SOS Children’s Villages admits sex abuse case in Liberia
Monrovia – SOS Children’s Villages confirmed on Friday that a sex abuse case happened involving a senior management in... Read more
16 Apr, 2022
Ex-pope Benedict XVI asks for forgiveness over abuse scandal
Vatican City – Ex-pope Benedict XVI asked for forgiveness on Tuesday for clerical child sex abuse committed on his watch,... Read more
8 Feb, 2022
Ex-pope Benedict under scrutiny in German child abuse probe
Berlin – A potentially explosive report into the handling of child sex abuse in the Catholic Church will on Thursday... Read more
20 Jan, 2022
Two children die in Guinea after sexual assaults, rights groups say
Dakar – Two girls, including a 3-year-old, have died in Guinea after being sexually assaulted, rights groups said, calling for... Read more
16 Dec, 2021
Thousands join global outcry over violence against women
Mexico City – Thousands of protesters hit the streets of Europe and Latin America on Thursday to demand an... Read more
26 Nov, 2021
Senegal beauty pageant organiser sparks uproar over rape comments
Dakar – Hundreds of women filed legal complaints against the head of the Miss Senegal contest on Wednesday, activists said,... Read more
25 Nov, 2021
Embattled Facebook releases new curbs on harassment
San Francisco – Facebook unveiled fresh protections on Wednesday against online attacks on journalists, activists and celebrities as the... Read more
14 Oct, 2021
Pope expresses ‘shame’ at French sex abuse scandal
Vatican City – Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed his personal shame and that of the Church at the sexual... Read more
6 Oct, 2021
‘Massive’ child sex abuse in French Catholic Church, inquiry finds
Paris – French Catholic clergy sexually abused some 216 000 minors in the seven decades since 1950, a “massive phenomenon”... Read more
5 Oct, 2021
R Kelly, the disgraced R&B star convicted of sex crimes
New York – A Chicago native who soared to global celebrity on a burst of megahits in the 1990s,... Read more
28 Sep, 2021
