Tag: rape
SA’s second quarter rape statistics unchanged at over 10 000 rapes
Between July and September 2023, 10 516 rapes were reported to the South African Police Service, almost the same as the 10 590 cases...
Slight decrease in SA rape cases
According to the quarterly crime statistics released by Police Minister General Bheki Cele on Tuesday, rape cases have shown a decrease from 1 January...
SAPS records 6.7% decrease in sexual crimes
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,...
Rape used as conflict reward in South Sudan – UNHCR
Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is fuelled by systemic impunity, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNHCR) in South...
10 000 rapes in three months “deeply disturbing” – Police Minister...
Police Minister Bheki Cele says the rape of 10 000 people in three months in South Africa is a “deeply disturbing disgrace”.
This comes as the...
Eritrean and Tigrayan forces killed and raped refugees – Human Rights...
Eritrean soldiers and Tigrayan militias raped, detained and killed Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray, an international rights watchdog said on Thursday.
Human...
Sexual offences show increase
Sexual offences have increased by 74.1% in the months between April and the end of June this year after lockdown regulations were further relaxed.
This...
Cops who rape are rarely disciplined, GroundUp says
South African Police Service (SAPS) members have been accused of nearly 1 000 rapes since 2012, according to data from the Independent Police Investigative...
Swiss verdict due in Liberia war crimes trial for rape, cannibalism
A Swiss court will rule on Friday whether a Liberian rebel commander committed rape, killings and an act of cannibalism in one of the...
Ethiopian soldiers guilty of rape, murder
Three Ethiopian soldiers were convicted of rape and one of killing a civilian in Ethiopia's Tigray region, government said, the first public statement on...
Nigerian women take action as rape, assault cases surge during pandemic
When Kehinde Osakede’s university closed due to COVID-19 last year, the visual arts student returned home to Lagos. A visit to a family friend...
Chad arrests soldiers accused of rapes in Niger
Chad’s government said on Saturday that soldiers accused of at least three rapes in Niger, including that of an 11-year-old girl, have been arrested...
Men forced to rape family members in Ethiopia’s Tigray, UN says
More than 500 rape cases have been reported to five clinics in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, the United Nations said on Thursday, warning that the...
Ethiopia confirms widespread rape in conflict-hit north
Scores of women have been raped in Ethiopia’s northerly Tigray region, authorities have confirmed, in the chaotic aftermath of an armed conflict last year...
Ethiopian women raped in Mekelle, says soldier
Soldiers and police in the northern Ethiopian city of Mekelle have expressed concerns about insecurity, with one saying women were raped this week, after...
Malawian protesters demand tougher penalties for rape
Hundreds of Malawians took to the streets on Monday to demand tougher rape penalties following months of protests over sexual abuse in the country,...
Namibia weighs demands for rape crackdown after street protests
Street protests that led to the arrest of 25 women’s rights activists in Namibia at the weekend have prompted the government to launch an...
Sexual offences increase by 1.7%
The cases for sexual offences have increased by 1.7% when compared to the previous year, according to crimes statistics released by Police Minister, General...
South Sudan dismisses gang rape allegations, asks for peace funding
South Sudan’s justice minister dismissed UN investigators accusations that fighting and gang rape persisted in the country and called for $285 million (£218.1 million)...
Mass rape, killings and torture in South Sudan – UN
UN investigators identified perpetrators of pervasive rape and killings and torture in secret safe houses in South Sudan and believe oil revenues drive much...
Rape still endemic in South Sudan’s Unity state
Rape and sexual violence against women and girls as young as eight is still widespread in northern South Sudan despite a peace deal to...
South Sudan soldiers sentenced for 2016 murder, rape
A South Sudanese military court sentenced 10 soldiers to prison for the rape of foreign aid workers and the murder of a...
British pensioner guilty of raping Kenyan girls
A 72-year-old pensioner was found guilty in a British court of raping two Kenyan girls while on holiday in the East African...
Killings, rape mar Burundi referendum
At least 15 people were killed and six raped during a referendum campaign in Burundi that could let President Pierre Nkurunziza hold...
Central African Republic mass rape allegation
Militia fighters attacked, kidnapped and raped a large group of women in an isolated area of Central African Republic last month, Medecins...
