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South African justice minister Ronald Lamola led a top legal team to argue the country’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 11 January. Professor John Dugard is an internationally renowned expert in international law and has been cited by academics, practitioners and courts alike nationally and internationally. Advocate Max Du Plessis is without any doubt one of the top minds in international law. He combines practice and academic work. Advocate Adila Hassim is the co-founder of the anti-corruption organisation Corruption Watch and serves on its board. Tembeka Ngcukaitobi is an experienced international conflict resolution advocate at the Pan African Bar Association of South Africa. Other members of the South African team are junior counsel: Tshidiso Ramogale, Sarah Pudifin-Jones and Lerato Zikalala.

SOURCE: THE CONVERSATION

Signed by Congolese Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo on behalf of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, or SECAM, the statement said such unions were "contrary to the will of God." The move comes after Francis on December 18 approved a declaration allowing priests to offer blessings to same-sex couples, which was welcomed by LGBTQ Catholics. In the declaration, the Vatican reaffirmed the traditional Church teaching that marriage is only between a man and a woman but said priests could offer non-liturgical blessings to same-sex couples, as long as those blessings weren't confused with a wedding.


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The 24-year-old Napoli man picked up the prize at the Confederation of African Football (Caf) awards on Monday night, seeing off competition from Egypt captain Mohamed Salah and Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi. For Osimhen, who grew up on the dusty streets of Olusosun in Lagos, it is a "dream come true" after facing the stark reality of life as a child. After scoring 26 goals to help Napoli to a first Italian league title in 33 years, Osimhen became the first Nigerian to win the Caf's men's award since former Arsenal forward Nwankwo Kanu in 1999. "What Osimhen has done is incredible… Scoring goals may be easy in England but doing so in Italy is not because they are defensively and tactically strong," ex-Arsenal and Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who won the award in 2008, told Caf TV. With former Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba, himself a two-time Caf Footballer of the Year, describing the former Lille striker as Africa's new footballing royalty, there are now hopes that he can spur Nigeria on to a new era of success.

SOURCE: BBC

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