Jane Kiyo is a general news reporter for CGTN Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya. She joined CGTN from the Nation Media groups, NTV in Nairobi.
Prior to NTV, Jane worked with Citizen TV as a news anchor. For about nine years, she has been in Kenya’s vibrant TV industry. Jane has covered a wide range of issues in Kenya and Africa as a whole with an interest in politics. Her major Journalistic assignments include Kenya’s 2002 and 2007 General Elections and the post election violence, Presidential elections in Rwanda etc.
Since joining CGTN in late 2011, she also widely covered Presidential elections in Senegal South Sudan’s referendum and independence, Somalia conflict 2012 -AU summit, sentencing of Charles Taylor for crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone and Liberia, Nigeria Boko Haram attack etc,.
Jane is also a budding photographer who spends hours taking and looking at pictures.
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STORIES BY JANE KIYO
March 5, 2018
China is aiming to be a global leader in facial recognition technology. One store in Beijing is transforming the way customers shop.
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October 26, 2017
President Uhuru Kenyatta is seeking a second term. That's after a court overturned his victory in the first election, back in August. But the main opposition has boycotted the polls, and called for civil disobedience from its supporters.
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October 25, 2017
In Kenya, the rerun of the presidential election is set for Thursday despite efforts to delay or block it. Tensions are high, as supporters of the main opposition party took to the streets in protest and called for a boycott of the vote.
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September 17, 2015
In the west African nation of Burkina Faso, the military says it is now in control after storming a cabinet meeting and detaining the interim president and the prime minister.
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July 19, 2015
In Burundi, three candidates for Tuesday’s presidential election have formally withdrawn. They say the polls will not be free and fair. Burundi has endured almost three months of violence, triggered by President Pierre Nkurunziza’s decision to seek a third term.
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April 7, 2015
Its one of the world’s great lakes with the highest bio diversity, but now part of the lake Tanganyika is under threat due to massive pollution.
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November 29, 2014
At least 100 people were killed by explosions and gunfire at a Nigeria mosque Friday as hundreds of worshipers gathered in the northern city of Kano. Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the attack, as authorities searched for those responsible.
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September 28, 2014
Authorities are resorting to drastic measures in hopes of curbing the spread of Ebola. In Sierra Leone, two million people are to be sealed-off and quarantined, but some are convinced there are more effective ways to save lives. CCTV America’s Jane Kiyo reports.
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September 21, 2014
It’s been a year since Kenya’s Westgate mall was attacked by terrorists. At least 67 people were killed and 175 wounded.
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July 1, 2014
Boko Haram has now claimed responsibility for a deadly car bombing in Nigeria. The explosion occured on Tuesday in the market of Maidu-guri, near the birthplace of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist group. CCTV’s Jane Kiyo has more.
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