Beryl Wambani

Multimedia Journalist @BBCAfrica | Currently SJ - Focus on Africa 📺 | Formerly at FOA Radio 📻 & BBC Swahili Tv 📺 | Writer | Sports enthusiast | Avid reader

[Commonwealth Foundation Creatives @cwfcreatives]

Publishing opportunity!

@doeklitmag is seeking nonfiction and visual art submissions from African creatives and those of African descent.

Submit by 29 February.

Learn more about entering and eligibility👇 https://t.co/ASmabG3rjr

[Ty Ngachira @anto_ty]

2006, murder and rape cases of women had got so bad that Gidi Gidi, Funding Frank and Diehard had to put Justice Njoki Ndungu on a song.

"Wanaume ibilisi" was a big change in this regard

[Beryl Wambani @BerylWambani]

@MercyJuma_ @KenyaAirways Oh dear!

[New Singaporean🇰🇪🏇🏿 @NewSingaporean_]

I was reading some research pieces on the context of Femicide in Kenya and found this book chapter by one Stephen Muthoka which was quite something. This writing has some good "quotable quotes" on the femicide situation in Kenya.

A thread. 1/N

[Mercy Juma @MercyJuma_]

The strongest message today, IMO. Stop blaming victims! Stop asking what they were wearing, why they went on that date, why they said no to the man, why they went to that house! YOU are enabling the killers! #EndFemicideKE #TotalShutDownKE

[Tom Mukhwana @tom_mukhwana]

October 2020: The Pharmacy and Poisons Board in Kenya suspends the sale of LYFT.

June 2022: Sales of Velo take off in Kenya. It's a rebrand of LYFT.

Why? What changed?

Myself, @MattChapmanUK and @sloumarsh sought to find out

THREAD 🧵
@AfUncensored

https://t.co/vG5g45NCJK

[Johannesburg Institute for Advanced Study (JIAS) @JIAS_UJ]

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS:

JIAS 2024 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

JIAS is calling on interested candidates to apply for the 2024 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.

Kindly click on the link below to apply:
https://t.co/oW9EqcUhbO

Closing date: 2 February 2024

[Beryl Wambani @BerylWambani]

This was a refreshing thread. Great pictures to boot @conradgoodmanK

[CHAPAT ™ @conradgoodmanK]

I have a mouthful of stories about my travels in Central Africa but my most recent trip to Cameroon was a funny tale that enlightened and humbled me at the same time

Long THREAD alert

[James Drake @jamesjpdrake]

The world’s largest iceberg is voyaging through the Antarctic waters after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor. The frozen mass is almost 4,000 sq km, more than twice the size of greater London, has been drifting at speed and is about to spill beyond Antarctic boundaries.

Read more: https://t.co/mjqwV7yOf9

[Kenya Film Classification Board @InfoKfcb]

.@InfoKfcb Management, led by the Corporate Communications Manager, @NellyMuluka, today, 17th January 2024, held a meeting with representatives from @TungaAfrika, led by the Founder and Director, Ms. Cindy Makandi. @moyasa_ke @njogunjoroge1 @SDY_Ke @kenkigunda
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[Kenya Film Classification Board @InfoKfcb]

They discussed matters compliance and digital literacy as well as possible areas of collaboration in @TungaAfrika Media's educational program, whose overall goal is revolutionising learning by infusing it with excitement, interactivity and imagination through film.
2/5

[Kenya Film Classification Board @InfoKfcb]

@NellyMuluka highlighted the Board's regulatory mandate, programs and campaigns, all aimed at ensuring compliance with laws and regulations that govern the film space, with the key objective of protecting children from exposure to inappropriate content.
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[Kenya Film Classification Board @InfoKfcb]

She lauded @TungaAfrika, whose initiative encompasses the promotion of local clean film content and the wider African narrative while leveraging on the power of storytelling and ICT to enhance the learning environment within classrooms. @NellyMuluka
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[Kenya Film Classification Board @InfoKfcb]

@InfoKfcb is committed to collaborating with like-minded public & private organizations, championing programs that promote the creation &/or consumption of clean content while protecting minors & vulnerable adults from harmful content. @njogunjoroge @NellyMuluka @TungaAfrika
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[Luxmy Gopal @luxmy_g]

I spoke to the man whose sleeping bag got soaked by a McDonald’s security guard in @damocrat video. Aaron McCarthy says it made him feel he “was nothing”

“Most people think we’re just all drug addicts. I don’t choose to be out here”

🧵on a hostile climate for homelessness (1/6)

[World Athletics @WorldAthletics]

World Athlete of the Year - Women’s Track 👑

Faith Kipyegon 🇰🇪 is your World Athlete of the Year for track events 👏

#AthleticsAwards

[Michal Tal, PhD @ImmunoFever]

There is a human tissue that builds itself up and breaks itself down every ~28 days using non-scarring wound healing and instead of studying that and learning everything we can about it we think it's gross and look for other less relevant models to understand wound healing.

[United Nations @UN]

Thursday's Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare is an opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to a world free from the threat of chemical weapons.

More from @OPCW : https://t.co/EMjhd2DrQn

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

It’s been seven months since fighting erupted in Sudan between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.

Thousands have been killed, millions have been displaced and it's sparked a humanitarian crisis.

Here’s the cost of Sudan’s civil war ⬇️

[Al Jazeera Breaking News @AJENews]

Number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza tops 10,000, health officials say - follow live updates here https://t.co/U6d8eqECZy