Akisa Wandera
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Senior Journalist, East Africa | BBC World Service |
Kenya
Joined January 2013
🚨🌧️ HEAVY RAINFALL ADVISORY – No. 3 of 2026 UPDATE No. 1 Issued by the @MeteoKenya (KMD) Heavy rainfall exceeding 20mm in 24 hours is expected from 19th to 24th March 2026 across several parts of the country. 🔺 Rainfall is likely to intensify and peak between 20th and 23rd
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Morocco awarded Afcon title after CAF overturn result
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Morocco declared the winners of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations after the Confederation of African Football overturns the result of their final defeat by Senegal.
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RT @EricLatiff: It’s an afternoon of statements. From 3pm, nearly every government office has released has one. From around 9pm last nigh…
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Update on the Ongoing Heavy Rainfall over Kenya
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🌧️ HEAVY RAINFALL ADVISORY 🌧️ Advisory No.: 01/2026 | Update: One Date of Issue: 20th February 2026 | 4:00 p.m. ⏰ Validity: From 21st February 2026 (3:00 p.m.) to 25th February 2026 (6:00 p.m.) ⚠️ Urgency: Expected ⚠️ Severity: Moderate to Heavy ⚠️ Certainty: Moderate
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Court rules John Chebochok, a former contractor at James Finlays who was featured in the BBC expose allegedly exploiting women for jobs is unfit to hold any public office in Kenya
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ODM removes Edwin Sifuna as secretary-general and replaces him with Catherine Omanyo in acting capacity
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Nigeria ranks as the third-highest consumer of dog meat in the world, after South Korea and Vietnam, according to the Dog Friendly Country Index. The BBC visited Nigeria’s biggest dog market to see what the secret is behind the thriving dog meat trade.
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Truphena Muthoni from Kenya has set the record for longest marathon hugging a tree with an unbelievable total of 72 hours. “Hugging a tree shows that nature is not separate from us, it is family."
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Gold in the Motor Sports Category at the World Sports Photography Awards 2026. 🥇 A proud moment for me, my country Kenya 🇰🇪and the Safari Rally. When the Safari Rally returned to the WRC circuit in 2021, I was one of a handful of Kenyan photographers accredited to shoot at
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🎥 #ICC Trial Chamber I sentences Mr #AbdAlRahman to 20 years of imprisonment, following the trial judgment in which he was found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in #Darfur #Sudan.
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Earlier today, on my orders, the Nigerian armed forces stood gallantly as a defender and protector of constitutional order in the Republic of Benin on the invitation of the government. Our armed forces acted within the ambit of the ECOWAS @ecowas_cedeao Protocol on Democracy
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BREAKING: Benin’s president Patrice Talon seen on live TV for the first time since attempted coup. “The situation is totally under control,” he says, blaming failed take-over bid on “a small group of soldiers”
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Sudan’s war has killed thousands and displaced millions, and questions keep arising about who’s fuelling the fighting. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty tells the BBC that neither Egypt nor the UAE is backing the warring sides, saying mediators are focused on a peace deal.
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MBEERE NORTH: UDA’s Leo Wamuthende garners 15,802 votes to defeat DP’s Newton Kariuki who got 15,308 votes.
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Mic check… It’s all systems go from the Nairobi studio! Looking forward to the #Newsday @bbcworldservice co-presentation launch this Monday. #TeamNairobi is all set to join our London colleagues to bring you the latest global news every weekday 0500-0800GMT.
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The US State Department has revoked the multiple visa entry of the Former South African Minister of international relations Dr Naledi Pandor. Dr Naledi Pandor is currently the chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Foundation @NelsonMandela .
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📅The decision on the sentence against Mr #AbdAlRahman, who was found guilty of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in #Darfur #Sudan, will be delivered on 9 December 2025 at 09:30 (Hague time). Learn more⤵️ https://t.co/DrgptvPxae
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Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver the sentencing judgment in the case of The Prosecutor v. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman ("Ali Kushayb") in a public hearing on 9...
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