In Senegal, online videos break silence over domestic abuse

Fatou Warkha, 30, an activist who founded the community web TV Warkhatv.com, shoots footage in the streets of Pikine, on the outskirts of Dakar, Senegal January 23, 2020. Picture taken January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra

DAKAR (Reuters) - For Senegalese activist Fatou Warkha, online videos play a vital role in her campaign to expose and end violence against women in a country where discretion and forbearance are traditionally prized.

The 30-year-old grew up in Pikine, one of Dakar's poorer suburbs, where cases of domestic violence, rape and abuse were as commonplace as the district's power outages and seasonal flash floods.