Ivory Coast probes rape claims against security forces
Abidjan – Ivory Coast is probing claims its security forces raped five women during a crackdown on illegal gold mining... Read more
20 Nov, 2021
Prisoner gang rape trial opens in DRC
Lubumbashi – Ten defendants accused of taking part in the September 2020 gang rape of dozens of women prisoners in... Read more
12 Nov, 2021
Nigerian man, 37, sentenced to life imprisonment for human trafficking, rape and assault
Cape Town – A Nigerian national was on Wednesday sentenced to five life imprisonment terms plus five years for human... Read more
11 Nov, 2021
DRC women crowdfund to get gang rape suspects to court
Lubumbashi – After the trial of alleged gang rapists was postponed over lack of funds to get them to... Read more
5 Nov, 2021
WHO chief sorry for sex abuse by Ebola workers in DRC
Geneva – World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus apologised on Tuesday on what he called a “dark day”... Read more
29 Sep, 2021
Ethiopia minister who spoke out about rape in Tigray resigns
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian women’s minister, the first federal official to acknowledge rape had taken place during the Tigray war,... Read more
28 Sep, 2021
Tanzania opens probe into rape allegations against police
Dar es Salaam – Tanzanian police said on Friday they were investigating allegations that some of their own officers raped... Read more
4 Sep, 2021
Ivorian feminists hail sanctions on TV host over rape mockery
Abidjan – Feminists in Ivory Coast on Thursday hailed a rare victory after a TV host was handed a... Read more
3 Sep, 2021
SA recorded at least 10 000 rapes, 5 700 murders between April and June
Johannesburg – Murder and rape cases in South Africa shot up between April and June from a year earlier, when... Read more
20 Aug, 2021
