Two cleared in landmark FGM case

Dar Businessman Appeals in Landmark Gas Case
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THE landmark oil and gas blocks case, that will set a precedent in the two energy sectors in Tanzania, has taken a new twist following a move by businessman Moto Mabanga accusing a British judge of being biased in the matter. English Justice, Andrew ...

Jay Z and Timbaland are cleared of copyright infringement of an Egyptian track over the 1999 single Big Pimpin'.

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>The Institute of Public Policy and Research (IPPR), a Ugandan think-tank, is suing the government in what it says is one of the first ever public interest litigation cases concerning a medical “brain drain”.

Businessman Files for Reverse of Decision in Landmark Gas Case
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BUSINESSMAN Moto Mabanga has filed an application, requesting the High Court's Commercial Division to vacate its order for determination of the landmark gas blocks case, whose determination would set precedent in the energy sector in Tanzania. April 1 ...

An Egyptian doctor is convicted in a landmark retrial of carrying out female genital mutilation surgery, a campaign group and lawyer say.

Masanga, 05 January 2015 – As efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) are intensifying in the country, 836 young people– 634 girls and 202 boys from Tarime and Loliondo districts, have gone through alternative rites of passage training. The young people were awarded certificates of merit during a graduation ceremony organized by Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent De Paul on Monday 5th January 2015 and officiated by Minister of Labour and Employment, Hon. Gaudensia Kabaka.

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China publicly destroys 6.1 tonnes of confiscated ivory in a move to discourage the illegal ivory trade, which conservationists say fuels poaching in Africa.

Tunisia, whose 2011 uprising inspired the Arab Spring, holds a presidential run-off with the winner becoming the country's first freely elected leader.