The 11th African Legal Awards took place at the Houghton Hotel in Johannesburg, on September 6 to celebrate the best legal achievements across Africa over the last year. There were some illustrious ...

Climate change lawsuits have become a new way for countries to assert their rights against actions that degrade the environment. But African countries have yet to fully exploit this route. In the ...

As the world focuses on energy transition and decarbonisation, there is clearly no shortage of bold ambition on the part of many African governments to play a key role in global efforts to tackle ...

How Swiss/Angolan investor Jean-Claude Bastos’ philanthropic efforts to establish an online law library helped democratize access to the African legal system. As a veteran private investor and ...

The African Legal Support Facility (ALSF) (www.ALSF.int) has concluded virtual Annual Meetings of its management board and Governing Council during which the institution’s term was extended until 2036 ...

A lawyer, Seun Timi-Koleolu, has won the “Women Leaders in Law – In-House/Vendor” award at African Legal Awards 2024 in South Africa. Timi-Koleolu, founding partner of Pavestones Legal, was conferred ...

Lawyers from across Africa came together on Friday for the African Legal Awards 2023. The Awards, now in their tenth year, celebrate the exceptional achievement of Africa's legal elite across 43 ...

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in partnership with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), has successfully concluded the first-ever Eastern ...

Government, through the Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, is set to host the 63rd Session of the Asian-African Legal Consultative Organisation (AALCO) next week. The summit, which aims ...