Danai Nesta Kupemba
Journalist at BBC News Africa
@BBCAfrica Journalist | Ex @CNNi @FT | Words✍🏿 @AlJazeera @VICE @Refinery29uk @StylistMagazine @CosmopolitanUK @RollingStone | @JSchofieldTrust Fellow 2025
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bbc.com | Danai Nesta Kupemba
Haribo recalls bags of sweets in Netherlands after cannabis foundDanai Nesta KupembaNurPhoto via Getty ImagesA family reported feeling unwell after eating their sweetsHaribo is recalling packets of sweets in the Netherlands after some were found to contain traces of cannabis. Several people, including multiple members of one family, reported feeling unwell after eating from a 1kg pack of Haribo Happy Cola F!ZZ.
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lucianne.com | Danai Nesta Kupemba
Original ArticlePosted By: snakeoil, 5/27/2025 1:21:57 PMUS President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted on fraud and bribery charges. A jury found former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins guilty of accepting more than $75,000 (£55,000) in bribes last December, in exchange for making several businessmen into law enforcement officers without them being trained. Jenkins, a long-time supporter of Trump, was sentenced in March to 10 years in prison.
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bbc.com | Danai Nesta Kupemba
Trump pardons former sheriff convicted of briberyDanai Nesta KupembaAFP/Getty ImagesScott Jenkins was convicted of fraud and bribery in December US President Donald Trump has issued a pardon to a former Virginia sheriff who was convicted on fraud and bribery charges. A jury found former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins guilty of accepting more than $75,000 (£55,000) in bribes last December, in exchange for making several businessmen into law enforcement officers without them being trained.
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flipboard.com | Danai Nesta Kupemba
5 hours agoWhy Japan sees President Trump's tariffs as a 'national crisis'Robert Ward is the Japan chair at the London-based think tank the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), where he also directs the geo-economics and strategy program. He is the author of "Evaluating Japan's New Grand Strategy".
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bbc.com | Danai Nesta Kupemba
During the meeting with the French envoy, Tanhaei called Barrot's comments "blatant interference" in the country's internal affairs, according to the same report from Iran's PressTVHe described the congratulatory message as "irresponsible and provocative", adding that France had "no moral authority at all" to comment on Iran, citing what he called France's failure to support Palestinians in Gaza.
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He wanted the Mercedes. She was expected to pay. Dr Celiwe Ndaba’s story went viral and sparked a national conversation about financial abuse in South Africa. For my latest @BBCAfrica piece I explored how successful women become targets. https://t.co/NBXEm8tyJd
RT @MasiloPearl92: @nestakupemba well done on the article you wrote about @drCeliweDada, what a well-written piece 👌👏you're amazing.
"Nigeria is very classist. Ironically, we're a poor country, so it's a bit silly," a radio host told the BBC. I explored Nigeria's class dynamics through the lens of IJGBs and posed the question: Are Nigerians abroad widening the class divide back home? https://t.co/GrSaqOodgx