Tag Archives: Violence
One clear element is that violence in Kenya has to do with community identities, particularly where the young males of society are concerned. By Kisuke Ndiku In recent assessments it has emerged that young people are contributors to certain types … read more »
Posted in Analysis, East Africa, Kenya
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Tagged about kenya, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Criminal Court, Kenya, kenya elections 2013, Kenyan, KenyaWith, Uhuru Kenyatta, Violence, Youth
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By Kabir Mato,Daily Trust opinion There is a growing theory emerging amongst several elites of Northern extraction. They allege that the violence that seems unabated in several parts of the region is merely precipitated by the powers that be in … read more »
By Tapiwa Kapurura, zimeye.org The continually reported signs and predictions of looming violence statistics at grassroots level in Zimbabwe remain unsettling on the mind of any ordinary but concerned citizen. Many will recall 2008 as the most violent year in … read more »
Posted in Article, Zimbabwe
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Tagged GPA, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica African news, Morgan Tsvangirai, Political party, Politics, Robert Mugabe, Violence, Violence and Abuse, Zimbabwe
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Nairobi – Kenya will hold general elections by March 2013, unless its coalition government is dissolved before then, the high court ruled on Friday on a controversial dispute. The date of the general elections, the first since deadly post-poll violence … read more »
September 15, 2011 by benim
At least 46 people were killed and around 5,000 cows stolen in the latest tribal violence in newly independent South Sudan, authorities said on Thursday. South Sudan became independent in July after a 2005 peace deal with Khartoum that ended … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, South Sudan
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Tagged Cattle, France, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Khartoum, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, South Sudan, Southern Africa, Southern Sudan, Sudan, Unity (state), Violence, West Africa
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January 27, 2011 by benim
Renewed violence on Wednesday in Bauchi State took 10 lives, left several others injured, just as 14 died on Thursday in the last mayhem on the Plateau, where the Special Task Force (STF) arrested 29 armed Fulani herdsmen. Among those … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, breaking news, Elections, Embassies and Consulates, Francis Deng, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Jos, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria 2011 elections, Nigeria news, Nigerian, Plateau State, Politics of Nigeria, Royal Dutch Shell, Secretary-General of the United Nations, Violence, World news
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January 11, 2011 by benim
Fresh protests have broken out in a suburb of the Tunisian capital, Tunis. Police reportedly fired into the air to disperse protesters in Ettadamen, 15km (9 miles) from the centre of Tunis. Officials have said 21 people were killed in … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, News, North Africa, Tunisia
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Afrika, Bizerte, breaking news, death toll, disasters-news, geography, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kasserine, Midwest Tunisian, News local news, newspapers, Tunis, Tunisia, Violence, World news
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November 26, 2010 by benim
More than one in three South African men questioned in a survey admitted to rape, the latest evidence in the country of a violent culture of patriarchy. Researchers found that more than three in four men said they had perpetrated … read more »
Posted in Abuse, News, South Africa, Southern Africa, Women
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Tagged Africa news, Eastern Cape, Gauteng, IndepthAfrica, KwaZulu-Natal, Medical Research Council, Rape, South Africa, Violence, violence against women
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November 26, 2010 by benim
More than 1,000 women accused of witchcraft in northern Ghana live in refuges, where they have to pay for protection from the chief who runs them. Yaba Badoe visits a camp in Gambaga and follows two women as they return … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Crime & Corruption, Documentary, Ghana, Multimedia, News, Video, West Africa, Women
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Tagged african women, Canada, Criminology, Democratic Republic of Congo, feminism, Ghana, humanitarian-news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Nigeria, political-news, sex industry, sex trade, Social Issues, Social philosophy, South Africa, toronto, Uganda, Violence, violence against women, War rape, Women, world community
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November 25, 2010 by benim
Action needed to stop acts of violence against women. Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. On paper, women suffer series of violence; at first glance we do not have a criminal justice system that should … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Article, Hottest News, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, Women
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Tagged african women, Canada, Criminology, Democratic Republic of Congo, feminism, Ghana, humanitarian-news, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Nigeria, political-news, sex industry, sex trade, Social Issues, Social philosophy, South Africa, toronto, Uganda, Violence, violence against women, War rape, Women, world community
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November 19, 2010 by benim
Galkayo lies near the border between northern Somalia and the war-torn south-central region. Thousands of desperate people arrive there every week in the hopes of a better life.
