Mayani Jones
Appearances
Global News Podcast
Guilty verdicts and jail sentences in France's biggest rape trial
Landing in Mayotte, it's immediately apparent just how complete the devastation here has been. The landscape has been completely torn off. Trees lying on their sides, barren leaves. Buildings have had their roofs torn off, bits of glass on the floor. And just as we landed, there was a giant downpour. And even in this hotel behind me, which is one of the best hotels on the island...
Global News Podcast
Guilty verdicts and jail sentences in France's biggest rape trial
Water immediately started pouring in and people are now trying to sweep it out. It just gives you a sense of the difficulty of the conditions that people have been living here for the last few days. The president says he wants to show solidarity to the people of Mayotte. He'll make sure they have everything that they need. But lots of people are still waiting for food and water.
Global News Podcast
Guilty verdicts and jail sentences in France's biggest rape trial
We saw a picture of donations that some people got yesterday, private donations. Mayani Jones. To the Middle East now, and Israel says its fighter jets launched a series of attacks against military targets in Yemen belonging to the Iranian Bat Houthi movement.
Global News Podcast
Trump 'very angry' with Putin over Ukraine
7.7 magnitude is the largest quake we've ever experienced in our whole lives. We just escaped death.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky told to leave White House after clash with Trump
Dr Jean Kaseya, who heads the Africa Centre for Disease Control, was keen to sound the alarm and to remind the world of the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic five years ago. He pointed out that with less money, recent outbreaks of the Marburg, Ebola and Mpox viruses in Africa would have spread further and posed a greater danger to the public.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky told to leave White House after clash with Trump
In South Africa, HIV programmes funded by the US are closing down and letting thousands of staff go. They've urged the government to step in and plug the gap left by the loss of foreign aid.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky told to leave White House after clash with Trump
When asked why South Africa, the continent's most industrialised country, was still dependent on the US for 17% of its HIV budget, Health Minister Dr Aaron Motluaedi considered his government should have done better.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky told to leave White House after clash with Trump
This is a real moment of reckoning for African leaders, who now have to decide how to fund healthcare systems that have long been dependent on foreign aid. The CDC says it's urging them to consider alternative funding models, including import taxes to generate revenue for healthcare.
Global News Podcast
Zelensky told to leave White House after clash with Trump
But with mushrooming regional conflicts and economies across the continent still reeling from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, raising money for health may be out of reach for most African countries.