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A 25-year-old woman in Mwanza has been arrested for sexually abusing a 17-year-old boy. Edwin Kaunda, Public Relations Officer for Mwanza Police, said the woman has been identified as Flora Nkhoma. Kaunda explained that Nkhoma started sexually abusing the boy in June this year and the boy's parents found out on 16 October. They reported […]
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The court enjoys global jurisdiction.
Investigators will now need the authorization of the court’s judges to open a probe. Bensouda appealed for support from Nigeria’s government.
She said the army has dismissed accusations against government troops after examining them.
Boko Haram strictly opposes formal education. In 2015, Nigeria enlisted the support of neighbors Chad, Cameroon and Niger to try and defeat the group.
While the joint operations made the group lose considerable territory, they have not been able to wipe it out.
The ICC has conducted investigations in several African countries. In Sudan, Libya and Ivory Coast, former leaders were indicted for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity after the investigations.
For women in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo's second city, a curfew may help fight the coronavirus, but for many, it comes with a dread of burglary and rape.
At least 130 people have now been killed in what is the latest from inter-ethnic violence to rock Sudan's restive Darfur region. On Monday, 47 people were reported killed while 83 died in separate weekend clashes.
UN says most of the troubled region remains ‘inaccessible’ for aid workers amid growing hunger due to ongoing fighting.
It seems like Soulja Boy has some explaining to do. A former employee of his is now accusing him of some slimy behavior.
Calling the Church to Consciousness By George Pratt, Connectional YPD Parliamentarian On Sunday, November 29th, a collective of progressive United Methodists founded a new Wesleyan [...]
According to reports, the mob attack happened after a child was raped, allegedly by a tuckshop owner in the community.
CASES of domestic violence are on the rise during the COVID-19 lockdown due to limited activity, which has worsened socio-economic constraints. Fathers against Abuse Trust (FAA), a non-profit organisation on fighting gender-based violence (GBV) is engaging men and boys, to take the lead in addressing the issues. FAA co-founder Alois Nyamazana (AN) recently told NewsDay (ND) senior reporter Miriam Mangwaya that the prevailing economic constraints have resulted in increased aggressiveness among men, triggering domestic violence cases. ND: What is the situation on domestic violence issues during this COVID-19 pandemic period? AN: The lockdown has forced families to stay together for a long time than they used to do prior to the pandemic. As a result, cases of family squabbles are rising. Some minor family misunderstandings are turning out to be violent and fatal. During the lockdown, people are overwhelmed with challenges varying from anxiety, financial problems and uncertainty. Families are failing to engage in dialogues to resolve disputes, but are resorting to violence. FAA seeks to raise a generation of men and boys who are responsible and treat other people, particularly women, with respect and dignity. Men should be engaged as catalysts for change and as partners for women and girls in securing a Zimbabwe that is GBV-free. ND: What are the major forms of violence against men and boys? AN: As FAA, we appreciate that women and girls are the main GBV victims due to historical gender imbalances that emanate from patriarchy. We also acknowledge the fact that there are also men and boys who are GBV victims. Research has shown that men and boys suffer from GBV in conflict situations where they are sometimes recruited to perpetuate violence. In such circumstances, men participate not because they want to, but because they are being forced based on their gender. Boys can also be victims of sexual abuse as they may be forced to engage in sexual activities with elderly women. Incidences of sexual exploitation on men and boys for ritual purposes are also very prevalent. Men can also be victims of emotional violence, especially when they fail to fulfil some socially-ascribed roles. Historically, men have always been breadwinners and are expected to be responsible for providing for the family. If they fail to fulfil such roles, they will be ridiculed, rebuked and degraded. Even on social media, we have seen so many jokes that categorise men based on their income. That may result in emotional suffering. Some men and boys may also be abused based on their appearance or looks. They may not have some expected masculine features and they are ridiculed for that, which again inflicts emotional suffering on them. There are also some cases of men and boys who are physically abused by their partners. Some have been burnt using boiling water, paraffin or cooking oil. Although their partners usually do this as revenge, it remains violence. ND: What are the impacts of COVID-19-induced lockdowns on GBV? AN: COVID-19 has had very damaging eff
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has cleared a retired U.S. bishop of multiple allegations he sexually abused minors and teenagers, rejecting lay experts' determination that a half-dozen claims were credible and instead slapping him on the wrist for what it called 'flagrant' imprudent behavior. The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith exonerated retired Cheyenne, Wyoming Bishop Joseph Hart of seven accusations abuse and determined that five others couldn't be proven 'with moral certitude.' Two other cases involving boys, who were 16 and 17, couldn't be prosecuted given the Catholic Church didn't consider them […]
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Eight men have been arrested in connection with the gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in Port Elizabeth.
