The online community in Kenya known for being vocal and for their total lack of chill on Tuesday returned with another hashtag.The butt of their jokes this time was the BBC. TheBritish news platform was briefly roasted for refering to Kenyan Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery as Nigerian.The trolling came after a story on the Air Franceflight No 463, which was on Sunday morning forced to make an emergency landing in Mombasa after a security scare was aired on BBCwith Nkaissery's clip captioned as "Nigerian Cabinet Secretary for Interior"Kenyans, being who they are took a screenshot ofthe photo and shared it on Instagram and Twitter in an attempt to stage an African audience boycott against the broadcasters.The hashtag #SomeOneTellBBC didnt trend though.Below are a few of the tweets:@Jwaigi tweeted, "#SomeoneTellBBC, there is a difference between Kenya and Nigeria."@DavidMaina_N tweeted, "#SomeoneTellBBC#Nkaissery is not from Oga land."@icaiser tweeted, "Iko sida #SomeoneTellBBC"@ RooneyNjeru tweeted, "#SomeoneTellBBC, Nkaissery is the KENYAN Cabinet Secretary for Internal Security and Not Nigeria"
The United Nations and the Federal Government along with development partners have launched the 2021 Humanitarian Response Plan for the insurgency-ravaged northeastern part of Nigeria. The Humanitarian Response Plan represents a collective vision for humanitarian action in 2021, and requests US$1 billion to enable partners provide critical services to the 6.4 million most vulnerable people – from a pool of 8.7 million people in need of some form of humanitarian assistance in 2021 in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states. According to the UN, a combination of escalating conflict, displacement, and disruption to and loss of livelihoods due to COVID-19 restrictions, could lead to hunger for millions of Nigerians living in the north-east. The plan, therefore, is based on assessed needs and the realistic capacity of the United Nations and non-governmental organization partners to implement required actions. Speaking at the event, Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster M...

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