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Ammu Kannampilly’s Biography

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Award-winning journalist with flexible reporting skills and a strong foundation in newswire, broadcast, and multimedia journalism.
Currently a foreign correspondent with the global news agency Reuters, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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At least 30 deaths at Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast

At least 30 deaths at Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast

At least 30 people have died since the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo…

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Somalia's malnourished children hit hard by Iran war

Somalia's malnourished children hit hard by Iran war

For Somalia's malnourished children, already suffering the twin catastrophes of looming famine and radical cu…

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Exclusive: US upends global supply program for malaria and HIV amid warnings of gaps

Exclusive: US upends global supply program for malaria and HIV amid warnings of gaps

The U.S. is upending the way it delivers medical supplies ​for diseases such as HIV and malaria to lower-inco…

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Museveni's fiery son tightens grip on Uganda's future​

Museveni's fiery son tightens grip on Uganda's future​

As Uganda's 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni starts a seventh term, his tough-talking son and head of th…

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U.S. aid cuts disrupt life-saving treatment for starving children in Kenya

U.S. aid cuts disrupt life-saving treatment for starving children in Kenya

Hellen Etiman believed her severely malnourished son would soon recover after starting a course of life-savin…

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US-funded contraceptives stuck in Belgium risk becoming unusable by mid-2026

US-funded contraceptives stuck in Belgium risk becoming unusable by mid-2026

Some U.S.-funded contraceptives worth nearly $4 million that are intended for poor nations but stuck in a Bel…

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At least 30 deaths at Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast

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By Gradel Muyisa, Emma Farge Verified, Clément BONNEROT, Ammu Kannampilly Verified
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By Gradel Muyisa, Emma Farge, Clement Bonnerot and Ammu Kannampilly BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, June 19 (Reuters) - At least 30 people have died since the start of May in one camp for displaced civilians in northeastern Congo, a death rate that camp officials said was unprecedented, with some confirmed to have died from Ebola in ‌a sign the disease could be spreading fast there.
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At least 30 deaths at Congo camp show Ebola could be spreading fast

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By Gradel Muyisa, Emma Farge Verified, Clément BONNEROT, Ammu Kannampilly Verified
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Item 1 of 5 A drone view of displaced people from the Kigonze camp attending the burial of Ebola victims at Nyamurongo Cemetery, one month after an outbreak was declared, in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, June 18, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere [1/5]A drone view of displaced people from the Kigonze camp attending the burial of Ebola victims at Nyamurongo Cemetery, one month after an outbreak was declared, in Bunia, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, June 18, 2026.
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US paying almost $25,000 a month to store unusable contraceptives stuck in Belgium Original

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By Jennifer Rigby Verified, Ammu Kannampilly Verified
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A pack of birth control pills is displayed in this illustration picture taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 11, 2022.
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Awards

Human Rights Press Award

2014 - First prize, English-language online journalism

Awarded for "The children who work in India’s rat-hole coal mines".

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