JOHANNESBURG, March 13 (Reuters) - Gangs of South African men are raping lesbians in the belief it will "cure" the women's sexual orientation, an aid agency said on Friday. NGO ActionAid said in a ...

Soldiers will be deployed to the Western Cape and Gauteng, provinces hard hit by gang violence and illegal mining respectively South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to ...

Venezuela has become a major launchpad for huge volumes of cocaine shipped to West Africa, where jihadists are helping traffic it to Europe in record quantities. Corrupt military officers and drug ...

AFRICAN leaders have gathered in Melbourne to discuss how to tackle the youth crime wave and stop vilification of the community. Almost 30 people attended the meeting in a North Melbourne on Saturday, ...

JEDDAH — Twelve African men of varying ages and a 10-year-old boy have been nabbed by Jeddah Police in connection with a series of robberies, according to spokesman First Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq. All home ...

Venezuelan migrants moving into Chicago’s South Side have caught the attention of the city’s gangs, with some fearing an impending turf war between local gangs and their Venezuelan counterparts. "When ...

The two members of the Barrio 18 street gang waited until 15-year-old Maribel’s* parents were out and then called at the family home in the outskirts of San Salvador. When she answered the door, they ...

A lack of resources is hampering anti-gang operations, says Police Minister Firoz Cachalia South Africa's Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has said that the security forces are not yet able to defeat ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to help the police fight criminal gangs and illegal mining in the country. Gang violence is a major problem in South Africa, which ...