Rights groups want President William Ruto to declare femicide a national crisis. By Abdi Latif Dahir Reporting from Nairobi, Kenya A university student was murdered, and her body dumped in a field.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Police in Kenya’s capital hurled tear gas canisters Tuesday at hundreds of protesters angry about gender-based violence and femicide, or the killing of women, and arrested an ...

Recently, President William Ruto lamented the increase in cases of femicide in Kenya. This comes weeks after public ...

Kenyan government declares gender-based violence a major security threat as 100 women killed in 4 months. Demonstrations call ...

Hundreds gather in Kenya’s capital to rally against gender ... who gathered to protest against gender-based violence and femicide. Protesters blew whistles and chanted “stop killing women ...

The lifeless body of Jackline Nyambura Mungai was discovered on January 4, near her apartment in Kamutaro, Kiambu County, along the Ruaka-Banana Road.

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police in Kenya hurled teargas canisters Tuesday at hundreds of protesters against gender-based violence, or femicide, in the capital, Nairobi, and arrested an unknown ...

If the president is serious about ending femicide, let him start by taking action on the officers who have brutalized us today," Mueni said to the AP. Protesters in Kenya are seen running away ...

Among those arrested was Irungu Houghton, executive director of Amnesty International Kenya, Amnesty said in a joint statement with three other organisations. "This protest was a courageous stand ...

A protester shouts as she holds a placard during a march against the rising cases of femicide, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) A protester shouts as ...