The Vatican has released details of Pope Leo XIV’s upcoming four-nation Africa tour. The itinerary suggests Christian-Muslim ...

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru) has called on authorities to urgently address the issue of overcrowding in ...

On March 21, 1960, police in Sharpeville, South Africa, opened fire on a crowd protesting the country’s “pass laws,” killing ...

A video showed a prisoner cooking inside his cell, sparking concern about safety, oversight, and conditions in South African ...

KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police commissioner Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has revealed that a fellow inmate who shared a prison cell with ...

Once a futuristic shopping mall, El Helicoide became one of Venezuela's most feared prisons. Now, as the country changes, so does its fate — erase it, rebuild it, or remember what happened inside.

Convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester reportedly moved back to Kgosi Mampuru II after legal challenges regarding his ...

Former Zimbabwe tourism minister Walter Mzembi remains imprisoned since June 2025 as his trial nears its end, raising ...

Chuck Zimmerman, a 1985 Salem High School graduate, was sailing to New Zealand when the Russians picked him up in international waters on a side trip into the Black Sea. Those who follow Russia ...

A 33-year-old prisoner died one day after a 37-year-old inmate at the same prison was attacked and killed, officials said.

One of South Africa’s most notorious apartheid police commanders has testified at a new inquiry into the 1985 killing of four ...

At least 48 boys and young men died during the latest round of initiation ceremonies in South Africa, which involve the highly secretive process of traditional circumcision to “become a ...