Mercy Juma
Correspondent at BBC
Correspondent at BBC World Service
Head of Communications, Kenya - UN WFP. Ex @BBCNews @BBCWorldService Correspondent covering Africa | Strategic storyteller | Moderator | Public Speaker
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3 days ago |
allafrica.com | Elizabeth Bryant |Mercy Juma
American farmers play a key role in WFP's hunger-fighting mandateDoug Keesling's wheat field in Chase, Kansas - America's 'wheat state' - stretches as far as the eye can see, the young plants beginning to sprout ears of grain. But their green promise is deceiving. Keesling, a fifth-generation farmer, is worried. "We've had plenty of sun," he says, "we need rain now.
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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.
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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.
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Jun 20, 2024 |
bundle.app | Mercy Juma |Basillioh Rukanga
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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.
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Imagine surviving on just 3kg of rice, 800g of lentils, and half a litre of oil, for an entire month. That’s the reality for refugees in Kenya today. How would you portion it? What would you cook first? Would it last? #FoodForLife #RefugeeCrisis #WFP #ZeroHunger
📢 WFP food assistance is a lifeline for over 700,000 refugees, but recent food cuts are forcing families to make tough decisions. Malnutrition levels are rising, and many are at great risk of hunger. @WFP urgently requires new funding to provide refugees with full rations. https://t.co/5zQbeIQvqo
RT @WFPChief: From @WFP_Kenya's logistics hub in Mombasa, food is moving fast to families fleeing conflict from places like Sudan & eastern…
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