OPINION: Let us fight COVID-19, not humans beings

By Guest Writer,

By Alvin Mwangi Labour Protection and Gender CS Margaret Kobia released a study which shows that in the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, 5009 cases...

COVID-19 , GBV

Cyber-crimes targeted at more women than men during pandemic: study

By Agnes Oloo,

Cyber- crime offenses have been on the rise during the COVID-19  pandemic period in Kenya with cyberbullying taking centre stage. And a majority of ...

Cyber Crime , GBV

GBV cases in Kenya up by 92pc between January and June 2020

By Rachel Ombaka,

Cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV) in Kenya increased by 92percent between January and June 2020, a study has found. Gender CS Margaret Kobia sai...

GBV

Brazil records 4,195 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours

By CNN,

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has shrugged off criticisms that he is "genocidal" in his opposition to Covid-19 restrictions, as the nation record...

Brazil , COVID-19

Man who was tortured with burning mosquito net records statement

By Francis Mtalaki,

A day after Swabir Mohammed was arrested and charged at a Mombasa court, Evans Odhiambo, the man he allegedly tortured using a burning mosquito net, c...

Mombasa County. , Swabir Mohammed , torture

Man captured on video torturing suspect using burning mosquito net arrested

By Ian Omondi,

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Monday arrested a man captured in a viral video torturing a suspected offender in ...

Ajab Unga Factory , DCI detectives , Mombasa County.

Henry quits social media, calls on firms to tackle online abuse

By Reuters,

Former France international Thierry Henry said on Friday he will be disabling his social media accounts to protest against the platforms for not takin...

racism , social media , Thierry Henry

Detectives probe murder of NYS official Andrew Wandera who was brutally killed in Eldoret

By Hassan Mugambi,

Detectives in Eldoret are probing the gruesome murder of Andrew Wandera, a National Youth Service (NYS) procurement manager, who is suspected to have ...

Andrew Wandera , NYS

Bobi Wine’s brother Fred Nyanzi on the run, nephew arrested

By Teddy Otieno,

Fred Nyanzi, the elder brother to Robert Kyagulanyi (Bobi Wine) is said to be on the run after security officials allegedly attacked his home. Acco...

bobi , Museveni , uganda

Questions raised over torture allegations at Manyani Maximum Prison – PHOTOS

By Keith Simiyu,

A section of inmates serving life sentences at the Manyani Maximum Prison in Taita Taveta County are calling upon relevant institutions to come to the...

Bison Madegwa , Manyani Maximum Prison , Taita Taveta County. , torture

Missing National Lands Commission official Jennifer Wambua found brutally murdered

By Raquel Muigai,

The body of Jennifer Wambua, the Interim Director of Communications at the National Lands Commission (NLC), was identified on Monday by her family at ...

Jennifer Wambua , NLC

Politician, activists, businesses join fight against China’s abuses in Xinjiang

By Guest Writer,

By Juan Carlos No matter how strongly China attempts to hide the genocide it perpetrated on ethnic minority in Xinjiang province, by even calling i...

Autopsy reveals Caroline Wanjiku Maina was repeatedly hit on the head with blunt object

By Hassan Mugambi,

The 38-year-old woman whose body was discovered in a thicket in Kajiado was repeatedly hit on the head. After a six-hour post mortem examination on...

Caroline Wanjiku Maina

Uyghur activists seek international community support to build pressure on China

By Guest Writer,

By Juan Carlos Global pop icons and celebrities are increasingly voicing support for human right violations, pro-democracy protests in Honk Kong, f...

Exiled in Kenya, Stella Nyanzi continues to speak out

By VOA,

As a child, Stella Nyanzi’s parents fled from then-Ugandan President Idi Amin Dada in the 1970s, forcing her to live in Kenya as a refugee for five ...

bobi , Museveni , Stella Nyanzi , uganda

China aims fire at BBC as dispute with Britain intensifies

By Reuters,

The BBC came under fire from Chinese official and social media on Friday in an escalating diplomatic dispute, a day after Britain’s media regulator ...

CGTN , china

U.S. ‘deeply disturbed’ by reports of systematic rape of Muslims in China camps

By Reuters,

The United States is “deeply disturbed” by reports of systematic rape and sexual abuse against women in internment camps for ethnic Uighurs and ot...

china , Muslims , sexual abuse , systematic rape

BWIRE: Men involvement in campaign FGM vital

By Guest Writer,

By Victor Bwire Efforts against some traditional harmful practices in Kenya including female genital mutilation (FGM) require not only the politica...

FGM

OPINION: Trolling Kanze Dena shows how disturbed we are as a society

By Guest Writer,

By Patience Nyange On Sunday morning, I read a compelling tweet from Antonio Guterres, the United Nations Secretary-General. Also Read: More mus...

Kanze Dena

She was murdered for catching an Indian priest and nun in a sex act. Three decades later, justice is served

By CNN,

The dead nun's slippers were scattered on the convent kitchen floor -- one near the entrance, the other by the fridge. Her white veil was found sna...