Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei lost her life in Kenya at the hands of an intimate partner.Cheptegei’s partner, Dickson Ndiema, poured petrol on her and set her on fire during a disagreement at ...

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

This happened two weeks after the Kenyan president publicly committed to addressing femicide. The right to peaceful protest ...

The parts suspected to belong to a woman were stashed in a sack and found dumped along Mathare River.There were no upper body ...

LONDON, Jan 27 2025 (IPS) - Kenya’s young protesters are paying a high price for speaking out. Last June, a protest movement led by first-time activists from Generation Z emerged in response to the ...

Activists occupied Radcliffe Camera in the city centre in connection with the conflict in the Middle East leading to Radcliffe Square being closed on Friday (January 24). Friday morning, the ...

The handling of many femicide cases, however, has caused uproar in civil society and public spaces, with many feeling that enough is not being done by crime busters and prosecutors to bring ...

The protest is one of many growing calls to address the high levels of violence against women and children in the country. On November 1 South Africa held its first ever national summit on ...

“Canción sin miedo,” performed by Vivir Quintana alongside the Regional Women's Band Mujeres del Viente Florido, is extremely powerful. Its lyrics, explicit and blunt, are a tribute and a cry of rage ...

“Demand the university drop the suspensions, drop the charges,” CUAD wrote in its announcement of Tuesday’s protest. “There will be no school as usual as long as Columbia is participating in a ...