Horrific scenes saw over 160 women raped and children dead in fires after the prison break at Munzenze near Goma last Monday ...

Hundreds of Congolese women were raped and burnt alive after Rwandan-backed militants raided a prison. The female inmates ...

More than 100 female inmates of an African prison were raped and burned alive during a jailbreak, the United Nations said. The incident occurred in the Congolese city of Goma after M23 rebels ...

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela ...

A former Top 10 student at student became a high-achieving matriculant while behind bars. The inmate got his act together for ...

A Kimberley court sentenced a man for raping a mentally disabled woman at a hospital. He was given 15 years, and South ...

The South African Police Service arrested two Mozambican nationals believed to have been among the 6000 convicts who escaped ...

Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a coup in the small West African ...

During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the 52-year-old actor detailed the extremes he went to while working on the biopic, which documents Mandela’s 27 years in prison in South Africa.

A Tunisian court sentenced a number of top politicians, former officials and journalists to long prison terms on Wednesday, defence lawyers said, the latest move in what critics say is an attempt to ...

A Tunisian court has handed lengthy prison terms to several prominent politicians ... Founded in 1996, iAfrica stands as one of South Africa's most enduring portals. In 2018, Africa.com acquired ...

Corey Walker, one of the four individuals fingered in the shooting death of New York rapper Pop Smoke, is facing up to 29 years in prison.