Kenyan police have tear-gassed a peaceful march against femicide in the capital Nairobi, detaining a number of protesters.
There was a strong police presence in Nairobi ahead of the march just one of many planned across the East African country, where violence against women has been a long-running issue.
Officers reportedly fired tear gas against an initially small group of young women in Nairobi’s Central Business District.
The march follows calls from rights bodies for action over femicide in the country, with the Kenyan National Commission for Human Rights saying in November that 97 women had been murdered in the past three months.
