Tag: Rape
Nigerian Court Remands 63 Year Old Man, 3 Others In Prison For Allegedly Raping 10-Year-Old
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kaduna, northern Nigeria, on Monday, ordered a 63-year-old man and three others, remanded in prison custody, for allegedly raping a...
Nigerian Court Remands Man For Allegedly Attempting To Rape Sleeping Woman
A Nigerian Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, Southwest of the country, Monday remanded an unemployed man, Yusuf Olatunji, 28, for allegedly attempting to rape a...
Women Journalists Call For Implementation Of Stiffer Punishment For Rapists
By Longtong Ibrahim Kaduna (Nigeria) – Worried by the high rate of rape cases especially of minors in the society, the National Association of Women...
Tanzania: Legal Human Rights Centre Raises Alarm Over Rising Incidents of Rape – Daily Times
Incidents of rape and sodomy from January to March last year have increased from 1,585 to 1,765 during the same period this year, according...
Appeal Court Shocked Pretoria High Court Judges, Says 11-Year-Old Girl ‘Consented’ To Sex
Pretoria (South Africa) – The Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) was not happy that three high court judges decided to reduce the jail term...
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