International Court of Justice — UN judicial body hearing cases including Kenya's candidature, DR Congo's military operations case against Rwanda, and an advisory opinion affirming workers' right to strike.
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… The International Court of Justice’s decision in Pulp Mills on the River Uruguay (2010) reinforces the preventive role of EIA where activities present risks of significant adverse transboundary effects. …
Ghana’s ocean is not land under water: Why the Fisheries Commission is right to demand a proper assessment of offshore gold explorationThe Chronicle
… Washington has also criticised Pretoria’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. …
Africa faces gunboat diplomacy without the gunboatsJoy Online
… The discussions also provided an opportunity to advance Kenya’s diplomatic engagements in support of the candidatures of Justice Phoebe Okowa for election to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Justice Njoki Susanna Ndungu for election to the International Criminal Court …
Kenyan High Commissioner hosts Heads of Mission from 25 countriesJoy Online
… Washington has also criticised land reform policies and South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, over the U.S. …
Rubio announces US visa curbs for some foreign nationals from South AfricaJoy Online
… The report also documents a directly on-point international legal precedent: the 1990s Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru case before the International Court of Justice. …
Africa’s colonial ecological debt could exceed hundreds of trillions of dollars – ReportJoy Online
… He served as a diplomat in Ghana’s Foreign Service, Senior Legal and Policy Officer at the Office of the President, Judicial Fellow to the Vice President of the International Court of Justice and Legal Officer at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. …
Oliver Barker-Vormawor appointed Secretary of Constitution Review Implementation CommitteeJoy Online
… Last month the Democratic Republic of Congo filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its neighbour of breaching multiple international treaties. …
Villa warned over sportswashing after Visit Rwanda dealJoy Online
The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a case against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing its neighbour of breaching multiple international treaties. …
DR Congo takes Rwanda to international court over decades of conflictJoy Online
… The executive order also highlighted South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice and its links to Iran. …
US to end funding of South Africa’s HIV programmes over claims of Afrikaner persecutionThe Ghanaian Times
The Trades Union Congress (Ghana) has hailed what it says is a landmark Advisory Opinion by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) affirming that the right to strike is protected under international labour law. …
TUC Ghana hails court ruling on right to strikeGhana's Fisheries Commission objects to an offshore reconnaissance licence covering approximately 10,000 square kilometres of the continental shelf granted to Gold Coast GRC Ghana Ltd, arguing that terrestrial mining regulations cannot adequately govern marine extractive activity and that marine-specific environmental and socioeconomic assessments are required.
6 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's Fisheries Commission objects to an offshore reconnaissance licence covering approximately 10,000 square kilometres of the continental shelf granted to Gold Coast GRC Ghana Ltd, arguing that terrestrial mining regulations cannot adequately govern marine extractive activity and that marine-specific environmental and socioeconomic assessments are required.
6 October 2026 · Joy Online →
The Chronicle argues that US entry restrictions imposed on African countries—full bans on Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, and partial restrictions on Nigeria, Senegal and Tanzania—represent a modern form of gunboat diplomacy, using economic and political leverage instead of military force to dictate terms.
5 October 2026 · The Chronicle →
The Kenyan High Commissioner to Ghana hosted Heads of Mission from 25 African countries for consultations on shared interests, including advancing Kenya's candidatures for the International Court of Justice and International Criminal Court, and promoting Kenya Airways connectivity in West Africa.
27 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. is implementing a visa restriction policy targeting foreign nationals from South Africa responsible for or complicit in uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, or incitement of violence against minority ethnic or racial groups. The Trump administration has criticised South Africa over racial inequality policies, land reform, and its genocide case against Israel.
16 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A report unveiled at the University of Lagos argues that the ecological harm caused by British colonial rule on African colonies constitutes a separate category of damage distinct from historical harms, with a potential valuation exceeding hundreds of trillions of dollars. The report's lead author argues that systematic resource appropriation under colonialism has created a devastating ecological debt capable of rigorous monetary valuation.
1 September 2026 · Joy Online →
Lawyer and activist Oliver Barker-Vormawor has been appointed Secretary of the 11-member Constitution Review Implementation Committee, which will examine the government's position paper and develop a framework for implementing constitutional review proposals accepted by government.
28 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Aston Villa's new £20m-a-year sponsorship deal with Visit Rwanda has drawn criticism from Amnesty International UK, which warns the country is using the partnership for sportswashing to deflect from human rights concerns, including arbitrary detention, torture, and repression of free speech.
14 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Democratic Republic of Congo has filed a case at the International Court of Justice against Rwanda, accusing it of dispatching forces and backing armed groups to carry out unlawful military operations on its territory, and seeking accountability for alleged breaches of international conventions on genocide prevention, racial discrimination, women's rights and torture.
26 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The US government says it will stop funding programmes to tackle HIV and Aids in South Africa, citing the government's alleged failure to protect the Afrikaner community. The decision comes as relations between the two countries have deteriorated since President Trump's inauguration, with the White House citing South African policies and positions on Israel and Iran as reasons for withholding further aid.
19 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trades Union Congress (Ghana) has hailed an International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion concluding that workers and their organisations are entitled to strike action under ILO Convention No. 87, describing it as a historic victory for workers globally and a fundamental labour right.
25 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing announced that detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, 80, has been moved to house arrest after being held in detention since the 2021 coup. Her son Kim Aris expressed scepticism, saying he had no proof she was alive and that a picture released by state media was taken in 2022.
1 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Myanmar's state media reported that former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, detained since a 2021 military coup, has been moved to house arrest under an order by military leader Min Aung Hlaing. Her son expressed scepticism about the move, saying he has seen no independent verification of her condition or whereabouts since her detention.
1 May 2026 · Joy Online →
In the third installment of an analysis series, Jules Nartey-Tokoli examines the transatlantic slave trade beyond labor and economics, arguing that European powers—not passive coastal traders—actively penetrated African interiors through organized military campaigns and political intervention to construct a system of dehumanization embedded in science, law, and statecraft.
27 April 2026 · Business & Financial Times →