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Non-official but significant language. While French is not an official language in these countries, it is widely used in administration and many professional sectors, as well as being highly influential as a cultural language in the local society and has certain privileges in the education system.
2024 Mai Mahiu flash flood. On 29 April 2024, a blockage in a culvert beneath a railway embankment led to a catastrophic failure and inundation in Kenya, killing at least 50 people. [1] The event was initially described as a 'dam failure'. [2] The flood occurred following heavy rains in the previous month that killed over 110 people.
World News Today was a current-affairs news programme, produced by BBC News that was presented on Friday-Sundays with Philippa Thomas, Karin Giannone and Kasia Madera. Presenters alternated the weekend shifts. It was originally conceived as a morning television show aimed at American audiences, hosted by George Alagiah, but later expanded to ...
Website. bbc.co.uk (UK) bbc.com (global) BBC News is an operational business division [2] of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of ...
2024. Kenya competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. [1] [2]
Khoisan / ˈkɔɪsɑːn / KOY-sahn, or Khoe-Sān ( pronounced [kxʰoesaːn] ), is a catch-all term for the indigenous peoples of Southern Africa who traditionally speak non- Bantu languages, combining the Khoekhoen (formerly "Hottentots") and the Sān peoples (also called "Bushmen"). Khoisan populations traditionally speak click languages and ...
Lucy Mary Hockings is a New Zealand news presenter for the BBC. She is one of the chief presenters broadcasting worldwide and across the UK. She is also a moderator, events host and media trainer. [1] Her roles include anchoring Live with Lucy Hockings on BBC World News. [2]
Damian Grammaticas (born June 1970 in Nairobi) is a Kenyan-born British journalist, working for the BBC. Early life and education. Of Greek descent, Grammaticas was born in June 1970 and grew up in Kenya. Having studied at Oundle School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1992 he graduated with a degree in English literature.