The Africa Declaration on Artificial Intelligence promises ethical AI governance, but participating states will need to confront the challenges of cross-jurisdictional law if they are to make it a ...

The North African country has updated its labour legislation for the first time in 22 years, aligning the state with international standards. Egypt has passed new labour legislation to update its ...

Abidjan-based Ofori Conseils Africa will offer legal, business and tax law expertise focused on the OHADA region. West African law firm Ofori Conseils Africa (OCA) opened for business on Tuesday (6 ...

The Democratic Alliance party has clashed with the African National Congress over racial diversity employment quotas. The South African Democratic Alliance party has launched a legal challenge to ...

A shipping disputes specialist has left Clyde & Co to join Norton Rose Fulbright in Cape Town as a director. Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has hired a shipping and transport litigation and arbitration ...

A South African law firm has filed an application in the Constitutional Court to protest against the new mediation mandate. A South African law firm has filed an application in the Constitutional ...

The Johannesburg-headquartered firm has snapped up a disputes veteran for its client offering. Fluxmans has added former Eversheds Sutherland South Africa managing partner Peter van Niekerk as an ...

MTN Mobile Money is in hot water again as its fined for breaching anti-money laundering and financing of terrorism rules. Launched in 2011, LCMMMI – a subsidiary of telecommunications big hitter ...

The Ministry of Finance has reported the cancellation of a planned VAT hike to 15.5% to compensate for a budgetary shortfall. The South African Ministry of Finance has ditched its intended VAT rise to ...

Uganda’s largest energy distributor has formally declared a dispute with the state as it fights to recoup compensation following the end of its 20-year electricity distribution concession.

ICC Kenya’s Nikhil Desai and JMiles & Co associate Maurice Masiga write about arbitration’s bright future in the East African jurisdiction. Arbitration is an alternative dispute resolution (ADR) ...

Tumultuous political circumstances have sparked disputes over uranium resources in the West African state, placing French and Canadian nuclear operations in the balance. Niger has entered a tug of war ...