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Activists raise alarm as women attacked on witchcraft claims

Samburu Women Trust Executive Director Jane Meriwas. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Human rights activists and civil society groups have raised alarm over killing of women in Marsabit County on allegations of practicing witchcraft.

According to Defenders Coalition, Samburu Women Trust (SWT) and the Pastoralists People's Initiative (PPI), there has been a series of attacks targeting women.

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