Kenya transgender activist wins case

The US embassy yesterday awarded Ms Joyce Stephano Nyembe the 2014 Woman of Courage award in recognition of her courage and perseverance in championing the rights of women and people living with HIV and Aids in Tanzania.

Kenyan environmental activist Phyllis Omido wins the high-profile Goldman prize for her campaign against a smelting plant in a slum community in Mombasa.

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Women's rights activist wins 2014 Martin Luther King Justice Award
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Winner of the 2014 Martin Luther King, Jr. Drum Major for Justice Award, Jane Magigita, said the struggle for women's rights and economic empowerment calls for leadership and active participation of men. She was speaking mid this week in Dar es Salaam ...

Activist NGOs file case against Cybercrime Act
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Tanzania Human Rights Defenders (THRD)-Coalition and the Legal and Human Rights Centre (LHRC) yesterday filed a case with the High Court of Tanzania at Dar es Salaam to oppose the Cybercrime Act 2015 which was recently passed by the National ...

Tullow Oil Company has been ordered by a tax appeals tribunal to pay $407m, about USh1.069 trillion, to Uganda Revenue Authority (URA).

A former worker of the East African Community (EAC) has won a case against her former employer and will be awarded $9,024 in damages for unlawful termination of her services.

Former Morocco defender Abdeslam Ouaddou wins a case at Fifa against Qatar SC over six months worth of unpaid wages.

Agency wins tenancy case against former Tawico staff
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A FORMER employee of the Tanzania Wildlife Corporation (TAWICO), a defunct government agency, Frida Kanule Mwijage, will have no other option but quitting from the house she has been occupying for several years, after losing her appeal against an ...

The world governing body, Fifa, through its Dispute Resolution Chamber yesterday ruled that Simba SC pays amount close to or over Sh 23.3 million for breach of contract to their former defender, Donald Mosoti.