Africa Violence

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  Sexual Violence On "Staggering" Scale In Sudan Civil War: UN Probe

  Rape is widespread in Sudan's civil war, a United Nations investigation said Tuesday, accusing paramilitaries, especially of committing sexual violence on a "staggering" scale.

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  "Risk Of Conflict, Violence" In U19 World Cup: Cricket South Africa Makes Captain Step Down

  Cricket South Africa decided to take captaincy away from U19 star David Teeger ahead of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

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  Guinea-Bissau President Calls Deadly Violence An "Attempted Coup"

  Guinea-Bissau's President Umaro Sissoco Embalo on Saturday said this week's deadly violence involving members of the National Guard was an "attempted coup" as the army ordered them back to barracks.

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  Rise In Emigration Queries By South African Indian Amid Violence

  Emigration consultants in South Africa have reported a huge surge in enquiries from South African Indians following the recent violence and looting that wrecked KwaZulu-Natal province in July.

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  "Threats Against Indians In South Africa Do Exist, But...": Ela Gandhi

  Threats against the Indian-origin community in South Africa do exist after the recent violence, but the government is doing everything in its power to counter it, Mahatma Gandhi's granddaughter Ela Gandhi said on Monday.

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  South Africa Lets Jailed Ex-President Jacob Zuma Attend Brother's Funeral

  Former President Jacob Zuma, whose jailing this month led to South Africa's worst outbreak of violence in years, was granted compassionate leave to attend the funeral of his younger brother on Thursday.

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  Food Queues, Buildings On Fire: Satellite Images Of South Africa Violence

  Maxar Technologies has been collecting new satellite imagery of South Africa that shows the scale and intensity of the recent violence and looting that occurred in multiple cities, including Durban and Pietermaritzburg.

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  South Africa Unrest Was "Planned": President Cyril Ramaphosa

  The deadly violence that has rocked South Africa for the past week was planned, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Friday, as authorities said they had identified 12 suspects.

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  South African Foreign Minister Assures S Jaishankar Of Normalcy After Riots

  Amid reports of widespread violence and rioting in South Africa, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday spoke with his South African counterpart Naledi Pandor who assured him that her government was doing utmost to enforce law and order.

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  Death Count In South Africa Unrest Climbs To 72 As Violence Spreads

  Stores and warehouses in South Africa were hit by looters Tuesday for a fifth day running despite the troops President Cyril Ramaphosa deployed to try to quell unrest that has claimed 72 lives.

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  Death Count In South Africa Unrest Over Jacob Zuma Jail Term Rises To 32

  A further 22 people have died during unrest raging in South Africa, a provincial official said on Tuesday, taking the national death count from days of violence to 32.

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  "Educated Man Won't Rape": South Africa Minister Criticised For Comment

  South Africa's education minister Angie Motshekga came under fire on Monday for saying that educated men do not commit rape, as the country struggles to grapple with a scourge of violence against women.

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  Cricket South Africa Launch Black Day ODI To Fight Against Gender-Based Violence

  The Black Day ODI game will be played on January 23 at the Kingsmead Cricket Stadium and will see South Africa women's team take on Pakistan Women.

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  Meghan Markle Pays Secret Tribute To Murdered South Africa Student

  Meghan Markle has visited the site where a young female student was murdered in South Africa last month in a show of solidarity with victims of gender violence in one of the world's most dangerous countries for women.

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  Melania Trump Wraps First Solo Trip Abroad In Egypt With Comments On Kavanaugh

  The visual was striking - Melania Trump stood in front of Egypt's Great Sphinx, doing something she rarely does: Speaking about the news of the day.