
Waihiga Mwaura
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God Chaser.Husband.@BBC Focus on Africa. Ex- @citizentvkenya. #AJEA2021 2*Winner. 2019 UBA winner.2018 @BBC Komla Dumor . 2012 @CNN Winner. 2015 @MoAmin Winner.
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Cameroon's President Paul Biya returned home on Thursday after his longest recorded stay abroad since taking power more than four decades ago, ending months of speculation about his health and whereabouts. The 93-year-old leader arrived in Yaounde after more than 10 weeks away. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura498,609 views • 2 months ago

EXCLUSIVE: US President Trump's advisor Massad Boulos has told BBC's Focus on Africa, "that 12 countries (including all of the neighbouring ones in the region) are in one way or the other providing military support to Sudan's warring parties. He declined to name any of the 12 countries but said the military buildup is escalating. The Sudan war is approaching its fourth year with hundreds of thousands of estimated deaths. #FocusOnAfrica BBC News Africa
Waihiga Mwaura351,893 views • 2 months ago

The British army has moved a training out of Kenya because, "necessary licences required to allow training to take place in Laikipia later this year have not been forthcoming." We asked Nelson Koech, heading Kenya's Parliament's defense committee what concerns they have as a new defense agreement is worked on. #FocusOnAfrica BBC News Africa
Waihiga Mwaura153,872 views • 3 months ago

Cameroon President Paul Biya made a very rare appearance on the campaign trail earlier today looking for his 8th term. Viewers who were waiting to see him emerge from his vehicle in this livestream had to make do with plenty of shots of the crowd before the 92-year old was revealed already seated in the presidential chair with the first lady Chantal Biya. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura254,799 views • 1 year ago

A Chadema - Tanzanian opposition party official also told #FocusOnAfrica that they would like EAC, SADC, AU and other bodies to intervene in the country , even as the Govt insists that order has been restored by security forces. BBC News Africa BBC News (World)
Waihiga Mwaura145,935 views • 1 year ago

How will Senegal's President respond to the comeback of his former PM Ousmane Sonko, who has now been elected speaker of the national parliament.I spoke to a Senegalese opposition Mp Anta Babacar on what these developments mean for the countries democracy. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura67,953 views • 5 months ago

It's been a week since the Africa-France summit(Africa Forward summit) which French/Kenyan leaders have hailed as a success. However, last week at a time like this some African leaders including Rwanda's President Kagame, Botswana President Boko, Egypt's Foreign Minister and at some point someone shared a video with me of what looks like Africa's richest man Aliko Dangote struggling to get in/out of some of the meeting rooms because of scenes like this.
Waihiga Mwaura67,441 views • 5 months ago

A Tanzanian government-appointed commission announced that 518 people died in the widespread protests that followed last year's general election. Prof. Paramagamba Kabudi, Tanzania's State Minister in the PM's Office for Policy, Coordination and Parliamentary Affairs spoke to us on #FocusOnAfrica. I first asked him who was responsible for all those deaths?
Waihiga Mwaura67,594 views • 6 months ago

My colleague Fardowsa Hanshi told me that referee Omar Artan's statement at the airport, "That flag is ours and so is the passport - let's defend it," meant a lot for young Somali's whether at home or in the diaspora. She joined me on #FocusOnAfrica BBC News Africa
Waihiga Mwaura38,015 views • 5 months ago

The world's oldest President- Cameroon's 92-year-old leader Paul Biya has been sworn in for another seven years as president in a ceremony at the country's parliament in Yaoundé. He has been in power for 43 years, and addressed only one campaign rally before the election. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura71,240 views • 1 year ago

Patrice Lumumba's grand-daughter told me that "for a long time we were told that the crimes that happened under colonial rule were untouchable but today this changes." After a court cleared the way for a trial over the killing of DRC's first PM. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura47,200 views • 7 months ago

Uganda goes to the polls tomorrow but one name that will be missing from the ballot paper is that of veteran opposition leader Dr Kiiza Besigye. I interviewed Winnie Byanyima, his wife, in late November and this is what she told me about his incarceration experience. #FocusOnAfrica
Waihiga Mwaura50,585 views • 10 months ago