Africa, Rape | featured news

The chime sounds every four minutes on the radio station, reminding listeners that statistically yet another child or woman in South Africa is being raped....

South Africans woke up on Wednesday morning to the claim that a group of Soweto youths had filmed themselves raping a 17-year-old girl believed to be mentally ill.

A woman burst into the hotel housing the foreign press in Tripoli Saturday and fought off security forces as she told journalists that she had been raped and beaten by Qaddafi militia members.

Despite years of experience and billions of dollars, the peacekeeping force still seems to be failing at its task of protecting civilians.