Administration of justice is a vital function of every government and a fundamental right for all citizens of a country. To facilitate capacity building in the area of Effective Administration of Criminal Justice, the AGA-Africa Programme collaborated with Imo State on a highly engaging workshop held on 7th -8th December 2022. The workshop was […]
Overcoming economic and financial crime is crucial to Africa’s development agenda. Detection and prevention of economic and financial crimes is a priority for law enforcement institutions. Against the backdrop of a recently enacted Cyber Security and Cyber Crimes Act number 2 of 2021 aimed at bringing the cybercrime enforcement mechanism up to speed with emerging […]
Oral advocacy is a much needed skill in the legal landscape in Nigeria and the skill gap has increased the imperative for the mastery of oral advocacy for legal practitioners. As part of its commitment to enhancing capacity building in the legal profession, the AGA-Africa Programme collaborated with the Kogi State Judiciary and the Kogi […]
Kenya has experienced a myriad of corruption cases from all sectors, including the private and public sector. High levels of corruption have permeated every profession and the legal profession has not been left out. Despite the clear provisions of the law and the Law Society of Kenya Code of Standards of Professional Practice and Ethical […]
The AGA-Africa Mentorship Exchange Programme and the Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia organized the second US Mentorship Programme in collaboration with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions of Ghana for prosecutors from the Office of the Attorney General of Ghana. The programme ran from 10th October-18th November 2022. […]
In the past few years, the Bankers Association of Zambia has deployed real time instant payment channels, which has brought in efficiencies on online, point of payments mobile payment channels. Unfortunately, this has attracted frauds and cyber-attacks which is affecting trust and confidence in these innovations. As part of its efforts to fight cybercrime, AGA-Africa, […]
The Judiciary of Malawi plays a crucial role in recovering the proceeds of crime from criminals in the sentencing process. To support the fight against financial crime and to facilitate capacity building, AGA-Africa partnered with the Malawi Judiciary and the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR)/Basel Institute of Governance for an Asset Recovery workshop for […]
Zambia is home to a diversity of wildlife species and serves as a source country for big cats, pangolins, hippos, reptile skins and tortoises. As a critical transit hub for export to international markets, Zambia’s transport is led by sophisticated criminal syndicates that traffic these commodities and threaten the rule of law, global economic and […]
The Malawi Police Service recently discovered that despite efforts to produce a criminal investigation module capable of sharpening skills of police investigators, not much was done in preparing trainers and training institutions for effective delivery of the module. To facilitate capacity building in the area of the Training of Trainers for Criminal Investigators, AGA-Africa collaborated […]
A lot of attention is being placed on judicial performance, accountability and efficiency and the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Nigeria act as the protector and interpreter of the Constitution. To facilitate capacity building in the area of the dispensation of justice, AGA-Africa collaborated with the National Judicial Institute on a ‘Retreat for […]