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DRC: Government implements death penalty to combat youth gang phenomenon
In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the proliferation of criminal youth gangs is at an all-time high. The government ...
La Croix22d
DR Congo's death penalty plan for gang youth sparks division
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, authorities have opted to implement the death penalty as a response to the surge in ...
U.S. News & World Report1mon
Congo Executes 102 'Urban Bandits' With 70 More Set to Be Killed, Officials Say
A flight of 70 more people from Kinshasa has arrived at Angenga ... The fight against urban gangs must go hand in hand with efforts to combat poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, which ...
Al Jazeera English1mon
Gang violence killed more than 5,600 people in Haiti in 2024: UN
More than 5,600 people were killed and thousands more injured or kidnapped in 2024 due to soaring levels of gang violence in Haiti, the United Nations said. In a statement released on Tuesday ...
New York Post23d
Record gang violence in Haiti leaves at least 5,600 dead as Biden admin faces scathing criticism for not having ‘clear strategy’
Gangs in Haiti killed at least 5,600 people last year, according to a new United Nations report. The report from the Office of the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights said an additional ...
AOL1mon
Congo executes 102 ‘urban bandits’ with 70 more set to be killed, officials say
A flight of 70 more people from Kinshasa has arrived at Angenga ... The fight against urban gangs must go hand in hand with efforts to combat poverty, unemployment and social exclusion, which ...