Mob justice is on the rise in some African countries, particularly in South Africa. Violent killings are connected to poverty, while a lack of trust in the judicial system propels the problem. When ...

KHAYELITSHA, South Africa (Reuters) - Beaten and set alight, Ncedile Gigi's unrecognisable remains have not been buried since March, when a mob fed up with poor policing took the law into their own ...

The UN International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in Law Enforcement warned in a report on Wednesday of the prevalent racism against Africans and people of ...

Jonisayi Maromo South Africans are watching yet another wave of corruption revelations — from Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi’s explosive claims about criminal infiltration in the police, to ...

Last week marked one year since Joseph Figueira Martin was arrested in the Central African Republic. The former analyst for the International Crisis Group was arrested by Russian forces in Zemio, in ...

NWELI, South Africa (AP) – Everyone in this poor northern corner of South Africa has a story about Benedict Daswa’s kindness to his neighbors, his schoolteacher colleagues, the young villagers he ...