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Kenya Activists Fear Spike in Violence Against Women During Coronavirus

Rael Ombuor

   NAIROBI - Rights activists in Kenya have raised alarm after indications
   that gender-based-violence may be on the rise with restrictions on
   movement due to the coronavirus.'¯The East African country has more
   than 280 reported cases of COVID-19 so far, and at least 14 deaths.

   Community organizer Jane Anyango, 48, has for years documented cases of
   gender-based violence in Nairobi's Kibera neighborhood, Africa's
   largest urban slum.

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