Kenyan police tear-gassed a peaceful march against femicide in the capital Nairobi on Tuesday, detaining a number of protesters, according to AFP reporters and rights groups. There was a strong ...

were arrested in Nairobi after police teargassed them during an anti-femicide march. The protest on Tuesday, December 12, marked the end of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence ...

NAIROBI—Last September, Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei lost her life in Kenya at the hands of an intimate partner.

Kenya despite a heightened awareness of the crisis and government measures to curb what the World Health Organization terms ...

STORY: A surge in violence against women in Kenya has spurred many to learn to fight back.At least 97 women across Kenya were ...

Analysis - Gender-based violence is a major challenge in Kenya, which has recorded a significant rise in deaths of women and girls in recent years.

But activists say they see few signs of progress. When several hundred people marched last month in Nairobi against femicide, the police fired teargas and arrested several of them. The police ...

But activists say they see few signs of progress. When several hundred people marched last month in Nairobi against femicide, the police fired teargas and arrested several of them. The police ...

According to a recent report titled Silencing Women, 170 femicide cases were documented over the past 12 months, a significant increase in comparison to previous years.