Crime

South Africa: Black African Foreign Owned Shops Looted in Soweto

Black African foreign-owned shops were targeted in Soweto Wednesday evening as some residents went on a looting spree. A night of violence and intimidation erupted in Soweto, Johannesburg on Wednesday night, as dozens of local residents turned on the black...

West African Slavery Lives on, 400 Years After Transatlantic Trade Began

Blessing was only six years old when her mother arranged for her to become an unpaid housemaid for a family in the Nigerian city of Abuja, on the promise they would put her through school. In her home town in...

Albinos In Tanzania Are Being Hunted For Their Limbs

Families are said to be trading in their own loved ones in a bid for money and influence from some of the country’s most powerful people. It is believed in the African country that albino body parts will bring a...

Over 500,000 people Have Been Murdered in South Africa Since 1994 – UN Report

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDOC) has released a new report focusing on the countries with the highest murder rates. The study seeks to shed light on gender-related killings, lethal gang violence and other challenges, with the...

Child Trafficking: 157 Child Slaves in Benin and Nigeria Rescued by Interpol

A total of 216 victims of human trafficking have been rescued by police in Benin and Nigeria in an operation coordinated by global police organisation, Interpol. The victims, mainly children, are believed to have been trafficked across West Africa for...

Undercover Ghana Journalist ‘Ahmed Hussein-Suale’ Shot Dead

Unknown assailants have shot dead an investigative journalist from Ghana who previously uncovered corruption in Ghana 's football leagues Ahmed Hussein-Suale was shot twice in the chest and once in the neck in the an Accra suburb on Wednesday while...
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How the Society of Jesus Sold 272 Enslaved Africans to Finance Their Missions in 1838

The Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits, is a Catholic religious order renowned for its commitment to education,...
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