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| Anne Waithera via Facebook |
#Kenya-based BBC broadcast journalist #AnneWaithera has died, aged 39, in a Nairobi hospital. She had been battling cancer for the past two years.
Described as among the most talented Kenyan journalists of her time, she joined the BBC in 2009 after many years with local TV and radio stations.
She was the first BBC bilingual - English and Swahili - reporter to be appointed to the Ethiopia capital, Addis Ababa.
Her death comes less than a fortnight after that of another celebrated BBC journalist, Komla Dumor from Ghana, in London.
Described as among the most talented Kenyan journalists of her time, she joined the BBC in 2009 after many years with local TV and radio stations.
She was the first BBC bilingual - English and Swahili - reporter to be appointed to the Ethiopia capital, Addis Ababa.
Her death comes less than a fortnight after that of another celebrated BBC journalist, Komla Dumor from Ghana, in London.
Source: BBCAfrica
