Worst violence in years spreads in South Africa as grievances boil over
Crowds clashed with police and ransacked or set ablaze shopping malls in cities across South Africa on Tuesday, with dozens of people reported killed, as...
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Corruption, gender violence, discrimination the focus of US human rights report
Cyprus has been cited in the latest US State Department Human Rights Report for lapses on certain human rights issues including “serious acts of corruption”...
One in three women endure physical or sexual violence, WHO says
Nearly one in three women worldwide is subjected to physical or sexual violence during her lifetime, pervasive criminal behaviour that has increased during the pandemic,...
It’s not perpetrator against victim, it’s the state against the victim
The Cypriot media went wild over the emergence of a video showing the abuse of a domestic worker. Even those news sites with the obscene...
Thousands flee deadly violence in Cameroon’s separatist regions – sources
Thousands have fled a fresh flare-up of violence in Cameroon’s separatist English-speaking regions in the past few days, a local security source and a government...
Egyptian women race in Cairo to campaign for end to violence
Hundreds of women took part in a race in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Friday to campaign for an end to violence against women and push for...
One arrest, stadium damage in aftermath of hooligan clashes (updated)
Police have arrested a 17-year-old male for possession of a knife following Monday night’s clashes at a first division football match in Limassol that caused...
Millennials leading the way in gender politics even in Cyprus
By Helen Sage The week that the Harvey Weinstein story surfaced, I immediately thought – as I guess many women did – of the personal...
Ending gender-based violence 2017
By US Ambassador Kathleen Doherty Violence against women is a global scourge. One in three women worldwide will be beaten, coerced into sex, or abused...
Mexico women protest violence in skeletal Day of Dead march
Wearing black clothing and skeletal face paint, dozens of women marched in downtown Mexico City on Wednesday to commemorate the growing number of women murdered...
Ethiopian protesters attack factories in Africa’s rising economic star
Protesters in Ethiopia have damaged almost a dozen mostly foreign-owned factories and flower farms and destroyed scores of vehicles this week, adding economic casualties to...
Protests turn violent in Congo capital, at least eight dead (update)
Congolese police and anti-government protesters clashed in the capital Kinshasa on Monday, killing at least eight people including three policemen, during a march against President...
News Podcast: Migrants, violence, gender issues in Cyprob negotiations
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Fight in popular Limassol spot caught on video
An amateur video taken on Sunday showing three men having a fight is just one example of an area in Limassol which is plagued regularly...
Paris protesters march under huge police presence
By Ingrid Melander and Brian Love Thousands of demonstrators marched under massive police presence in Paris on Thursday to demand that President Francois Hollande scrap...
UEFA says could disqualify England, Russia from Euro 2016 if more violence
European soccer’s governing body warned the English and Russian football associations on Sunday that if fan violence continued their teams could be disqualified from the...
Two football hooligans charged
Police on Saturday night arrested three Nicosia men in connection with incidents of violence following the recent Apollon-Omonia match at Tsirion stadium in Limassol. The...
Government views tackling violence against women as a priority
A plan to combat violence against women is in the final stages of preparation, Justice Minister Ionas Nicolaou announced on Tuesday. Speaking at the opening...
Dealing with violence in schools
THE Education ministry’s ‘direct intervention unit’ (OAP), that deals with violence and delinquency, responded to more than 1,000 requests from primary, secondary and technical schools...
Trump refuses to condemn violence at his U.S. presidential rallies
By Andy Sullivan Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said that “professional agitators” bore much of the blame for violence at his rallies as video showed...