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Larry Madowo

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International Correspondent, @CNN. African Voices Host, @cnni. Nomad. Past lives in Joburg, London, New York & Washington. Bad jokes, good vibes.

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1Jul 20, '24Ethiopian Airlines kicked out a passenger on my flight because a minister took her seat. They didn’t apologize and they eventually forcefully offloaded her screaming. The minister 20.9×8.4M65k25k5.2k
2Aug 2, '24RECEIPTS: Ethiopian Airlines called me a liar, so I tracked down the passenger in my viral video who was offloaded for a minister. ET called police on Aisha and her husband, forced14.2×5.7M52k24k5.1k
3Jun 27, '24Unmarked car, no uniform, hidden identity, but armed. Who are they? 📸 @festolang10.5×4.2M57k23k1.4k
4Aug 13, '24BREAKING: Botswana filled their biggest stadium to welcome back sprinter Letsile Tebogo and their #Olympics team9.9×4M85k13k2k
5Aug 19, '25Dear Ugandans, what’s going on over there?9.8×3.9M40k6.2k3.6k
6Jul 13, '25Kenya has officially removed visas for all Africans* and most Caribbean countries. No ETA, no forms, just show up. Karibu! *except Libya and Somalia7.7×3.1M32k8.4k2.4k
7Jun 25, '24BREAKING: Auma Obama is tear-gassed by Kenya police live on CNN as she joins peaceful protests against over-taxation7.5×3M47k24k1.8k
8Jun 26, '24Did you witness what happened in Githurai overnight? Please send us your original videos so we can investigate @goodwinallegra6.6×2.6M42k17k645
9Jun 20, '24This is the face of courage. I didn’t her name5.8×2.3M36k12k2k
10Jun 25, '24Police arrest paramedics in Nairobi live on CNN despite identifying themselves. We saw police beat some of them up5.5×2.2M41k25k1.5k
11Jul 5, '24BREAKING: Kenyan president William Ruto removes budgets for offices of First Lady, Second Lady and dissolves 47 state agencies after 3 weeks of anti-government protests. Ruto has a5.4×2.2M26k8.4k704
12May 3, '23What you don’t see on TV 😉5.4×2.2M23k2.2k175
13Jun 25, '24Uganda House in Nairobi is on fire5.2×2.1M27k5.8k435
14Jun 26, '24Police fired teargas directly at me and my crew. Repeatedly5.1×2M42k18k1.1k
15Oct 18, '25Family business5.1×2M28k2.8k335
16Jun 21, '24All he had was a bottle of water 📸 @festolang5.0×2M50k20k689
17Oct 28, '25I slammed the car door on my thumb and it hurt so much I sat on the sidewalk and cried. I have no shred of dignity left 😂4.9×2M41k2.1k803
18Jun 26, '24MY instant reaction: President William Ruto could have withdrawn the Finance Bill a few days ago and saved lives. But he was obstinate, and I watched police shoot protesters dead f4.9×2M52k27k1.6k
19Jun 25, '25Kenyan police cornered peaceful protesters in a blocked alley, beat them up, then teargassed them. "Larry ukienda tutauliwa," one of them said. "If you leave, we'll get killed." Po4.7×1.9M42k22k2k
20Jun 25, '24I saw police shoot dead unarmed young men in front of Kenya's parliament. My final thoughts on a deadly day of protests4.5×1.8M42k21k1.6k
21Jun 21, '24🇰🇪 I’m trying to track the people who filmed these videos. Not a version on social media - the original. My DMs are open. Please share4.5×1.8M22k7k434
22Jun 25, '24At least 2 bodies are lying on the ground after we heard police using live rounds outside Parliament4.4×1.8M25k15k960
23Jan 20, '25If you call someone and they don’t answer, send a brief text explaining why you called. Don’t call 27,000 more times. Be blessed4.3×1.7M50k17k2.3k
24Jun 26, '24“Wamenipiga risasi for nothing”4.0×1.6M38k20k1.5k
25Jul 11, '24BREAKING: Kenyan President William Ruto fires his entire cabinet after weeks of protests. Only the deputy president and Prime Cabinet Secretary remain. Decision taken after "reflec4.0×1.6M29k11k413
26Jun 25, '24CNN US breaking news: protesters breach Kenya parliament. CNN has seen at least 2 bodies after police used live rounds on demonstrators3.9×1.6M26k14k1.1k
27Jun 25, '25Bearing witness3.7×1.5M56k14k366
28Jul 11, '24We, the people of Kenya3.6×1.5M46k28k673
29Dec 22, '10JUST IN: The MPs under investigation for drug trafficking are Hassan Joho, Harun Mwau, William Kabogo & Mbuvi Sonko, Saitoti reveals3.6×034k31k1.3k
30Dec 23, '24BREAKING: Two young Kenyan men "abducted" on Saturday for sharing these AI generated images are still missing. Peter Muteti, 22 picked up in Uthiru, and Billy Mwangi, 24 from Embu 3.6×1.4M21k10k492
