Maasai women erupted with mocking heckles as a community elder, wrapped in a traditional red blanket, claimed that female genital mutilation had all but stopped in their community in southern Kenya.

A Kenyan appeals court has overturned a landmark ruling that access to abortion is a fundamental right. In Kenya, where ...

LENKISEM, Kenya — The first time cutting season came around, Nice Leng’ete and her older sister ran away and hid all night in a tree. The second time, her sister refused to hide. For Maasai families, ...

Soldiers from the British Army Training Unit Kenya joined dozens of volunteers over the weekend in a 10-kilometre charity run aimed at raising awareness on menstrual hygiene and supporting vulnerable ...

Life can be especially cruel for girls growing up on Kenya's Swahili Coast. Some families sell their daughters to earn the bride price, while others encourage them to become child prostitutes for ...

Agnes Tirop was a 25-year-old rising professional distance runner who represented Kenya at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the women’s 5,000-meters. One month after she competed in her first Olympic Games, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

There are not enough superlatives to describe Kenya's glorious women in sports. They have blended endurance, discipline, bravery, and beauty in their bids to lead Kenyan casts to victories. From ...

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Somali families living in Britain and the United States are bringing their daughters to Kenya to secretly undergo female genital mutiliation (FGM) as their home ...