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Israeli Woman Wins Discrimination Case Over Airline Seat

An 83-year-old woman has won a lawsuit against Israel's national airline after being asked to move seats on a...

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Morocco Protest Leader ‘beaten’ During Arrest

The leader of a protest movement in northern Morocco was "severely" beaten and verbally abused by police during his...

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Barclays Charged With Fraud In Qatar Case

Barclays and four former executives have been charged with fraud over their actions in the 2008 financial crisis. The...

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Court Gives Lagos Poor Demolition Reprieve

Impoverished fishing communities in Nigeria's financial capital, Lagos, celebrated a court ruling on Wednesday that...

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Is It Important To Have A Retired CJ On Council of State? – Lawyer Stokes Debate

Outspoken Ghanaian professor, Stephen Kwaku Asare, has triggered a debate on whether it is important to have a retired...

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Suspected Suicide Bomber Shot At Brussels Railway Station

Belgian soldiers have shot a man suspected of being a would-be suicide bomber at Brussels Central Station, officials...

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10 Years After US Housing Crash, Remnants Accompany Recovery

Boarded-up homes became a ubiquitous symbol of the US housing crash, with once-prosperous neighborhoods left to decay...

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Ghanaian, 27, Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Bomb Massachusetts Univ

A Ghana native who was arrested in April after telling his date that he was a terrorist and would blow up her...

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Egypt Court Rules Against Island Transfer To Saudi

An Egyptian court on Tuesday ruled that previous judicial decisions in favour of transferring two Red Sea islands to...

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Algeria Leader Drops Panama Papers Libel Suit Vs Le Monde

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika on Tuesday dropped a libel suit against Le Monde after the influential French...

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Judiciary Will Use Technology For Quality Justice

Justice Sophia Abena Abroma Akuffo, the Chief Justice Nominee on Friday gave the assurance that upon her approval, she...

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Joel Joffe, Lawyer Who Defended Mandela, Dies Aged 85

Tributes were paid Tuesday to Joel Joffe, the lawyer who defended Nelson Mandela in the trial that saw the...

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Minister Under Fire For Attack On Sri Lankan Rights Lawyer

Sri Lanka's justice minister faced calls for his resignation Tuesday after accusing a human rights lawyer of misleading...

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Chevron Prevails In Ecuador Pollution Battle At US Supreme Court

Oil giant Chevron prevailed in a long-running legal battle over pollution in Ecuador, with the US Supreme Court...

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“Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo Will Be An Effective Leader Of The Judiciary” – President Akufo-Addo

The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says the new Chief Justice of the Republic, Justice Sophia...

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Boafoa Akuffo Suggests Enough Resources For Improvement of Justice In Ghana

Justice Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo, Presidential nominee for the position of Chief Justice said with enough resources,...

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Bush Officials Can’t Be Sued For Post-9/11 Abuses, Says Top Court

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that senior officials from president George W. Bush's administration cannot be held...

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Lawyers For Sarkodie Respond To Intention To Sue By Kloma Hengme Association

A copy of the said letter has been referred to Lawyers for Sarkodie, for due legal process to be followed. In the...

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Sophia Akuffo Approved As Ghana’s New Chief Justice

Parliament today , approved the nomination of Justice Sophia Akuffo for the position of Chief Justice of Ghana. She...