Somalia dismisses maritime claims case

Algeria's sports minister Mohamd Tahmi insists Cameroonian Albert Ebosse's death was caused by a missile and not a beating.

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Tanzania dismisses China ivory claims
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Tanzanian officials have dismissed allegations by an environmental activist group that Chinese diplomatic and military staff went on buying sprees for illegal ivory while on official visits to East Africa. The country's foreign minister said on Friday that the report ...
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The Hague. Kenya is in The Hague for consultations on a suit filed by Somalia over boundaries in the Indian Ocean.

A UK court dismisses a bid to extradite Rwanda's spy chief to Spain to stand trial for his alleged role in massacres after the 1994 genocide.

Spain revokes arrest warrants for 40 Rwandans for revenge killings after the 1994 genocide, following changes to its universal jurisdiction laws.

Court dismisses defence objection in 'Papaa Msofe' forgery case
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Dar es salaam Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court has dismissed the preliminary objection, raised by the defence side in the forgery case facing a prominent businessman Abubakar Marijani Msofe alias Papaa Msofe. Papaa Msofe is seeking the court to stop ...

The EACJ First Instance Division today dismissed a case filed by an Advocate from the Republic of Kenya, Mr. Mbugua Mureith, an accomplished lawyer and human rights defender, against the Republics of Kenya and Uganda.
Mr. Mbugua’s claim his alleged arrest and detention in Uganda and his subsequent deportation by the security agents of Uganda in complicity with the security agents of Kenya without lawful or justifiable cause and in violation of Uganda’s and Kenya’s obligation under...

African Union troops raped women and girls seeking medical aid or water from their bases in Somalia's capital, a rights group says - here's the story in 15 seconds.

Donors to Tanzania’s general budget support programme include the UK, Canada, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Norway, Sweden and the World Bank. Photograph: Daniel Hayduk/AFPInternational donors have suspended nearly $500m (£311m) in budget support to Tanzania in response to claims that senior government officials siphoned off funds from the country’s central bank under the guise of energy contracts.
The chair of Tanzania’s public accounts committee, Zitto...