Angola: João Lourenço to be sworn in next week
The investiture ceremony of the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, and the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa, takes place next Thursday, the […]
Constitutional Court
Angola-Elections: Constitutional Court rejects UNITA injunction
The Constitutional Court (TC) on Monday dismissed UNITA’s appeal against alleged irregularities during the national tabulation of the definitive results of the 24 August General […]
Resignation of the President of the Constitutional Court of Benin
The president of the Constitutional Court of Benin Joseph Djogbénou has resigned from his post, the institution announced on Tuesday, six months before the legislative […]
South Africa: Raymond Zondo appointed President of the Constitutional Court
Raymond Zondo, who headed South Africa’s commission of inquiry into state corruption under President Jacob Zuma (2009-2018), was appointed Thursday to head the country’s Constitutional […]
Gabon: The Constitutional Court cancels again the mandatory health pass for public places
In Gabon, the Constitutional Court overturns the requirement for a health pass to access public places. It annulled – for a second time in a […]
The Constitutional Court of the DRC withdraws from the Matata Ponyo case
The Constitutional Court of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) ruled on Monday in Kinshasa that it had no jurisdiction to try former Prime Minister […]
Malawi: Court to Hear Appeal for Cancellation of 2020 Presidential Election
Malawi’s Constitutional Court has agreed to hear an appeal by the former ruling party to annul the 2020 presidential election. Last year, the same court […]
Former President of the Central African Assembly Karim Meckassoua left the country
The former president of the Central African National Assembly, recently stripped of his mandate as a member of parliament by the Constitutional Court, which accuses […]
Ugandan Constitutional Court repeals anti-pornography law
The Constitutional Court repealed the anti-pornography law that had been in force since 2014, some articles of which, such as the ban on wearing miniskirts, […]
DRC: Dieudonné Kaluba Dibwa elected President of the Constitutional Court
Dieudonné Kaluba Dibwa was elected, as president of the Constitutional Court, Tuesday, April 20 by his peers to replace Benoit Lwamba who resigned in July […]