Student leader promises big changes, especially for women
In April, third-year law student Ann Mwangi Mvurya (21) became the first female leader of the University of Nairobi Students'...
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When police crashed her wedding, she was 8. Her soon-to-be husband was 67
Across the continent, women are helping to reimagine a sacred rite of passage in an effort to honour their cultures...
In Kenya, Alternative Rites of Passage are offering girls a life-saving alternative to ‘the cut’
Agnes Pareiyo, the director and founder of the Tasaru Ntomonok Initiative and chair of the Kenya Anti-FGM Board (second from...
What do a herd of goats, a few cattle, and a baby have in common? Find out
Here’s how northwest Kenya gets nomadic families to health services. It’s 11 am at a water point in the parched,...
Locked up for being sick: Kenyan prisoners recount their experience
Gideon Wanjohi was arrested in 2015 and sentenced to two years in prison in his hometown in Kirinyaga County in...
Migration
Eastern Africa is the most diversified region with regard to the origin of international migrants from Africa, as it receives...
$500 Million Fund Aims to Boost Investment in African Women in Business
The fund will focus on women-led companies, helping them access money that banks are unwilling to lend them. And by...
SONGWE: To spur growth, Africa must look to e-commerce, women, local resources
Vera Songwe, Uneca’s Executive Secretary. FILE PHOTO | NMG Summary The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa, Vera...
GATES: We can’t let our guard down now that a malaria-free world is within reach
Bill Gates, the founder and chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. AFP PHOTO | ERIC PIERMONT Summary Background...
These hospitals have become a home away from home in the Maasai’s fight against TB
Titoia Kisemei has called the Kajiado District Hospital's manyatta TB ward home since she was diagnosed with the illness. The...
