By Spoorthy Raman A South African court in January sentenced four poachers to several years in prison for two separate crimes ...

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

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 ...

During the Goma jailbreak, several women were assaulted by male inmates, while the majority perished when the prisoners set ...

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that ...

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

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 ...

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

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.