South Africa's Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has said that the security forces are not yet able to defeat deadly criminal ...

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 ...

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 ...

Throughout French-speaking Africa, street children are an all-too-common phenomenon. Although different names are used to describe these children, they all refer to the same precarious reality. There ...

EL CEIBO, Guatemala – Bordertown resident Andrés makes only a modest living from his small grocery store and odd jobs as a mechanic and electrician. But that does not stop him doing what he can to ...

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Dr Ashwill Ramon Phillips does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...