Last month, the Kenyan Court of Appeal ruled that life imprisonment sentence violates fundamental constitutional rights. Joshua Nyawa explores the Court's reasoning and the decision’s far-reaching implications for Kenyan jurisprudence.

In this article, Dr. Linda Mushoriwa focuses on the current conflict in Sudan. She examines whether given Aspiration 4 of Agenda 2063, the African Union’s quest for peace and security is feasible. She analysis Article 4 (h) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, which empowers the AU to intervene in Sudan’s conflict. She also notes that the AU can within their mandate deploy peacekeeping forces to silence the guns in Sudan. In that way, it can achieve its desire to promote peace, security, and stability in Africa.

In 2024, South Sudan will hold elections for the very first time since attaining independence in 2011. Dr. Joseph Geng Akech and Cedonia Victor Legge discuss the challenges of inclusivity in the upcoming elections, amidst various crises such as economic collapse, political instability, and a catastrophic humanitarian situation. The article emphasises the importance of ensuring ethnic and gender inclusivity for legitimate outcomes of the elections.

Recently, the Parliament of Uganda passed the Anti-Homosexuality Bill (AHB) with the objective of establishing, amongst other things, “comprehensive and enhanced legislation to protect the traditional family by strengthening the nation’s capacity to deal with emerging internal and external threats to the traditional heterosexual family.” In this article, Dr. Sylvie Namwase argues that the continued cycle of human rights violations in Uganda falls within the broader context of authoritarian control, and will soon affect other minority groups.

Last year the United Kingdom engaged in talks with Rwanda over the two nations’ migration and economic development partnership ( Rwanda asylum plan ). In this article, Dr. D’orsi gives an overview of Rwanda’s position concerning the UK’s plan to deport some asylum seekers to its country. In addition, he assesses Rwanda’s asylum system to determine how safe it is for asylum seekers.

On 24 March 2022, the Kenya High Court delivered a momentous ruling on the right to abortion in PAK & another v Attorney General & 3 others . The decision sets a tempo in safeguarding women’s rights not only in Kenya but across the world.

An analysis of the Ugandan Parliament’s latest attempt to further criminalise consensual same-sex relations reveals the shortfalls of the Sexual Offences Bill, 2019.

Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga writes about the role of an independent judiciary as the custodian of constitutional democracy in Kenya.