Newspapers are reacting to the prosecution of a Hong Kong politician who tried to bribe two African presidents in exchange for contracts for a Chinese oil company. On Monday, Patrick Ho Chi-Ping was sentenced to three years in prison in the US for bribery and money laundering. CNN said that the trial of Patrick Ho Chi-Ping “felt like a Hollywood …

The suspended Chief Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, appeared in court today for the next stage of his trial. The top judge was suspended and a replacement named by President Muhammadu Buhari ahead of last month’s elections over allegations that he had failed to fully declare his personal assets before taking office. Justice Onnoghen arrived today more than an hour …

  The committee that investigated the missing documents in the trial of former COCOBOD Chief Executive, Dr. Stephen Kwabena Opuni and businessman, Seidu Agongo, concluded its work without finding the most ‘critical’ document. It is suspected that some elements at the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) a division of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) deliberately removed the crucial documents …