The State Department is unveiling new visa restrictions against the South African government after finding that the country ...

Nigeria's parliament said Friday that it's suspending official visits to South Africa indefinitely over anti-immigrant ...

Twenty-five years after 9/11, figures compiled by conflict monitor underline how Sahel region has become centre of Islamist terror ...

Months of anti-foreigner protests across South Africa have forced tens of thousands to leave the country.

UNITED NATIONS, Jan 7 2026 (IPS) - New estimates show that violence against women and girls remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world – and that one of its fastest-growing ...

As anti-immigrant sentiment and vigilante violence fuel outrage across the continent, some fans abroad are rejecting South ...

YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – In the face of histories of abuse and cover-up by the Church, a Catholic nun in Zambia has challenged Church leaders to stem the tide of abuse against women religious wherever and ...

She says she was violated by police. Now she’s brainstorming an AI-integrated app with a panic button that alerts private security to help other women caught in South Africa’s tragically high rates of ...

FILE - Anglican Archbishop Thabo Makgoba of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa leaves by car from the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated ...

Johannesburg, South Africa – Human Rights Watch has warned of a new wave of xenophobic attacks in South Africa as anti-immigration groups intensify protests and vigilante-style actions targeting ...

DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The #MeToo social media campaign to raise awareness about sexual harassment and abuse has sparked conversation in parts of Africa where domestic violence is ...