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Kenya U-turn over charging prominent activist with terror offences

July 22, 2025 World Justice News 0

Prominent Kenyan activist Boniface Mwangi has been charged with illegal possession of ammunition linked to protests last month in which at least 19 people were killed. He denied the charge and has been released on […]

Police officers charged with murder of Kenyan blogger Albert Ojwang

June 24, 2025 World Justice News 0

Three police officers in Kenya have been charged with the murder of a 31-year-old blogger who died in police custody earlier this month. Albert Ojwang’s death has sparked outrage in Kenya with protests held to […]

Kenyan police accused of helping suspected serial killer escape

August 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

Five police officers in Kenya have been charged after a suspected serial killer escaped from custody, police have said. In July police said Collins Jumaisi Khalusha had confessed to the murders of 42 women, including […]

‘Serial killer’ arrested after bodies found in Kenya dump

July 16, 2024 World Justice News 0

Kenyan police have arrested a man who they have described as a “serial killer” suspected to have been behind the gruesome murder of nine women whose mutilated bodies were found in a disused quarry used […]

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Kenyan magistrate dies after shooting by policeman

June 15, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Kenyan magistrate who was shot by a senior police officer earlier this week has died, according to the country’s chief justice. Justice Martha K Koome wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Makadara Principal Magistrate […]

Jowie Irungu convicted of murdering Monica Kimani, as Jacque Maribe acquitted by Kenyan court

February 10, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Kenyan court has found a man guilty of murdering a businesswoman, while his ex-fiancé, a popular news anchor, has been acquitted. Joseph Irungu, also known as “Jowie”, slit Monica Kimani’s throat at her home […]

Brian Mwenda: Kenya’s ‘fake lawyer’ thanks his supporters

October 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man accused of practising law without qualifications has said he is innocent – and thanked people who have come out in support of him. On Thursday, legal officials in Kenya urged police to arrest […]

Facebook’s parent firm Meta can be sued by ex-moderator, judge rules

February 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

A worker who alleges reviewing graphic social media posts harmed his mental health can sue Facebook owner Meta, a Kenyan labour court says. Daniel Motaung claims he was paid about $2.20 (£1.80) per hour to […]

Willie Kimani: Kenyan policemen guilty of murdering human rights lawyer

July 22, 2022 World Justice News 0

A Kenyan court has found three policemen and a civilian guilty of the murder of a human rights lawyer and two other people in June 2016. The bodies of Willie Kimani, his client and a […]

Mob beats Kenyan child serial killer to death

October 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

A mob in western Kenya has killed a self-confessed serial killer who escaped from custody two days ago, police say. Masten Wanjala, 20, was traced by villagers to a house in Bungoma town and beaten […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

Human Rights

Sudan militia chief sentenced to 20 years for war crimes during Darfur conflict

December 10, 2025 0

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has sentenced a Sudanese militia leader to 20 years in prison for atrocities committed during a civil war more than two decades ago. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman had been convicted […]