Bunkurugu District in the Northern Region has been under curfew for the past three years as a result of protracted chieftaincy disputes between the Jamong and the Jafack families. The chieftaincy...
Hardly a day goes by when there isn’t a news report about a minor being sexually abused by a much older person. And the shocking thing is that for every case reported dozens are not because the...
Swedish police on Monday called on the public to provide video clips of a suspected gang rape that was allegedly live-streamed on Facebook. Police in Uppsala were contacted on Sunday morning by a...
Female suicide bombers in Nigeria are now carrying babies to avoid detection in their attacks, authorities warn. An attack in the town of Madagali on 13 January saw two women detonate their devices,...
Female suicide bombers in Nigeria are now carrying babies to avoid detection in their attacks, authorities warn. An attack in the town of Madagali on 13 January saw two women detonate their devices,...
For the first time in about ten years, chieftaincy feuding factions among Nanumbas in the Northern Region have met in a bid broker peace among themselves. The people have been not seen peace in...
A sentence of life in jail is actually lurking around the corner for a 17-year-old Michigan girl who forced a man, 19 to have sex with her at knife point. As the world grows older, every new day...
The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Central Region recorded 2,668 cases of domestic violence in 2016. The figure was a reduction comparing it to...
The Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU) of the Ghana Police Service in the Central Region recorded 2,668 cases of domestic violence in 2016. The figure was a reduction comparing it to...
A Nigerian military jet has mistakenly bombed a camp for displaced people in the north-east, killing at least 52 people and injuring many more. Aid workers are among the dead in Rann, with the Red...
A raft of new counterterrorism laws across Europe discriminate against Muslims and refugees, spreading fear and alienation, Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday. The human rights group...
The wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, last year has been arrested in San Francisco, US officials say. Noor Salman is suspected of aiding and abetting her...
A 26 year-old Okada rider has allegedly raped a 50 year old woman in a bush at Mangoase, a small village near Dadieso in the Western region. Sir Joe our correspondent in a report said, the suspect...
A BBC investigation has identified the man accused of organising the terror attack on a beach that killed 38 people in Tunisia. Chamseddine al-Sandi is described as the "mastermind" behind the attack...
India's human rights watchdog said more than a dozen tribal women were raped by police in restive Chhattisgarh state with the victims' lawyer slamming authorities over delays in arresting the...
Four people have died In Jerusalem after a suspected terrorist rammed a lorry into a group of soldiers, Israeli police say. Medics said three women and one man were killed and 15 people were injured....
Images showed a truck with bullet holes in the windscreen A suspected terrorist has been shot after ramming a lorry into a group of soldiers, injuring at least 15, Israeli police say. "It is a...
Police in Jerusalem have shot a suspected terrorist who rammed a lorry into a group of pedestrians, injuring at least 15, reports say. The attack occurred on a popular promenade overlooking the...
Two "dangerous terrorists", including an explosive-belt maker, were shot and killed in Saudi Arabia during a security operation in the capital Riyadh on Saturday. The Saudi state news agency SPA,...
Child sexual abuse refers to sexual activity with a minor. A child cannot consent to any form of sexual activity, period. When a perpetrator engages with a child this way, they are committing a crime...
