Women in South Africa are turning to guns and martial arts for self-defense in a country where rates of gender-based violence are extremely high.

Everton Javaun Downey was sentenced after admitting to killing Melissa Blimkie by stabbing her 15 times in a stairwell at the ...

Textile waste in Bukavu is a big problem. One woman and her growing team turn the fabric into fashion and art, cutting pollution and creating jobs.

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History must remember Mosiuoa Lekota as part of the generation that confronted apartheid with courage and conviction, writes ...

Over 18 years, the extremely kitsch property at 22 Avenue Foch served Epstein as a European office, a salon for artists and scientists and, above all, one of the places where he committed his sexual ...

South Africa has joined Fiji atop the World Rugby Sevens Series men's standings after beating Spain 38-12 on Sunday in the ...

Crystal Mangum walked out of a North Carolina prison last month, 15 years after she fatally stabbed her boyfriend Reginald Daye. Five years before her murder conviction, however, Mangum made national ...

Women prisoners at a correctional facility in Sierra Leone ...

Federal protections against detention and deportation for sexual abuse survivors have deteriorated under Trump.

Violence against women and girls in Africa demands urgent action. As of 2023, it is estimated that one in three women and girls between ages 15 and 49, have experienced physical and/or sexual intimate ...

A protester chants anti-gay slogans during a demonstration against homosexuality in Dakar, Senegal, on Friday, March 6, 2026 ...