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…
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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…
Gracious David-West, a Nigerian national who went on a killing spree in the West African country’s Rivers State, has been sentenced to death by hanging. 40-year-old…
Angry citizens in Algeria have taken to the streets to protest the rape and killing of a teenager in Algiers, the North African country’s capital. The…
A popular pastor in South Africa has been sentenced to two life imprisonment for raping two girls, aged 14 and 16. Limpopo-based Pastor James Thubakgale, was…
The gang-rape of an eight years old girl by 14 people have sent shockwaves and anger through Sudan. The victim, Zainab Yasser, was living with her…
A governor in Nigeria’s north has signed a law that approves the castration of child rapists. Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State on Wednesday signed the…
Mthetho Khauta, a South African man serving life imprisonment for rape, has regained freedom after successfully appealing his conviction and sentence. Khauta, a taxi driver, was…
A South African court has sentenced a rapist, Joseph Tebogo Mhlanga, to three life terms, plus 31 years. The 32-year-old was convicted by Soshanguve Magistrates Court…
South African authorities have begun a massive manhunt for some men who allegedly gangraped a girl in OR Tambo District. Authorities in the country say 11…