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

Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, ...

South Africa’s benchmark stock index headed for a record as investors overlooked a US aid freeze amid a rise in gold prices ...

The case against convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester and his co-accused has been postponed to July. The trial was ...

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

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.

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

Ibrahim Osei, a Ghana in the Netherlands entreated Ghanaians who earn above GH¢5,000 to desist from relocating abroad since they can survive on their allowance.

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 ...

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

Curiosity and the desire to rehabilitate offenders by helping them make the right choices in life are among the reasons that lured educators to branch from normal schools to prison facilities.