Human Security

Over 180 kidnappings were recorded in the war-torn countries of Mali and Burkina Faso in the first half of 2023 – an average of...

After spending more than a decade in prison following his conviction in the United States, Viktor Bout is once again a free man in...

All eight police officers that were involved in the N1 assault case have been suspended in terms of the South African Police Service (SAPS)...

National Police Commissioner, General Fanie Masemola, has confirmed that eight members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) implicated in the video which shows...

Three men reportedly thuggishly assaulted by police assigned presidential protection duties are, according to South Africa’s largest military trade union, all currently on the...

The latest spate of farm killings has seen renewed calls for action including a commission of inquiry and an appeal to the national agricultural...

Since the 15 April outbreak of hostilities in Sudan, the civilian population has been bearing the brunt. The Rapid Support Forces, led by General Mohamed...

A South African law enforcement task team was on the receiving end of thanks from the United Nations (UN) following the arrest of Fulgence...

As local and national authorities attempt to establish where and how cholera broke out, killing more than 20 people north of Pretoria, the SA...

According to the quarterly crime statistics released by Police Minister General Bheki Cele on Tuesday, rape cases have shown a decrease from 1 January...

A Rwandan fugitive, wanted in connection with the 1994 Rwandan genocide, has been arrested in Paarl in the Western Cape by a South African...

Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Minister Ronald Lamola has told Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services that the department has served international...

South African Army Engineers in the Eastern Cape have helped a local municipality fix burst pipes that had left many without water for days. The...

Turkish President Recept Tayyip Erdogan has honoured the South African Police Service (SAPS) K9 search and rescue team, following the devastating earthquake that engulfed...

As the situation in Sudan continues to be volatile, Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) spokesperson, Clayson Monyela, says the latest number of...

Recently, South Africans were told about an extraordinary escape story – they learnt that a convicted rapist, Thabo Bester, had been at large for...

The Special Investigating Unit (SIU) has welcomed the imprisonment of a man who stole the identity of a South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...

Eleven years ago, a documentary catapulted the name Joseph Kony onto the global stage. The controversial film Kony 2012 told the story of a...

Kidnapping for ransom has been rife in Mozambique for almost two decades. Asian businessmen or their descendants and relatives are the most common targets....

The South African Search and Rescue Organisation in association with Department of Transport will host a high-level, three-day Search and Rescue (SAR) Conference in...

Included in plans to make police more effective in their primary roles of fighting and preventing crime are “specialised teams” focusing on specific crimes...

National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, has hailed the organisation’s K-9 Search and Rescue (SAR) team deployed to earthquake ravaged Turkiye for search and...

South Africa, according to a United States (US) Department of State report, does not fully meet minimum standards to eliminate human trafficking but makes...

The masked men from Boko Haram entered the village of Shiroro in Nigeria’s Niger State from the nearby Hudawa forest. They fired their weapons...

Hensoldt South Africa, together with JacarandaFM, is helping a game ranger to become a drone pilot after critical injuries on the job left him...

Nigeria’s prison population is more than 76 000, housed in 240 correctional centres. About 70% of these inmates are still awaiting trial. They have...

A growing reliance on private contractors to protect vessels, commercial shipping, offshore platforms, ports, and other maritime infrastructure has exposed human rights violations perpetrated...

The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) says insufficient evidence led to the decision to drop charges against 13 men and a minor linked to the...

Since 2013, communities in Cameroon’s Far North Region have suffered attacks from the violent extremist group Boko Haram. The divisions of Mayo-Tsanaga, Mayo-Sava and...

More than 80 percent of the record 137 million Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries, underscoring that conflict continues to be...

By far the majority of torture cases in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) occur in conflict affected areas where impunity is widespread, according to...

The Freedom Front Plus (FF+) recorded eight farm murders in the six week period following a court ruling that the “kill the boer” song...

In what is seen as a stride forward in an ongoing effort to free children from rebel groupings in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),...

Sexual offences crimes decreased by 6.7% between April and June, the latest crime statistics reveal. This was on Friday announced by Police Minister Bheki Cele,...

Ahead of World Ranger Day on 31 July, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Barbara Creecy paid tribute to Timbavati’s Head Ranger, Anton...

Students in at the Zwelemfundo Public School in East London, South Africa, are learning in new and improved classroom facilities now thanks to a...

The South African Army has donated R100 000 to victims of flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. On 20 July, SA Army Chief, Lieutenant General Lawrence Khulekani Mbatha,...

In November 2020 an outbreak of violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region captured worldwide attention. The conflict was between Tigrayan forces and the forces of...

Researchers and journalists in South Africa tend to portray sexual violence as an ever-worsening crisis, focusing on either the latest police statistics or the...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Somalia are the two African countries singled out by a United Nations (UN) report on children and armed...

SADC Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) Forces have paid tribute to a fallen South African peacekeeper, Staff Sergeant Johan Andries van Rooyen, who passed away...

Justice and Correctional Services Minister, Ronald Lamola, is expected to hand over a sports field revamped by offender labour to Mchaka High School in...

An Interpol co-ordinated police operation targeting illicit firearms in Central and West Africa saw 120 arrests and seizure of firearms, gold, drugs, fake medication,...

Food, clothing, stationery and blankets were among items of humanitarian aid delivered to recipients in KwaZulu-Natal by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF)...

At least one person gets killed every two days in Kenya’s capital city, Nairobi. Most of these cases are never resolved. Only 94 murder...

In June 2018, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali told Parliament that the post-1991 government used torture and killing to terrorise its people. Perpetrated...

Nigeria ranks among the kidnapping hotspots of the world. Over 3 000 people were kidnapped in Nigeria in the first half of 2021 alone. The...

Investigations by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and Malawian Police Service uncovered widespread exploitation of men, women and children at...

Violence and insecurity are plaguing the northern parts of Nigeria. Banditry, kidnapping and other forms of indiscriminate violence have risen sharply during the pandemic. Conflicts...

A mass shooting in Khayelitsha in the Western Cape on 8 May and another on 21 May have drawn attention to the high violence...