JOHANNESBURG, March 13 (Reuters) - Gangs of South African men are raping lesbians in the belief it will "cure" the women's sexual orientation, an aid agency said on Friday. NGO ActionAid said in a ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said he will deploy the army to help the police fight criminal gangs and illegal mining in the country. Gang violence is a major problem in South Africa, which ...

Venezuela has become a major launchpad for huge volumes of cocaine shipped to West Africa, where jihadists are helping traffic it to Europe in record quantities. Corrupt military officers and drug ...

Gang-related crime in South Africa is widespread, but is under-reported outside hotspots such as the Cape Flats in Cape Town or Westbury in Johannesburg. In these areas gangs are deeply rooted and ...

JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's president said Thursday that the country would send its troops into communities to help police fight the scourge of illegal mining and gang violence in its two provinces ...

Soldiers will be deployed to several crime-ridden areas of South Africa for a year South Africa's army has officially been deployed to several parts of the country to help overwhelmed police clamp ...

JEDDAH — Twelve African men of varying ages and a 10-year-old boy have been nabbed by Jeddah Police in connection with a series of robberies, according to spokesman First Lt. Nawaf Al-Bouq. All home ...

Venezuelan migrants moving into Chicago’s South Side have caught the attention of the city’s gangs, with some fearing an impending turf war between local gangs and their Venezuelan counterparts. "When ...

The two members of the Barrio 18 street gang waited until 15-year-old Maribel’s* parents were out and then called at the family home in the outskirts of San Salvador. When she answered the door, they ...