Dramatic rise in women and girls being cut, new FGM data reveals
Progress to prevent female genital mutilation needs to be ‘27 times faster’, says UN The number of girls and women who have undergone female genital...
Category : Kenya
Kenya signs deal in attempt to rescue plan for deployment of 1,000 police officers to Haiti
It’s not clear if the new agreement can circumvent the Kenyan high court’s earlier ruling that such a deployment is unconstitutional Kenya and Haiti have...
Woman who handed over British girl, 3, for FGM in Kenya given seven years
Amina Noor travelled from north London with the child to Kenya where the procedure was carried out in 2006 A woman who was found guilty...
Fresh Del Monte says it cannot be held liable after violence at Kenyan farm
Civil claim relating to alleged killing, rape and attacks by guards at pineapple farm should be struck out, claim firm’s lawyers Fresh Del Monte has...
Del Monte Kenya representatives accused of seeking to cover up circumstances of men’s deaths
Exclusive: Investigation uncovers claims Del Monte representatives offered bribes in attempt to persuade men to back company’s version of events ‘Pain of a mother’: families...
Kenya gas explosion kills two and injures hundreds of people
Kenya’s Red Cross said it had taken 271 people to different hospitals across the capital of Nairobi Gas explosions at an industrial building in Kenya’s...
Thousands march against femicide in Kenya after rise in killings
Reports of at least a dozen cases of femicide since start of year prompt protests across the country Protests against femicide have taken place across...
Kenya high court rules against plan to deploy hundreds of police to Haiti
Judge says UN-backed proposals to tackle gangs in Caribbean country contravene Kenya’s constitution Kenya’s high court has ruled against a government plan to deploy hundreds...
Lions making fewer zebra kills due to ‘chain reaction’ involving invasive ants
Hunting by Kenyan lions impeded in ‘ecological chain reaction’ as big-headed ants fail to stop elephants stripping acacia trees – the cats’ ambush cover When...
Kenya death cult leader charged after hundreds found dead in forest
Self-proclaimed pastor arrested over deaths of more than 200 people, most of whom had died of hunger A Kenyan court has charged a cult leader...