31Jul 23, '24"My wife thinks I'm a loser." This jobless 24-year-old told us why he's protesting in Kenya3.6×1.4M26k12k1.5k
32Jul 2, '24"I'm here on the streets because I'm mad. Either I find these medicines or I die. I have nothing to lose" Keziah Mumbi has endometriosis, her brother has asthma. The protests in Ke3.6×1.4M24k12k1.2k
33Jun 26, '24Here to bear witness 📸 @festolang3.5×1.4M37k11k159
34Jun 28, '24“You’ll not kill me! The revolution has started!”3.5×1.4M25k10k851
35Aug 8, '24Ndo kudonjo3.5×1.4M29k7.1k181
36Jun 28, '24My squad3.4×1.4M46k9k306
37Jul 1, '24RECEIPTS: A CNN review found that Kenyan police violated their own rules for the use of force in protests outside Parliament. Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei personally led the 3.3×1.3M24k18k1.7k
38Jun 25, '25The way to President Ruto’s house right now - State House Road3.3×1.3M37k10k418
39Sep 9, '22Queen Elizabeth was not universally loved in Africa. My CNN live report on colonialism, fairytales and the Africans who refuse to mourn her death3.2×048k15k3.6k
40Aug 5, '24BREAKING: Faith Kipyegon’s silver medal reinstated in 5000m after appeal, Athletics Kenya says3.2×1.3M21k3.7k254
41Dec 22, '21What you don’t see see on TV3.1×067k8.8k457
42Sep 30, '24A young man was critical of a Kenyan governor online. Bruce John Chawa was abducted, tortured, sodomized, and video of his gang rape shared on social media. Sexually assaulted and 3.1×1.2M27k14k645
43Jul 23, '24Ndio kufika3.0×1.2M23k4.5k127
44Jun 25, '24BREAKING: At least 12 prominent social media users have been "abducted in the middle of the night" ahead of protests in Kenya against over-taxation, Amnesty International tells CNN2.9×1.2M31k19k674
45Jun 25, '25Kenyan police have turned Nairobi into a war zone, using tear gas, flash bangs and water cannon trucks indiscriminately against mostly peaceful protesters. PS: Please don't crowd a2.9×1.2M28k11k586
46Jun 24, '24Nimepanda basi ya usiku kutoka Amsterdam narudi Kanairo. Nilichelewa kiasi lakini @KenyaAirways wamecheza kama wao2.9×1.2M29k7.4k162
47Aug 30, '24Tanzanians just scan their passports at these smart gates and enter the country. They don’t line up to give biometrics and get passports stamped2.8×1.1M23k5.2k512
48Jul 4, '24I bumped into the badass Shakira Wafula after my video of her courage went viral2.8×1.1M26k6.3k627
49Jun 20, '24This makes no sense2.8×1.1M21k9.4k628
50Jul 22, '24Me heading home and discovering that I’ve turned into a meme2.7×1.1M38k6.5k292
51Aug 8, '24BREAKING: Kenyan police targeted me directly today. I was hit by a fragment after officers aimed at me and my CNN team at least twice while covering protests in Nairobi2.7×1.1M25k13k843
52Jul 9, '24Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga says they have agreed to dialogue with President William Ruto’s government following weeks of Gen Z-driven protests. Many Kenyan youth say nei2.7×1.1M29k12k315
53Jun 26, '25Thanks for the love 🥹2.6×1.1M41k9.1k640
54Jun 27, '24Military on the streets of Nairobi2.6×1M27k7.1k190
55Jun 26, '24"Why is Ruto killing us?" "Why kill someone over glass that can be bought again?" President Ruto failed to read the room. And his MPs passed the Finance Bill while Kenyans were lit2.6×1M26k13k770
57Jun 25, '24I'm still here, and will be live on CNN for a few more hours tonight2.5×1M28k7.4k218
58Jun 19, '24Flying back to Nairobi - for 1 day only - to cover tomorrow’s protests2.4×979k23k5.4k173
59Dec 26, '24We went to the shop where Peter Muteti was abducted from on Satirday. Police have not questioned eyewitnesses or reviewed CCTV footage. Cancelled my vacation to report on a series 2.4×978k23k10k558
60Jun 25, '25Ndo kudonjo. @KenyaAirways wamecheza kama wao2.4×952k34k7.1k192
61Jul 7, '24Concert to honour those killed in recent protests in Kenya. Crowd gathered peacefully and left without any incident. No police to teargas them2.3×921k30k12k639
62Jun 20, '24I was tear-gassed repeatedly while live on CNN. We've watched Kenyan police deploy teargas against mostly peaceful protesters all day2.3×915k26k9.6k787
63Apr 25, '25"I miss you my son." Legendary South African actor John Kani (King T'Chaka) tells me about discovering that Chadwick Boseman (T'Challa) spoke Xhosa and how it ended up in Black Pan2.3×914k28k5.1k5.5k
64Sep 21, '21I'm obsessed with this video of South Korean boy band BTS performing at #UNGA in New York. Perfect way to close out our CNN show today 🕺2.2×039k10k890
