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Rape risk from slum toilets

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul8 10
NAIROBI - Judy Wanjiku, 26, lost a tooth during an attempted rape in Nairobi's Mathare slum as she walked ...
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Behind bars for rape

by IRIN | 0 » | Jul7 10
GOMA - In a country known as the most dangerous in the world to be female, the most unusual ...
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Impunity in rape cases thrives

by IRIN | 0 » | Jun22 10
FREETOWN - Police records in Sierra Leone show that after months of court appearances, Janice, 35, dropped charges against ...
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Troops reinforcing a porous and dangerous border

by IRIN | 0 » | May26 10
MUSINA - South African special forces troops have begun a six-month deployment along the troubled border with Zimbabwe, where rape, ...
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Police crackdown on migrant Fulani herdsmen

by IRIN | 0 » | Apr29 10
ACCRA - Security officials in Ghana are cracking down on migrant Fulani herdsmen, accusing them of rape, vandalism, destruction ...
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Rape-aXe: The anti-rape condom

by AfricaVision Online | 1 » | Jan21 10
The Rape-aXe anti rape condom was developed by a South African woman , Sonnet Ehlers, after witnessing first hand the ...
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Slow progress on prison reform say lawyers

by AfricaVision Online | 0 » | Sep18 09
ABUJA, 18 September 2009 (IRIN) - In June 150 prisoners escaped from Enugu state prison in southeastern Nigeria, beating wardens ...
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When I reported my rape to the police, they arrested me

by IRIN | 0 » | Sep26 08
Seventeen year-old Maureen* is a sex worker in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa. She moved to Mombasa six months ...

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