Tag: violence

Insecurity in Nigeria is growing in scale, spread and sophistication. A total of 1 486 people in the country were victims of insecurity in...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has established a specialised team that will investigate politically related violence that has in recent times plagued Tshwane...

Work-based programmes can make the home and the workplace safer, and in the process improve productivity and profits. In South Africa, reports of women being...

Nigeria's broadcasting regulator has asked TV stations to curb their reporting of insecurity in the country by withholding details of incidents and victims, in...

The Joint Standing Committee on Defence has called for coherence in characterising what led to the violence, wanton looting and destruction of property over...

Appealing for peace and calm, incoming amaZulu King Misuzulu Zulu KaZwelithini, has instructed his subjects to withdraw from participating in the wanton destruction of...

Days of riots and looting in South Africa have left more than 70 people dead, hurt thousands of businesses and damaged major infrastructure in...

More than 750 people were arrested for wanton destruction and looting of businesses and properties over the past five days. Of these, 304 were arrested...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has condemned the recent sporadic but increasingly violent protests in some parts of the country. “Key infrastructure like national roads have been...

Nigeria's parliament passed a 983 billion naira ($2.4 billion) supplementary budget on Wednesday to address rising insecurity in the country and fund COVID-19 vaccines. Nigeria,...

People who promote insurrection in Nigeria face a “rude shock”, its president warned on Tuesday, raising the possibility of a fierce crackdown on rising...

The AU is the first international body to tackle the problem head-on, and it needs global support. Climate change poses serious security threats in Africa....

The Portfolio Committee on Basic Education on Wednesday said a multidimensional response is necessary to curb the worrying increase in the incidence of violence...

A significant increase in the number of riots, demonstrations and vandalism, as terrorism events decline, means civil unrest is now the main political risk...

One moment, Hadiza was weeping and flinging her arms around her father for the first time since her abduction; the next - gunfire and...

Gunmen have abducted schoolgirls in northwest Nigeria’s Zamfara state, a state spokesman said on Friday. The incident is the second such kidnapping in just over...

Violence is still raging in vast swathes of South Sudan a year after a peace deal was signed to end a civil war that...

Nigeria’s president appealed for calm on Sunday following reports of intercommunal violence between ethnic groups at a market in the southwestern state of Oyo. Clashes...

Islamist extremist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for abducting hundreds of boys from a boarding school in Nigeria’s Katsina state, according to an audio...

The transition period could set the tone for new norms that future governments could live by. On 26 September, hundreds of Malian women and some...