Kenya police allegedly assaulted and raped women during election
Several dozen women in Kenya maintain police officers attacked them during this year's election season and some said they were raped by...
DRC militia members jailed for life on rape charges
Eleven Congolese militia fighters were jailed for life for raping girls as young as 18 months during ceremonies meant to give the...
Child rape trial underway in DR Congo
Eighteen people, including a provincial lawmaker, went on trial in eastern Congo on Thursday for the rapes of dozens of children, victims'...
FBI helping South Sudan in murder and rape trial
A US Federal Bureau of Investigation official is helping South Sudan to prosecute suspects in the murder of a South Sudanese aid...
Murder, rape trial of South Sudan troops starts
South Sudanese soldiers accused of raping at least five foreign aid workers and killing their local colleague last year are due to...
Somali militants kill men accused of rape
Somali Islamist militants said they publicly stoned a man to death and shot another dead after both were accused of raping a...
Soldiers who rape should be shot – Kiir
The president of South Sudan said on Monday soldiers who rape civilians should be shot, trying to mollify citizens outraged by security...
Nigeria to investigate alleged rapes by police and soldiers
Nigeria's president has ordered an investigation into allegations by a rights group of rapes by soldiers and police of women and girls...
Kidnap, rape and looting on the rise in South Sudan
Looting, kidnapping and sexual violence are increasing in South Sudan, refugees arriving in Uganda have told the United Nations, while hunger and...
South Sudan security forces killed, raped civilians: UN
Government soldiers and security forces in South Sudan executed civilians and gang-raped women and girls during and after ethnically-charged fighting last month...
South Sudan rejects UN soldier rape and killing accusations
South Sudan rejected accusations by the UN that its soldiers had raped and killed civilians during and after ethnically-charged fighting last month...
“Bad blood” fears fuel abuse of children born of Boko Haram...
Having been kidnapped by Boko Haram, held for almost a year, and raped by several militants, 28-year-old Aisha Umar could have been...
Congo arrests politician accused of leading militia that raped children
Authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo have arrested a provincial lawmaker accused of leading a militia that raped about 30 very young...
ISS: Male victims of sexual violence: war’s silent sufferers
Sexual violence is a tactic of war, used to humiliate, dominate and instil fear. It is also increasingly being used as a...
DR Congo troops raped 14 women in three days, says U.N....
Government soldiers raped 14 women over a three-day period in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the human rights office of the U.N....
Scale of South Sudan sexual violence is unprecedented – Red Cross
Women in South Sudan have suffered unprecedented levels of sexual violence in the last two years, including abduction, rape, forced marriage and...
Militiamen rape 127 women in east Congo town
Armed men raped 127 women earlier this month during a raid on a town in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's South Kivu...
South Africa should invest in public toilets to combat sexual assault:...
Investing in public toilets could reduce the number of sexual assaults in South African townships by almost a third and lower the...
DR Congo hospital sees rise in rape of girls as young...
Girls as young as 18 months are being raped and left with horrific injuries in eastern DR Congo after being stolen from...
U.S. slams Sudan for blocking Darfur mass rape investigation
The United States on Thursday sharply criticized Sudan for obstructing a United Nations investigation into what Washington's U.N. envoy said were credible...
Human Rights Watch accuses Sudan soldiers of Darfur mass rape
A U.S.-based human rights group on Wednesday accused Sudanese soldiers of raping at least 221 women and girls in Sudan's Darfur region...
Sudan says no rapes in Darfur village, U.N. wants further inquiry
The United Nations said on Thursday its inquiry into mass rape allegations in Sudan's Darfur region was inconclusive and needed further investigation...
Sudan denies U.N. access to Darfur village to check rape accusations
Sudan has refused to let U.N. and African Union peacekeepers visit a village in the western Darfur region to investigate allegations of...
Sudan military role during mass rape investigation raises doubts
The heavy presence of Sudan's military during an investigation by international peacekeepers of an alleged mass rape incident in Sudan's western Darfur...
Sudan denies U.N. access in Darfur to look into mass rape...
Sudanese troops denied U.N. and African Union peacekeepers access to a town in the country's western Darfur region to investigate reports of...
