Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In a 4-1 ruling, the Constitutional Court has dismissed a petition challenging provisions of the Divorce Act that require couples to provide reasons before seeking dissolution of their marriages. In the lead judgment, Justice Hellen Obura said allowing divorces without inquiry into reasons would violate the …
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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Acholi cultural leaders are discouraging their subjects from fundraising for traditional marriage, saying it is behind the increasing cases of divorce in the sub-region. In the past in the Acholi tradition, a man was dependent on the leaders and elders of his lineage for marriage …
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The Uganda parliament is yet to pass the 2009 Marriage and Divorce Bill that seeks to reform and consolidate the law relating to marriage and separation and divorce Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenya’s recent court ruling on equal sharing of matrimonial property in the event of a divorce has …
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After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage,” Bill and Melinda Gates wrote on Twitter. San Francisco, US | XINHUA | Bill and Melinda Gates on Monday announced a joint statement saying they were getting divorced …
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Los Angeles, US | THE INDEPENDENT | American socialite Kim Kardashian, mother of North West, Chicago, Psalm and Saint, has filed for divorce of their father, rapper Kanye West. The superstar is reported to be asking for joint legal and physical custody of the kids, after seven years of …
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Copenhagen, Denmark | AFP | Gone are the days in Denmark when parents could get a divorce with a simple online click — now they have to complete a course before their marriage can be dissolved. As part of a new divorce law that entered into force on April …
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | AFP | Saudi courts will notify women by text message when they get divorced, in a new regulation that took effect on Sunday, officials said. The measure approved by the justice ministry appears aimed at curbing seemingly rampant cases of men secretly ending marriages without informing …
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Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP | A man opened fire inside a divorce court on Monday, killing his estranged wife and her brother in South Africa’s southeastern port city of Durban, police said. The incident occurred on the eighth floor of the regional magistrate court building, where the divorce court …
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New York, United States | AFP | The wife of Donald Trump Jr, the US president’s eldest son, filed for divorce on Thursday in New York, according to several American media reports. Vanessa Trump, nee Haydon, married Donald Jr in November 2005. The couple, both 40, have five children between …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 30-year-old woman in Egypt recently filed for divorce from her 32-year old husband after only 40 days of marriage on grounds that he is so stingy that he refused to buy her a shawarma sandwich (sort of `rolex’) on their first and only …
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