Legal News
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Benin’s Failed Coup Reveals Africa’s New Risk Map Ahead of 2026 Elections
When soldiers stormed Benin’s national broadcaster and announced on live television that they had dissolved the government, it looked like…
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Can the U.S. Bar South Africa from the G20? A Legal, Geopolitical and Pan-African Reality Check
When U.S. President Donald Trump announced this month that South Africa would not receive an invitation to next year’s G20…
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Alliott Global Alliance appoints Mauritius representative
The network of law and accounting firms has expanded its footprint across the Indian Ocean with a corporate litigation, and…
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Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa to go independent
The firm announced that its three South African offices will leave the international structure in 2026. Norton Rose Fulbright has…
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Trump’s Nigeria Warning and the African Union’s Legal Responsibility to Respond
The recent directive by former U.S. President Donald J. Trump instructing the U.S. Defense Department to “prepare for possible action”…
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Africa Divided: Rwanda, Botswana, and Senegal Rise as Sudan and DRC Sink in Global Rule of Law Index 2025
The world is witnessing a troubling decline in the rule of law, with more than two-thirds of countries recording lower…
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Africa Fights Back: South Africa and Nigeria Exit FATF Grey List in Landmark Anti-Corruption Victory
South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique and Burkina Faso are removed from the list after bolstering their anti-financial crime regimes – while…
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Wole Soyinka and the Question of Power, Law, and the Politics of Visas
When Nigerian Nobel laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka revealed that his U.S. visa had been revoked by the Trump administration, it…
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A former associate general counsel at the Lagos Court of Arbitration is to become a partner in the New York-headquartered firm’s Paris office.
White & Case announced last Thursday (16 October) the promotion of 45 lawyers to partner, including a Nigerian-qualified disputes lawyer.…
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The international legal giant has combined with a prominent local firm in Addis Ababa.
Dentons has opened the doors to its first office in Ethiopia, combining with local full-service firm Tamrat Assefa Liban…
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