One moment you’re accused, the next you’re gone—no judge, no jury, just the wrath of an angry crowd. Mob justice in Kenya has long been a brutal reality, a fast and fatal response to crime fueled by ...

Incidents of mob justice have surged across Kenya, reflecting deep-seated frustrations with the country's criminal justice system. [File, Standard] The National Police Service (NPS) has issued a stern ...

Most jungle justice victims in Nigeria are later discovered to be innocent of the crimes they were accused of. According to Change in Africa (2021), at least one person is tortured or killed every day ...

Sir: For far too long, the issue of mob justice has become a recurring decimal in our national life such that many have become inured to it and accepted it as the norm. Contrary to what many may think ...

The victim died at Mapulaneng Hospital after being fatally assaulted by a mob that allegedly wrongly accused him of local ...

The killing highlights the recurring problem of mob justice in northern Nigeria, where accusations of blasphemy have often resulted in extrajudicial killings despite repeated calls for due process.

The final performance of “Parade,” a Tony Award-winning musical, was recently held at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. It told the story of the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan ...

Mob action in Nigeria is a barbaric trend fueled by a lack of faith in the justice system. Discover the tragic consequences ...

Mobs play God whenever they visit jungle justice on suspected offenders. They level the accusation, confirm guilt and summarily execute punishment, all in one swoop without giving the suspect an ...