A Kenyan court on Wednesday sentenced three men to life for stripping and sexually assaulting a woman they believed was dressed too provocatively. The verdict capped a case that prompted hundreds to march through the capital Nairobi in short, fitted clothing in 2014, calling for an end to violence against women after a video of … Read more
Three women – including a mother and daughter – have appeared in court charged with terrorism offences and conspiracy to murder. Rizlaine Boular, 21, her mother Mina Dich, 43, and Khawla Barghouthi, 20, all from London, are alleged to have planned a knife attack in Westminster. The women are accused of conspiring together to murder … Read more
A Ugandan court ordered the release on bail Wednesday of a prominent academic charged after she called President Yoweri Museveni a “pair of buttocks” in a Facebook post. Outspoken university lecturer Stella Nyanzi, 42, who had been detained for more than a month, collapsed as she entered the court in Kampala for the hearing. Nyanzi … Read more
Human rights lawyers and activists have continued to express their concerns over the controversial arrest and prosecution of a man who named his dog “Buhari”. Joachim Chinakwe, a 41-year-old trader, was charged in Ogun State on Monday for naming his pet dog “Buhari”. Mr. Chinakwe said he named the dog as a mark of respect … Read more