By René Sparks — At the start of Women’s month this year, the gang rape of eight women at a mine dump in Krugersdorp made headlines in South Africa and abroad, adding to the country’s blood-curdling statistics of femicide and violence against women. The stark reality behind the #MeToo and #SayHerName movements has left us …
Early Tuesday morning I awoke to the horrific news of the Manchester terror attack. A suspected suicide bomber killed at least 22 people and injured dozens more at an Ariana Grande concert. I must admit that I don't know Ariana Grande or her music, but since then I have learned that she has a large …
Nairobi, Kenya — SHE’S a 4-year-old girl named Ida, fragile and shy, and when she was raped by a neighbor boy in September, her family tried to have the attacker arrested. Yet the only interest the police showed was to ask for a bribe equivalent to $11.50 to make the arrest, the family says. The …