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The Kenyan High Court ruled Monday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir must be arrested if he ever returns to Kenya. The ruling was in response to al-Bashir's second visit , where Kenya joined...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday requested that the Republic of Malawi explain why that country's authorities failed to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his widely reported visit there for...

Amnesty International (AI) urged Malawi on Friday to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his visit to the country on Saturday and surrender him to the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

Megan Crouch, University of Pittsburgh School of Law Class of 2013, spent the summer working at the Malawi Human Rights Resource Centre. She writes on the ability of rural villagers to access the justice system in Malawi and argues that...

A Zambian court on Tuesday ruled that President Rupiah Banda can run for re-election. The country's opposition party, the Patriotic Front (PF) , had alleged that Banda's father was born in Malawi , a factor that would...

Malawian president Bingu wa Mutharika has signed into law a bill permitting the government to ban media outlets that its information ministry declares contrary to public interest. The new law, which amends the 2009 penal code amendment...

Former president of Malawi Bakili Muluzi pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of corruption and theft in the Malawi High Court . Muluzi, who stepped down as president in 2004 following two five-year...

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called Saturday for gay rights reform throughout the international community. Praising Malawian President Bingu wa Mutharika for his Friday decision to pardon a gay couple recently sentenced...

A Malawi court on Saturday barred former president Bakili Muluzi from participating in the upcoming election. The court held that the Malawi Constitution prohibits Muluzi from running for office after serving two consecutive five-year...

Former Malawi President Bakili Muluzi will likely be tried for corruption after the country's Supreme Court of Appeal Tuesday struck down an injunction that had stalled the investigation into his alleged theft of international aid money. Muluzi...