Posted in Documentary, Multimedia, Somali, Video
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Tagged assistance, Conflict, emergency, flee, help, IndepthAfrica, persecution, refugees, somalia Somalia, UNHCR, urgent, Violence, war
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November 17, 2010 by benim
* 40% of young people pressured into sex they did want * 1 in 5 men aged 18-25 expect to have sex after kissing A quarter of young men don’t believe it is rape if a woman says no to … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Relationship, Women
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Tagged abuse, Adolescent sexuality in the United States, Boris Johnson, crimes, during sex, ethics, health-news, IndepthAfrica, Jan Welch, London, men don, Rape, Rape statistics, Sexual assault, United Kingdom, Violence, woman says, young men, youth club
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November 6, 2010 by benim
A senior Muslim cleric who runs the country’s largest network of sharia courts has sparked controversy by claiming that there is no such thing as rape within marriage. Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, president of the Islamic Sharia Council in Britain, … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Relationship, Religion, Women
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Tagged abuwomen, Association of Chief Police Officers, chief constable, crimes, ethics, forced sex, Germaine Greer, Inayat Bunglawala, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamic Sharia Council, Law, lifestyle-news, London, Marriage, Muslim, muslim cleric, political-news, Rape, relationship, Religion Belief, se, sex, Sharia, Social Issues, Ulama, United Kingdom, Violence
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November 5, 2010 by benim
Niagara Regional Police said Thursday that they were able to break up a recent sexual assault in progress because the victim’s cellphone was on during the course of the attack. “She made contact (with 911) but was unable to converse … read more »
Posted in Canada
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Tagged assault, Business and Economy, Canada, crimes, IndepthAfrica, Law Crime, lifestyle-news, Lundy, Niagara, Niagara Falls, Niagara Regional Police, Niagara Regional Police Service, Niagra Falls, Ontario, Ontario Court of Justice, Paul Bevan, sex, Sexual assault, Social Issues, Violence
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November 2, 2010 by benim
The Mass Rape Of Passengers: What The Police Did After Taking Coffee With The President! After a Tamale enroute passenger vehicle was reported to have been attacked by armed-robbers and the passengers robbed of all their valuables and also subjected … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Analysis, Ghana, News, West Africa
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Tagged abuse, Accra, Africa news, Amina Mohammed, Bus, Business and Economy, crimes, Disaster Accident, disasters-news, ethics, Ghana, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Law Crime, mass rapes, National Democratic Congress, Rape, Sex crimes, Social Issues, Tamale, Types of rape, Violence, Xinhua News Agency
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November 1, 2010 by benim
The controversy generated over the reported ‘mass’ rape of bus passengers travelling to Tamale on Monday, October 11, 2010 at a spot near Kintampo, during an armed robbery, seems far from over as the police have detained two persons believed … read more »
Posted in Abuse, Ghana, News, West Africa, Women
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Tagged abuse, Accra, child abuse, crime, disasters-news, ethics, Ghana, Kintampo, Law Crime, mass rape, Rape, Robbery, Social Issues, Tamale, tema, Types of rape, Violence
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October 26, 2010 by benim
KINSHASA, Congo – At least 30 women were kept as prisoners in a dungeon-like structure and gang-raped over multiple weeks at the Congo and Angola border before being left in the bush without their clothes, an international aid agency said … read more »
Posted in Central Africa, DR Congo, News, Women
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Tagged Africa news, Angola, Bandundu (province), Central Africa, Congo, Congo (Dem. Rep.), crimes against humanity, Democratic Republic of Congo, disasters-news, ethics, Human Rights Abuses, Indepth Africa, Iraq, Iraq War, Kinshasa, Navanethem Pillay, Navi Pillay, Occupation of Iraq, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, political-news, Rape, torture, United Nations, Violence, War Conflict
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