Idris Elba has opened up about spending a night in prison to prepare for his role as Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film, Mandela ...

At least 165 women were raped by male inmates during a mass breakout from a prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday formalizing his announcement earlier this week that ...

Two associates of Benin’s president have been sentenced to 20 years in prison for plotting a coup in the small West African ...

Idris Elba is recalling how he prepared to play Nelson Mandela in the 2013 film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. “In 2013, when ...

During the Goma jailbreak, several women were assaulted by male inmates, while the majority perished when the prisoners set ...

I’M OFTEN ASKED WHY AFRICA MATTERS. It’s an understandable question in a world of real responsibilities, real demands, and ...

The insurance magnate was a close friend of Nelson Mandela, who he housed after the statesman's divorce in 1992.

A former Top 10 student at student became a high-achieving matriculant while behind bars. The inmate got his act together for ...

The South African Police Service arrested two Mozambican nationals believed to have been among the 6000 convicts who escaped ...

During a recent interview with The Sunday Times, the 52-year-old actor detailed the extremes he went to while working on the biopic, which documents Mandela’s 27 years in prison in South Africa.

A Tunisian court sentenced a number of top politicians, former officials and journalists to long prison terms on Wednesday, defence lawyers said, the latest move in what critics say is an attempt to ...