U.N. moves LGBT+ refugees to safe houses after Kenya camp attacks
LGBT+ refugees said they were assaulted by locals and fellow refugees in Kenya's Kakuma camp
Uganda holds special court sessions on sex crimes to cut backlog
Half of Ugandan women and girls aged between 15 and 49 years face domestic or sexual violence from their husbands or partners
Campaigners in Kenya challenge Marie Stopes abortion ban in court
Campaigners say banning Marie Stopes from providing abortion services would have a huge impact on women and girls from poor informal settlements
Kenyan MPs block drive for more women in politics
The bill would have reserved one in three seats for women but not enough politicians showed up to vote on the controversial issue
MPs: Kenya must pass women's representation bill or risk constitutional crisis
The percentage of women in Kenya's parliament is lower than its east African neighbours such as Ethiopia, South Sudan, Burundi and Rwanda
Kenyan woman jailed for six years for circumcising twin daughters
The mother said she wanted her daughters to undergo female genital mutilation to avoid a curse from her deceased grandfather
Lost lives, lost billions: the cost of child marriage in Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest child marriage rates in the world, with more than 3 million - or one in three - girls marrying before they turn 18
Kenya MPs debate giving women a third of parliament seats
Women hold 23 percent of seats in Kenya's lower and upper houses of parliament combined - on a par with the global average
Kenya bans charity Marie Stopes from providing abortion services
Abortions are not permitted in Kenya unless a woman's life or health is in danger and emergency treatment is required
Freeze aid to Tanzania over rights violations, campaigners say
The World Bank pulled the plug on a planned $300 million education loan to Tanzania, citing concerns over a government policy which bans pregnant girls from attending school, amongst other things