A Nigerian man has received a one-year prison sentence after being found guilty of attempting to rape a female tourist from Australia while they were both…
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The South African Police Service (SAPS) has apologised to victims of a gang rape that took place in Krugersdorp in July 2022, after personal information belonging…
According to attorneys for Ousmane Sonko and his victim, a Senegalese judge has mandated that Sonko stand trial for an alleged rape. Sonko, a 48-year-old former…
The UN mission in South Sudan, UNMISS has expressed concerns over the rise in conflict-related sexual violence in the country, as fighting in the country abates. In…
Ten prisoners were convicted of raping more than twenty female inmates at an overcrowded prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo during a violent riot. 37…
Nine police officers and 10 soldiers were convicted of rape in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and jailed, local media reported on Tuesday. The military…
A prominent Libyan activist and lawyer, Hanan al-Barassi, has been shot dead in the eastern city of Benghazi, as the latest attempt at talks on the…
Somali’s Court of First Instance in Bosaso has sentenced two men to death over the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl. Mohamed Abdi Faray and…
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Thursday condemned plans to castrate rapists and paedophiles in Nigeria and called the measures ‘draconian’. Last…
A secondary school pupil has allegedly been gangraped by two hoodlums in Nigeria’s commercial city, Lagos. The incident, which occured in Egan, Igando – a suburb…