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The riddle of the missing genes
The roots of group violence in the deep past may explain the atrocities that are committed today
Media crackdown in Burkina Faso intensifies
More foreign news outlets are gagged over massacre reports accusing soldiers of killing at least 223 people in revenge attacks in February
We are on the right side of history, says Froneman of Sibanye’s response to Marikana
The mining company hosted its fourth annual Marikana memorial lecture on Monday to mark the 11th anniversary of the massacre
Finding justice 10 years after the Marikana massacre
The family of one of the victims of the shooting has received neither money nor an apology
Marikana: There should have been disciplinary proceeding, says Ian Farlam
The chair of the commission of inquiry says a personal apology from Cyril Ramaphosa would help families of the dead to heal
10 years later, not all Marikana widows have received promised houses
Eight out of the 44 widows are still waiting for their houses but Sibanye-Stillwater says they are ‘under construction’
Phoenix hearings lay bare tensions between Black and Indian residents
Indian residents deny ‘massacre’ label; black survivors claim violence and orchestration
Survivor of Phoenix massacre describes how he was called a monkey, assaulted and shot twice in the back
On day three of the SAHRC hearings into the July unrest, victim Ntethelelo Mkhize disputes the testimony of activist Sham Maharaj
Marikana court case back to haunt Ramaphosa
Lawyers seeking R1-billion in damages allege President Cyril Ramaphosa’s phone calls and emails in 2012 set the stage for the unlawful killing of 34 miners
Cameroon concedes that soldiers committed Valentine’s Day massacre
Official inquiry found that the Cameroonian military was responsible for deadly attack on civilians
40 dead in New Zealand mosque shootings
40 people have been killed by an Australian extremist at two mosque shootings in New Zealand’s South Island city of Christchurch
Trump panel recommends guns in schools to keep US students safe
The commission rejected calls to increase the minimum age required for gun purchases
Patrollers in Marikana, Philippi East, live in fear after mass shooting
After dark, they would take to the streets of one of Cape Town’s most dangerous communities, often armed with only determination.
After Las Vegas massacre, Trump silent on gun control
President Trump has declared the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history as an "act of pure evil" but avoided addressing gun control
Bodies in a Syria river: How did they die?
Human Rights Watch has conducted an investigation into the dozens of bodies found in a river in the city of Aleppo, Syria, earlier this year.