
Nigeria's top judge found guilty
A tribunal finds that Nigeria's top judge failed to declare his assets
Nigeria's chief justice Walter Onnoghen, who was suspended earlier this year, has been barred from holding public office for a decade. The Code of Conduct Tribunal ruled that the judge had hidden the extent of his wealth.
Ethiopia - sounding alarm bells over malnutrition levels in the Southern Nations region
And South Sudan offers to mediate in the politics of neighbouring Sudan, but what's holding back its own peace process?
(Photo: Samuel Nkanu Onnoghen smiles as he appears before the Code of Conduct Tribunal during his final judgement on corruption allegations in Abuja, on April 18, 2019. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)
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