Election Violence

Kenyan Court Awards Compensation to Victims of 2007 Election Violence

NAIROBI — A Kenyan court award­ed com­pen­sa­tion to four women who were sex­u­al­ly abused dur­ing the vio­lence that fol­lowed the dis­put­ed 2007 pres­i­den­tial elec­tion. Thurs­day’s judg­ment marks the first time a Kenyan court has rec­og­nized vic­tims of sex­u­al abuse from