A 19-year-old woman took the case through a pedestrian crossing from Morocco into the small Spanish-governed territory of Ceuta on Thursday, a spokesman for the Civil Guard police ... Read more »
The country's justice minister say legal action will be taken against French soldiers accused of raping children in exchange for food at a refugee camp. Read more »
A young woman, who managed to avoid becoming a child bride with the support of her aunt, says the tradition of early sexual initiation is forcing girls to have sex and exposing ... Read more »
The 274 Chibok girls are gone for a year and various initiatives have been arranged to remember them. Read more »
An United Nations official has based his comment on the fact that schoolgirls may have been among the group of women killed by Boko Haram in Borno state last month, just ... Read more »
At least 400 women and children have been abducted by Boko Haram militants from the town of Damasak, which was freed this month by troops from Niger and Chad. Read more »
A programme called 'Your Moment of Truth', run by an NGO, encourages adolescent boys to stand up against violence towards women. Read more »
The Hollywood couple have already three adopted children - Maddox, from Cambodia, Zahara, from Ethiopia, and Pax, from Vietnam. They will reportedly finalise the details when they ... Read more »
The military has found no trace of more than 200 Chibok school girls kidnapped nearly a year ago by Boko Haram, despite reclaiming several towns from the insurgents. Read more »
While 14-year-old Wasila Tasiu's defence team is asking that the courts drop the murder charges, the prosecution is asking for the death penalty. Read more »
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