On 16 June in 1976, Soweto students marched in protest against Apartheid inspired non-inclusive education system and were met with a brutal police response. The event made a lasting mark, and the ...

The successful prosecution of Chadian dictator Hissene Habre has galvanised the movement for a permanent forum for justice in Africa, but several legal roadblocks stand in the way, according to ...

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 ...

The third Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA) took place recently in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together roughly 150 women activists and community leaders from 14 West and Central African countries. The ...

"Pan-African Justice is not simply about revisiting history," said Ali. "It is about developing a principled legal framework that recognizes historical harm, promotes human dignity, advances ...

Are you a young person from an African country? Are you part of a youth-led organisation or initiative? Are you a passionate advocate for social justice? Then the African Youth Network for Social ...

The African Union (AU) has adopted its theme for 2025 as “Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations,” a commitment to redress historical injustices caused by slavery, ...

Lilongwe-A Regional Summit on Health and Climate Change for the African Region is taking place at BICC in Lilongwe in pursuit of a unified African position on health in climate change negotiations.

South Africa’s new Chief Justice, Justice Mandisa Maya, has put the spotlight on indigenous languages and the justice system. The other official languages are Afrikaans, isiNdebele, isiXhosa, Sesotho, ...

Transnational criminal scam networks operating from West Africa suffered major disruptions last week during a coordinated ...

A South African judicial panel has ordered former chief justice Mogoeng Mogoeng to issue a public apology within 10 days for comments criticizing his government’s hostile stance towards Israel, ...

As they celebrate the Africa Faith and Justice Network's 40th anniversary, the leadership of the Catholic pan-African advocacy organization say they've survived and thrived since 1983 because of the ...