In the ashes of the 2007-2008 post-election violence, Kenya made a promise to itself: never again. More than 1,100 people lost their lives, hundreds of thousands were displaced, and the country witnessed how quickly political competition could descend into ethnic conflict.
Post about a breaking news event, share an unverified allegation, or even repeat a rumor in a WhatsApp group, and until this year you could, in theory, have faced up to ten years in prison. That was the potential consequence of Sections 22 and 23 of the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act, which criminalized the publication of “false” information using broad and vaguely defined offences. The provisions cast a long shadow over anyone with access to a phone or the internet. On 6 March, however, the Court of Appeal struck them down. In a case brought by the Bloggers Association of Kenya, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) Kenya, Article 19 and others, the court called them so broad they were “like unguided missiles.”
A Kenyan court just changed the rules for every organization that collects personal information. Think about every organization that has your data right now: your mobile network, bank, health insurer, the security system that scanned your ID at the door, the betting app that knows your transaction history, and the government agency that issued your documents. Every one of them holds information about your location, finances, identity, and behaviour in a database you have never seen and cannot access. Until mid-May 2026, many of these organizations operated under a comfortable assumption: as long they did not intend for something to go wrong, they would not be responsible if it did.
Workplace sexual harassment is an abuse of power that violates bodily autonomy, dignity, and equality. Across sectors, young professionals, junior staff, interns, and those employed within the informal sector endure workplace sexual harassment in silence. Many never report, and those who do find their complaints are processed as human resources issues rather than criminal matters. This institutional separation between corporate discipline and criminal accountability is a core gap that must be addressed.
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Thirteen years ago, a brutal assault thrust my family into a world not designed for persons with disabilities (PWDs). A transformative moment for both us and a beloved family member forced us to look for affordable and accessible assistive technologies frantically. With the world rapidly beginning to design and harness artificial intelligence for all areas of our professional and personal lives, it is critical we look at how emerging technologies can empower persons with disabilities or risk them creating even more exclusion and marginalization.
The world is reaping a harvest of terrifying consequences from escalating conflict and the near breakdown of international law, said Amnesty International as it launched its annual The State of the World’s Human Rights report today, delivering an assessment of human rights in 155 countries.