuli against corruption’ Nairobi, Kenya | AFP |  Two Tanzanian energy magnates on Monday became the first big industrialists to be charged over a multi-million-dollar graft scandal that led to the sacking of several …

US judge declares mistrial in Cosby sex assault case Norristown, United States | AFP | A US judge declared a mistrial Saturday in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault case with the jury deadlocked on whether the disgraced star drugged and molested a woman in 2004, as prosecutors vowed to seek a retrial. …

Norristown, United States | AFP |  A deadlocked Pennsylvania jury battling to reach a verdict in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial was to deliberate a fifth day Friday as to whether or not he drugged and molested a woman more than 13 years ago. The 79-year-old pioneering black actor could …

Relatives of Kaweesi murder suspects locked outside court Relatives of the 20 people arrested in connection to the murder of AIGP Andrew Felix Kaweesi turned rowdy after being blocked from accessing Nakawa Court premises to know how far the state has reached in investigating their case. The  relatives of the …

Amuru man cautioned over keeping protected animal species The newly created Uganda Standards, Utilities and Wildlife Court has sentenced Dennis Omoni to a caution for  unlawful possession of a tortoise. This after convict Omoni, a resident of Amuru District,  pleaded guilty to a charge of being in possession of protected …

The Hague, Netherlands | AFP |  The International Criminal Court chief’s prosecutor Wednesday called for the “immediate arrest and surrender” of Moamer Kadhafi’s son Seif al-Islam, who was reportedly set free by a militia in Libya. An arrest warrant issued by the Hague-based ICC against Seif in 2011 “remains valid …

An engineer has been sentenced to a fine of sh40,000  by Kampala City Hall Court for stepping in an area  covered with KCCA green grass commonly known as “the green belt”. Swazi Mukuye, a resident of Gayaza in Kawempe Division was arrested Tuesday from Jinja road in Kampala by KCCA enforcement …

Norristown, United States | AFP |  The US jury presiding over the Bill Cosby trial will deliberate for a third day Wednesday after failing to reach a verdict on whether the disgraced cultural icon drugged and sexually assaulted a woman 13 years ago. The 79-year-old legendary entertainer, once loved by …

Los Angeles, United States | AFP |  A US appeals court on Monday upheld a decision to block President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban targeting citizens from six Muslim majority nations — the latest in a string of stinging judicial blows for the Republican billionaire. The US Court of Appeals …