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When Kenyan women and human rights groups took to the streets in protest of rising femicide cases across the country. [File, Standard]
Femicide and domestic violence against women in North Africa are increasingly reported online and by the media but rights groups say legal measures to protect the victims are still lacking.
In Algeria, at least one woman is killed each week, according to the watchdog Feminicides Algerie, which has been documenting murders since 2019.
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