Mob justice is on the rise in some African countries, particularly in South Africa. Violent killings are connected to poverty, while a lack of trust in the judicial system propels the problem.

The Benue State Police Command has said it has arrested two people over the murder of an elderly woman accused of witchcraft ... as a disturbing method of mob justice prevalent in the state ...

There has been a disturbing clip doing round in the social media of a woman being frog marched in ... been such like stories across the country. Mob justice is not just, as many innocent souls ...

Some are calling for a state of emergency in South Africa, after the vicious gang ... in an attempt to deliver mob justice. They allege that organised groups of illegal miners, known locally ...

A man suspected of starting a fire in South Africa's Alexandra township has been killed by a mob. He died of his injuries ... including a woman who had given birth on Thursday.

In one week, three incidents of mob justice have found their way to the ... The second incident involved four women lynched in Kisii. And why is it that most of these incidences target old women ...