Before I ever stepped foot on Xavier’s campus, I was a pigtailed wearing little girl sitting in front of my television enamored with the cultural phenomenon known as 'A Different World.'
Child soldier-turned-Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen convicted by Netherlands-based court.
Serious allegations have been levelled against two well-known DJs, Fresh and Euphonik. They have since released a brief statement.
Outside of superheroes and science fiction, Black women have not played a sizable role in the recent action-heroine boom. 'The Equalizer' hopes to change that.
Nate Parker’s first film since rape and homophobia allegations derailed his chances at an Academy Award in 2016 is a cinematic Molotov cocktail of divisiveness. Whether the anger that plagues America comes from a Make [...]
French film director Luc Besson is to be treated as an assisted witness in the court case over allegations that he raped an actress, a judge ruled Monday. The case is the second brought against the “Fifth Element” director by the Dutch-Belgian actress Sand Van Roy, who has accused Besson, 60, of repeatedly raping her over a two-year period. In France, assisted witness status indicates that a judge considers there is some evidence to suggest culpability, but not enough to charge the suspect. The person can be charged at a later date if further evidence emerges against them. Van Roy initially filed a rape claim against Besson in May 2018, a day after meeting him at the Bristol luxury hotel in Paris. Two months later the actress, who had minor roles in Besson’s “Taxi 5” and “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”, accused him of raping and sexually assaulting her on other occasions. Prosecutors dropped the case in February 2019 citing lack of evidence, but a new investigation was opened the following October after Van Roy brought fresh charges. Besson’s lawyer Thierry Marembert hailed Monday’s decision, saying it “has just confirmed once again that the accusations against Luc Besson are baseless”. Van Roy is one of nine women who have said they were assaulted or harassed by Besson. Like Hollywood, French cinema has grappled over the past few years with “Me Too” allegations of sexual assault by powerful men in the film establishment. France’s equivalent of the Oscars, the Cesar awards, were hit by controversy last year after Roman Polanski—wanted in the US for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977 — won best director and best adapted screenplay. French actress Adele Haenel, who has said she was sexually harassed by the director of her first film when she was 12, walked out of the ceremony, shouting “Shame”. - FRANCE24
War crimes judges on Thursday deliver their verdict in the case of Dominic Ongwen, a Ugandan child soldier turned top commander in the Lord’s Resistance Army, a rebel group known for extreme violence and forcing women into sexual slavery. Ongwen, 45, faces 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity and could be imprisoned for life if convicted. Judges will not address sentencing on Thursday. The ruling at the International Criminal Court will be the first dealing with crimes by the LRA, New York-based Human Rights Watch said. It highlights the difficulty of trying somebody who, as a conscripted child soldier, is both an alleged perpetrator and a victim. His lawyers have asked for acquittal. Led by fugitive warlord Joseph Kony, the LRA terrorized Ugandans for nearly two decades as it battled the government of President Yoweri Museveni from bases in the north of the country and in what is now South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. The case at the ICC focused on 2002-2005, when prosecutors said members of the LRA carried out crimes including murder, rape, sexual slavery, forced marriage, torture, pillaging and the conscription of children under the age of 15 for fighting. After being abducted by the LRA as a boy, Ongwen worked his way up to a commander, overseeing the Sinia Brigade, one of the group’s four main operational units with up to 800 fighters. Detained in 2015, he remains in the court’s custody. His 3.5-year-trial ended in March 2020. Ongwen’s lawyer says the brutal life in the LRA affected his mental health and his capacity to make independent decisions. “When Ongwen was abducted he had no option, he was made a slave. That slavery continued until he left the bush,” lawyer Krispus Odongo told judges in closing arguments. But prosecutors countered that Ongwen was an adult at the time of the alleged offences and cannot be excused of responsibility. Ongwen’s case is extremely complex because under the law “you have either a victim or a perpetrator and anything in between is very difficult to squeeze in,” said Barbora Hola, senior researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement. In 2004, the Ugandan government referred the conflict with the LRA to the ICC, the world’s first permanent tribunal for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. - Reuters
