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Waihiga Mwaura

Nairobi

Senior Lead Presenter at BBC

God Chaser.Husband.@BBC Focus on Africa. Ex- @citizentvkenya. #AJEA2021 2*Winner. 2019 UBA Award. 2018 @BBC Komla Dumor . 2012 @CNN Winner. 2015 @MoAmin Winner.

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  • Jan 11, 2025 | envirolink.org | Waihiga Mwaura

    From BBC Getty ImagesAn eerie whizzing sound followed by a big boom startled Kenyan villagers relaxing recently one afternoon with family and friends. “It sounded like a bomb, I was shocked. I started looking around, also wondering if it was gunshots,” Stephen Mangoka, a 75-year-old farmer from Makueni county’s Mukuku village, told the BBC. “I looked up in the sky to see if there was smoke. Nothing. “I rushed to the road to check if there had been an accident. Also, nothing.

  • Jan 11, 2025 | yahoo.com | Waihiga Mwaura |Mukuku village

    An eerie whizzing sound followed by a big boom startled Kenyan villagers relaxing recently one afternoon with family and friends. "It sounded like a bomb, I was shocked. I started looking around, also wondering if it was gunshots," Stephen Mangoka, a 75-year-old farmer from Makueni county's Mukuku village, told the BBC. "I looked up in the sky to see if there was smoke. Nothing. "I rushed to the road to check if there had been an accident. Also, nothing.

  • May 17, 2024 | es-us.noticias.yahoo.com | Waihiga Mwaura

    Una madre keniata que ha liderado una larga y desesperada campaña para salvar a su hijo de ser ejecutado en Arabia Saudita recibió un poco de alivio esta semana, tras el anuncio de que se le había aplazado la condena. Stephen Munyakho, de 50 años, iba a ser ejecutado esta semana por el asesinato de un yemení ocurrido en 2011.

  • May 15, 2024 | msn.com | Waihiga Mwaura

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  • May 15, 2024 | bbc.com | Waihiga Mwaura

    The race to raise blood money to halt an executionWaihiga Mwaura,BBC Focus on Africa TV, NairobiDorothy KweyuStephen Munyakho pictured in 2010, a year before his arrestA Kenyan mother, who has led a long and desperate campaign to save her son from execution in Saudi Arabia, was weak with relief when he was granted a temporary reprieve this week. Stephen Munyakho, 50, was due to be executed on Wednesday for the murder of a Yemeni man in 2011.

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Waihiga Mwaura
Waihiga Mwaura @WaihigaMwaura
11 Apr 25

Gabon - the Kuwait of Africa (small population, large oil reserves)—goes to the polls tomorrow. Gabon's transitional President & junta chief Brice Nguema, showing off some dance moves in the final campaign rally, will face off against 7 other candidates. #FocusOnAfrica 📷 https://t.co/rnrEyK09do

Waihiga Mwaura
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11 Apr 25

Artist Eedris Abdulkareem's lyrics slam President Bola Tinubu and urge his influential son, Seyi, to let his father know "people are dying" through hardship and insecurity and there is "hunger" in the country. https://t.co/5TeVYDiz8X

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11 Apr 25

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