65Jul 9, '24This man lying dead outside the Kenyan Parliament is David Chege. He was shot in the head. He was a Sunday school teacher. He is being buried today but nobody has been held account2.0×823k33k19k485
66Jun 25, '24‘Karibuni nyumbani, leo ni ile siku ya kureject,’ - Captain Mwangi when we landed in Nairobi2.0×806k35k14k246
67Jun 24, '24"Beba hiyo maombi peleka kwa streets," Kenyan mom calls out church for being silent on Gen Z protests. "We're not winning this on our knees, we'll be on our knees in the streets!"1.9×781k25k12k1k
68Jun 20, '24“Kenya is not IMF’s lab rat” “I was in my healing era”1.9×778k29k11k290
69Jul 7, '25A Nairobi politician offered paid goons a bonus if they attacked me while covering protests. Pro-government voices are calling for me to be arrested. But I will not be intimidated1.9×776k30k12k810
70Jul 6, '25Greetings from Enugu, Nigeria 🇳🇬 - Africa’s greatest city?1.9×770k21k1.9k197
71Jul 2, '24Why would police block out their number plate?1.8×739k22k9.1k175
72Jun 28, '24"I'll be here everyday. Scared, maybe arrested, maybe killed, but let's do it!" "Are you killing us or protecting us?" I have centred the voices of the young protesters in Kenya th1.8×725k23k11k667
73Sep 10, '22Some people don’t like it when Africans tell their own (his)stories. What in the Berlin Conference is this? 🚮1.8×030k8.2k433
74Jun 25, '24Auma Obama and her daughter Akinyi Obama-Manners teargassed while live on CNN 📸 @festolang1.8×707k26k11k197
75Jun 20, '24Naenda hivi Europe nakam1.8×706k22k2.7k89
76Jul 14, '24A year older today. Grateful 🙏🏾1.8×703k40k3.8k106
77Jul 7, '24Pale Uhuru Park na @Edith_kimani1.7×692k33k3.6k169
78Aug 3, '24I dozed off on a friend’s couch in Haiti. When I woke up, they had covered me with this ❤️1.7×680k33k5.3k205
79Nov 18, '24Prosecuting young people for offensive tweets but literal murderers, rapists, and people who steal billions walk free1.6×660k21k11k192
80Nov 14, '22An African student who was imprisoned in Moscow has been killed during battle in Ukraine fighting for Russia. The Zambian foreign ministry says it has urgent questions for Moscow a1.6×028k7.5k384
81Jun 30, '25If Boniface Mwangi Kariuki’s shooting hadn’t been filmed by so many, Kenyan police would have claimed that he had attacked a police station; using the excuse Interior minister @kip1.5×610k33k14k312
82Jul 17, '24Kenyan police arrested dozens of protesters in Nairobi. Many had flags or water bottles. They charged them all with being “drunk and disorderly” at 3.53pm. We were there and this o1.5×604k21k13k269
83Jul 18, '24“Are Kenyans still protesting,” four different people asked me at the Lagos airport. “Tell them to keep going, they’re inspiring us in Nigeria,” an older man told me1.5×583k25k8.8k187
84Jun 27, '25Kenya's Interior minister @kipmurkomen ordered police to shoot anybody approaching a police station. Manufacturing consent for extrajudicial killings under the guise of protecting 1.4×576k25k14k651
85Oct 25, '22In-depth reporting of #NigeriaFloods. Literally. Tomorrow on CNN1.4×024k6.6k177
86Dec 28, '24I’m not here to support or oppose anything or anyone. I’m only here to tell the truth. And to ask questions1.3×532k21k6.4k126
87Sep 3, '25I’m thrilled to be joining Newcastle. Thanks for the love 🥹1.2×487k22k2.4k109
88Oct 1, '24First they came for the activists, and I did not speak out—because I was not an activist. Then they came for the journalists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a journalist1.2×464k22k13k290
89Jul 11, '24“Treasonous criminals” and “digital wankers” standing on business while Harvard and Oxford PhDs ridicule them. Kenyan youth have taught a master class on how to be active citizens1.2×463k26k11k296
90Jul 13, '24I just know someone in Siaya has named their baby Gen Z Otieno1.0×420k21k5.2k150
91Jul 10, '24Anguka nayo1.0×402k23k2.2k72
92Sep 17, '22New York City reunion with my TV ex-wife @VickyRubadiri 🙌🏾1.0×023k1.2k20
93Aug 11, '24“Shika hiyo, utawin one day,” Faith Kipyegon casually told me 🤣🤣🤣 Who knew the goat 🐐 is this savage?0.9×380k21k2.6k93
94Jul 11, '24Kenyans have made it clear that whoever is appointed to cabinet - or any state job - works for the people, not the president. Many operated with impunity and/or contempt. No more. 0.9×374k25k10k139
95Jul 8, '24In the protests, Kenyans have reclaimed the flag. It has become the symbol of their struggle 📸 @tobiko_abraham0.9×357k27k8k138
96Jul 8, '25🇰🇪0.7×274k22k5.9k134

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