Mercy Juma

Nairobi

Correspondent at BBC

@BBCNews @BBCWorldService Correspondent covering Africa | Strategic storyteller | Moderator | Public Speaker Got story leads? [email protected]

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Articles

'My throat was so painful I couldn’t sleep' - on the mpox frontline

Aug 23, 2024 | yahoo.com | Mercy Juma

Egide Irambona, 40, sits bare-chested on his hospital bed, next to the window, in a treatment room that he shares with two other men. The rays of the evening sun shining above Burundi’s main city, Bujumbura, filter in. His face, bathed in a soft light, is covered in blisters. His chest too, and his arms. “I had swollen lymph nodes in my throat. It was so painful I couldn’t sleep. Then the pain subsided there and it moved to my legs,” he tells the BBC. Mr Irambona has mpox.
Demonstrations spread across the country

Jun 20, 2024 | bbc.com | Basillioh Rukanga |Mercy Juma

Police battle anti-tax demonstrators as Kenya protests spreadBy Basillioh Rukanga & Mercy Juma, BBC News, NairobiBBCThe protests have not been organised by politiciansKenyan police have clashed with anti-tax protesters in the capital, Nairobi, as demonstrations have spread to across the country, including to the president’s home town of Eldoret. Anti-riot police, some on horseback, fired tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters on the streets of Nairobu.
Police battle anti-tax demonstrators as Kenya protests spread

Jun 20, 2024 | bundle.app | Mercy Juma |Basillioh Rukanga

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Famine looms in Sudan as civil war survivors tell of killings and rapes

Mar 19, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Feras Kilani |Mercy Juma

Civilians caught up in Sudan's civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. Our journalists have managed to make it to the front line of the fighting close to the capital, Khartoum. Top UN officials have said the conflict has plunged the country into "one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history" and could trigger the world's largest hunger crisis.
Africa Live this week: 18-24 March 2024 - BBC News

Mar 17, 2024 | newssniffer.co.uk | Feras Kilani |Mercy Juma

This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on March 18, 2024 05:06 (UTC). The next check for changes will be March 20, 2024 01:48 You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-68399883#0 The article has changed 32 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Africa Live: I have no apology for trying to delay Senegal polls: Sall - BBC News

Mar 17, 2024 | newssniffer.co.uk | Feras Kilani |Mercy Juma

This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on March 18, 2024 05:06 (UTC). The next check for changes will be March 20, 2024 05:40 You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-africa-68399883#0 The article has changed 33 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
Outraged Kenyans march after girls’s murders - BBC Information

Jan 28, 2024 | pressnewsagency.org | Mercy Juma |Anthony Irungu

By Mercy Juma & Anthony IrunguBBC Information, Nairobi27 January 2024Picture supply, Mercy Juma/BBCDemonstrations are happening throughout main cities in Kenya to protest towards the rising instances of femicide and different violence towards girls. A whole bunch have gathered in Nairobi, Nakuru, Mombasa, Nyeri and Lodwar, some carrying placards with the names of those that had been killed.
Kenya Femicide: Hundreds Protest at Violence Against Women

Jan 27, 2024 | rsn.org | Mercy Juma |Anthony Irungu

Demonstrations are taking place across major cities in Kenya to protest against the rising cases of femicide and other violence against women. Hundreds have gathered in Nairobi, Nakuru, Mombasa, Nyeri and Lodwar, some carrying placards with the names of those who were killed. A 2022 survey found at least one in three Kenyan women had endured physical violence at some point in their lives. "I am here because I'm angry," 33-year-old Winnie Chelagat told the BBC.
Africa News - BBC News

Dec 14, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Wycliffe Muia |Alfred Lasteck |Mercy Juma |Samba Cyuzuzo

Getty ImagesCopyright: Getty ImagesHaitian police chief Frantz Elbe is in Kenya for a three-day visit ahead of plans to deploy police to help fight gang violence in the Caribbean country. Mr Elbe and his delegation on Wednesday met the Kenyan police chief Japhet Koome and other senior security officials for "bilateral security discussions", the Kenyan National Police Service said.
DR Congo election: 'We would vote for peace - if we had a vote'

Dec 13, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Mercy Juma |Samba Cyuzuzo

After heavily armed rebels surrounded her small village in eastern Democratic Republic Congo, Musa Bi walked for seven days with six young children until she reached a UN-run refugee camp. The 42-year-old is filled with worry, with no idea of the fate of her husband and two other children, as the family was separated in the chaos that followed the advance by the M23 rebels.