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Kirkland & Ellis grabbed two competition lawyers from Weil to beef up their London antitrust squad. Nafees Saeed made the jump as a partner, and Chris Thomas got bumped up to partner from counsel. Saeed does work for private equity shops and corporates on massive global deals, and he spent time...

The City of London Law Society set up a scholarship for Stephen Denyer, their former director of strategic relationships, who passed away. Denyer used to work at Allen & Overy and was a big deal at the International Bar Association before he died. The scholarship kicks in with help from his...

Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla's half-sisters went to Parliament asking for help getting back South African guys who got tricked into fighting for Russia in Ukraine. The siblings met with International Relations Committee chair Supra Mahumapelo in Johannesburg, and they told him some family members are...

Amazon just dropped a 30-minute delivery thing called Amazon Now in Seattle and Philadelphia, targeting Prime members who need stuff fast. The service uses tiny warehouses near residential areas to cut down delivery distances, and it competes directly with Instacart and DoorDash in the...

Ernst Roets from Lex Libertas got dragged hard after claiming the Trump administration's refugee exemption for Afrikaners proves South Africa is falling apart. The exemption came after the US slashed refugee admissions to 7,500 spots and carved out priority access for Afrikaners facing alleged...

Jacob Zuma got slapped with another loss when a Gauteng High Court judge shut down his appeal attempt over having to pay back 28.96 million rand that taxpayers covered for his personal legal defense. Judge Anthony Millar basically said Zuma had zero shot at winning this and that higher courts...

President Cyril Ramaphosa told business leaders in Vilankulo, Mozambique, that South African and Mozambican companies need to stop playing it safe and start launching major deals together. He spoke at the South Africa–Mozambique Business Forum and said the cautious approach has to end because...

Qatar's got an air ambulance ready to fly Khaleda Zia out of Bangladesh for treatment, and their embassy confirmed it. The former prime minister's been dealing with a bunch of health issues like arthritis, diabetes, kidney and lung problems, and eye conditions. Medical specialists from the UK...

Khaleda Zia is fighting for her life in a hospital, and millions across Bangladesh are praying for the former prime minister's recovery. She was moved to intensive care at Evercare Hospital after her health got worse, which has left the whole country worried and upset. People have even offered...

Gambian lawmakers pushed through a bill that bumps their salaries and pension packages, with Sulayman Jammeh from Bundungka Kunda moving the proposal forward while Biram JS Sowe from Niamina West backed it up. The National Assembly Salaries and Pensions Amendment got sent to the Committee of the...

West Coast Region deputy governor Musa Amul Nyassi shut down rumors that three village heads from Foni Bintang got their official stamps yanked because they skipped President Barrow's tour stop. The alkalolu from Kaimo, Bantending, and Sitta villages lost their stamps after repeatedly blowing...

Gambian lawmakers grilled the finance ministry about Social Security dropping roughly 1.1 billion dalasi on 70 buses for GTSC through some company called TK Export, and legislators wanted receipts on whether this counted as a government loan or just a straight purchase. The minister said the...

PASTEF The Gambia dropped a statement saying persons with disabilities deserve actual representation in government instead of just symbolic gestures, and public relations officer Mayorro Sidibeh laid out plans for accessible infrastructure spanning transport networks and digital platforms. The...

The Gambia grabbed its first complete catalog of intangible cultural heritage from UNESCO's Dakar office at a ceremony in Toubacouta, Senegal, and deputy heritage director Mamat Sallah thanked the organization for backing the inventory project that tracked cultural knowledge across the country...

Zimbabwe rolled out electronic toll tags through Zinara and tech company Instatoll about three months back after a six-month test run at Ntabazinduna plaza on the Bulawayo-Harare highway, and roughly 30,000 vehicles have signed up for the RFID windshield stickers that auto-open boom gates...

Indian Ambassador Bramha Kumar told attendees at a Harare business seminar that his country's investors dropped over $600 million into Zimbabwean manufacturing operations that employ more than 15,000 locals, and bilateral trade hit $250 million with Zimbabwe shipping $46 million worth of goods...

Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube announced plans to cut a $1.9 billion steel import bill by reclassifying finished steel products as minerals through amendments to old regulations, which should help local manufacturers add around 120 production capacities. The administration wants major...

Zimbabwe Revenue Authority boss Regina Chinamasa says her team is staffing up major crossing points like Beitbridge, Forbes, and Chirundu for round-the-clock operations during the holiday travel season, while Plumtree might switch to 24-hour service if Botswana agrees. Travelers can use an...

Schools wrapped up their final term, and Inspector Nomalanga Msebele from Bulawayo police is warning parents that Vuzu parties are about to explode during the break. These gatherings have become setups for minors getting wasted on alcohol and hard drugs, hooking up in sketchy situations, and...

Minister Owen Ncube showed up at the Kwekwe District War Veterans offices to hand out cash from the Presidential Empowerment Fund, which President Mnangagwa set up through advisor Paul Tungwarara to support liberation struggle veterans. The provincial affairs minister said the Second Republic...