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Killings

Police pursuing ‘specific lead’ in Khayelitsha triple murder
National
/ 1 October 2021

Police pursuing ‘specific lead’ in Khayelitsha triple murder

Suspects still at large following the execution-style killing of three women aged 17, 20 and 21

By Eunice Masson
Triple murder in Khayelitsha investigated by police
National
/ 28 September 2021

Triple murder in Khayelitsha investigated by police

Three young women have been shot dead execution-style in one of Cape Town’s gang-riddled communities

By Eunice Masson
Record number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2020
The Green Guardian
/ 14 September 2021

Record number of land and environmental defenders killed globally in 2020

In South Africa, environmental activist Fikile Ntshangase and police detective Leroy Bruwer were killed

By Sheree Bega
Exclusive: Top-secret testimonies implicate Rwanda’s president in war crimes
Africa
/ 29 November 2020

Exclusive: Top-secret testimonies implicate Rwanda’s president in war crimes

Explosive witness testimony from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda implicates Paul Kagame and the RPF in mass killings before, during and after the 1994 genocide.

By Judi Rever and Benedict Moran
Did Botswana execute ‘poachers’ ?
Africa
/ 23 November 2020

Did Botswana execute ‘poachers’ ?

The Botswana Defence Force’s anti-poaching unit has long been accused of a ‘shoot to kill’ policy. Over 20 years the unit has killed 30 Namibians and 22 Zimbabweans

By Joel Konopo
The world’s warriors are under attack, but we must keep on fighting
Opinion
/ 16 November 2020

The world’s warriors are under attack, but we must keep on fighting

The murder of Fikile Ntshangase in KwaZulu-Natal was not an isolated incident. Around the globe, from Nigeria to Brazil, environmental activists are similarly being silenced, and it is our duty to continue this struggle

By Gabriel Klaasen
Conflict in Cameroon: The schools caught in crossfire
Africa
/ 10 November 2020

Conflict in Cameroon: The schools caught in crossfire

A slew of recent attacks in the country means sending your child to school can be a life or death decision

By Daniel Ekonde
‘My son died the worst kind of death’: Horrific details of violent unrest in Ethiopia
Africa
/ 14 July 2020

‘My son died the worst kind of death’: Horrific details of violent unrest in Ethiopia

Eyewitness accounts emerge of the violence that left 239 people dead after the assassination of singer Hachalu Hundessa

By Zecharias Zelalem
Remembering the cruelty of strongman Nkurunziza and his regime
Africa
/ 10 June 2020

Remembering the cruelty of strongman Nkurunziza and his regime

Burundi’s president was a cruel and tyrannical leader under whom no one was safe, not even schoolchildren

By Aanu Adeoye
Four mowed down as KZN killing spree rages
Article
/ 24 May 2019

Four mowed down as KZN killing spree rages

The killings have sparked a call from the ANC in KwaZulu-Natal to the interministerial task team probing political assassinations

By Paddy Harper
People must be able to trust the police
Article
/ 19 October 2018

People must be able to trust the police

The Victims of Crime Survey for 2015-2016, released by Statistics South Africa, shows that South Africans are generally reluctant to report crime

By Staff Reporter
Mothers pit prayer against killings
Article
/ 7 July 2017

Mothers pit prayer against killings

‘We’ve come to pray in this park because this is where the bodies of our children are always dumped, in the veld’

By Carl Collison
Special police task force to probe political killings, says police minister
Article
/ 5 June 2016

Special police task force to probe political killings, says police minister

While the death toll for politicians is increasing ahead of the local government elections, Police Minister Nkosinathi Nhleko pledges to intervene.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 16 April 2009

Sentencing looms in US soldier’s courts-martial

A US Army master sergeant convicted of murder in the 2007 killings of four bound and blindfolded Iraqis will be sentenced on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 2 December 2008

Nigeria’s religious divide in spotlight after riots

Nigeria’s religious fault line was in the spotlight on Tuesday after riots in the central city of Jos claimed hundreds of lives.

By Staff Reporter

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