Equatorial Guinea on Tuesday defended the execution of four men convicted on Saturday of attempting to assassinate President Teodoro Obiang during a 2009 attack on the presidential palace. Jose Abeso Nsue, Manuel Ndong Anseme, Alipio Ndong Asumu and Jacinto...
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Zimbabwe not bound by regional court rulings: justice minister
Zimbabwean Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Sunday that Zimbabwe is not bound by the rulings of the Tribunal of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) . The statement comes two days after the Tribunal ruled that farmers who...
Africa court refers Zimbabwe land reform case to regional summit meeting
The Tribunal of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ruled Friday that the farmers who lost their land under Zimbabwe's land reform program may take their case to the SADC summit meeting...
Zimbabwe government voids law restricting foreign ownership of companies
Zimbabwe's government on Wednesday declared void a law mandating that indigenous people have majority ownership in all businesses valued at over $500,000. The law took effect last month, but the country's stock market has since fallen 10...
Equatorial Guinea court sentences 7 Nigerians for palace attack
An Equatorial Guinea court on Monday sentenced seven Nigerians to 12 years in prison for a 2009 attack on the presidential palace. Court president Antonio Pascual Ojo Ebobo found the Nigerians guilty of terrorism and said they...
Zimbabwe law restricting foreign ownership of companies takes effect
A Zimbabwean law requiring all foreign-owned companies operating in the country to transfer a majority share to local owners went into effect Monday. The Indigenization and Economic Empowerment Act requires all companies worth more than USD $500,000...
Zimbabwe high court rejects African tribunal's land reform ruling
The Zimbabwe High Court ruled on Tuesday that it is not bound by the decision of the Southern Africa Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal) that ordered the state to halt its controversial Land Reform Program...
Former British officer Simon Mann , convicted last year of involvement in a 2004 coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea, was released from prison Tuesday after being pardoned [Decree 116/2009 text; Decree...
Zimbabwe high court invalidates regional court decision on land reform
The Zimbabwe High Court ruled on Wednesday that the Southern Africa Development Community Tribunal (SADC Tribunal) is not superior to the courts of the individual SADC member countries, in a decision invalidating a SADC Tribunal...
Zimbabwe defies regional court, charges farmers resisting eviction
Four white Zimbabwean farmers were charged Thursday with trespassing on state property for failing to vacate farms that were seized by the government. The charges are in defiance of a November ruling by the South African Development Community Tribunal...