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In Swaziland, police men in bullet-proof vests, armed with shotguns and tear gas canisters, invaded a meeting of lawyers in the country’s High Court. The lawyers were meeting to discuss their on-going campaign to get Michael Ramodibedi, the Swaziland Chief Justice removed from office. The lawyers have a raft of complaints about Ramodibedi, which include allegations of sexual harassment, abuse ...

In October, Zimbabwe will be hosting the premier tourism travel exhibition at the Harare International Conference Center, featuring about 157 exhibitors that will be participating. China is the partner country for this year’s edition in appreciation of the increasing numbers of tourists arrivals from that country. Karikoga Kaseke, the Chief Executive of the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority, ZIA, said over 157 ...

In an effort to make Lagos a megacity in Africa, its House of Assembly passed three bills last Friday. The bills scaled through the third reading on the floor of the House at a plenary session attended by all the lawmakers. The bills include the Parks and Gardens Agency Bill, 2011 which seeks the establishment of an agency to regulate ...

Households were raided in Majengo, Mombasa county by more than 10 police officers, arresting terrorism suspects on Friday night. During the raid that took place at about 2.30am, the police forcefully entered the houses and disconnected electricity before asking all the residents to surrender. Three suspected terrorists were arrested. Ibrahim Juma Faraj, a clearing and forwarding official, was one of ...