Police in Kenya hurl teargas at protesters against gender-based violence

NAIROBI, Kenya — 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 number of people. Protesters chanting “Stop femicide” were dispersed by police in a public park where they had gathered and later engaged in running battles along the streets. […]

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Some young Kenyans turn to kung fu for self-improvement in difficult times

NAIROBI, Kenya — Growing up on the semi-arid plains of eastern Kenya, Evans Munzaa had planned his future. He envisioned an information technology job, a wife and two children by age 30. But the 31-year-old father hasn’t had a formal job since completing college 10 years ago, and he doesn’t live with his daughter and […]

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