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January 19, 2018 News

Chance for Kenya to Make Amends for Post-Election Sexual Violence

I had already heard many disturbing stories of violence by the time I interviewed Mercy Maina, whose name I have changed to protect her privacy. Even so, what Mercy told me was truly disturbing. She said she was raped during the post-…

September 7, 2017 News

Election-related Sexual Violence in Kenya

“Is there no justice for rape?” asked Jane, a young woman from Nairobi’s slums. “If police, who should be helping us, can just rape women and nothing is done to them, what will prevent men from continuing to rape us?” Jane (not her real name)…

Kenyan anti-riot police fire tear gas in Kisumu, Kenya, August 9, 2017. © 2017 Baz Ratner/Reuters

March 7, 2017 News

Kenya: Hope for Survivors of Political Violence

President Uhuru Kenyatta two years ago announced a fund to help survivors of historical injustices in Kenya, including those who suffered gross human rights violations during the political violence of 2007-2008. Mr Kenyatta said…

Nafula K.,46, was gang raped together with three other women by four men in January 2008 while at an IDP camp.

March 17, 2016 News

In Kenya, Forgotten Rape Survivors Have Stories to Tell

A year ago, the Kenyan government finally announced a fund to help survivors of the widespread violence in 2007 and 2008 tied to the disputed presidential election. It was the first sign of hope for the hundreds of women who were brutally raped…

Kamene F. stands outside her house in a slum in Nairobi with her 7-year-old son born from rape.

February 16, 2016 News

‘No Child Should Have to Go Through This’: The Lingering Scars of Kenya’s Post-Election Violence

It has been eight years since post-election violence tore Kenya apart. There has been precious little punishment for the perpetrators, but the survivors live with the consequences of their altered lives every day. BIRGIT SCHWARZ meets one of them. …

Jaqueline Mutere, 48, walks on a rail line in Kibera, the largest slum in Kenya, which was one of the hotspots of the post-election violence.

August 20, 2013 News

Kenya: When Childbirth Leads to Disability and Despair

Obstetric fistula is a ‘disease of poverty’ that still affects thousands of women all over Africa. But if the causes are properly addressed, it is preventable. I grew up in a small rural village in eastern Kenya. Like most children in my village, I loved…

June 17, 2010 News

How Kenya welcomes refugees

Somalis fleeing the violence in their own country can expect only beatings, extortion and overcrowded refugee camps in Kenya

Shot at and raped. Arrested and beaten. Detained and deported. Extorted and robbed. Threatened and insulted. Ignored and shunned. The treatment of hardened criminals in some far-flung police state? The fate of political opponents by a repressive regime?…

March 25, 2009 News

Establishing a Special Tribunal for Kenya and the Role of the International Criminal Court

1. The prosecutor at the International Criminal Court has recently confirmed that the situation in Kenya is being monitored by his office. What does this mean? 2. If Kofi Annan hands over the Waki Commission envelope containing the names of those…

October 1, 2008 News

More Blowback from the War on Terror

The US-backed Ethiopian military has secreted away scores of "suspects" – including pregnant women and children – and fueled anti-American rancor in Africa

Ifo Refugee Camp, Kenya - Ishmael, a 37-year-old shepherd from the Ogaden region in Ethiopia, looked at me with tears in his eyes. Ethiopian forces – who had already killed his mother, father, brothers and sisters – murdered his wife days after they were…

January 30, 2008 News

The Right Way Forward for Kenya

Kenya's electoral crisis is spinning out of control, threatening the country's future, and exacting a terrible toll on thousands of ordinary Kenyans. Hundreds have been killed and thousands more chased out of their homes by mobs made up of former…

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