Dubai: BBC investigates deaths of Ugandan women
Update: 2025-09-15
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A Ugandan woman, Monic Karungi, known online as Mona Kizz, tragically fell to her death from a Dubai high-rise in 2022. Within hours her name was trending. A grainy video of a woman jumping from a building began circulating, with social media users claiming it was of Monic and that she’d taken her life after a “porta potty” video of her was leaked. We hear from BBC Eye’s Runako Celina, who spent two years trying to find answers as to why and how Monic and another Ugandan woman by the name of Kayla both died under similar, tragic circumstances.
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Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Sunita Nahar and Mark Wilberforce
Technical Producer: Chris Ablakwa
Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Andre Lombard, Maryam Abdalla and Alice Muthengi
Also, what's the state of press freedom in Africa, as it declines sharply around the world?
And how two sworn enemies came together to promote peace in Nigeria
Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Sunita Nahar and Mark Wilberforce
Technical Producer: Chris Ablakwa
Senior Journalist: Karnie Sharp
Editors: Andre Lombard, Maryam Abdalla and Alice Muthengi
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