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Momodou
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 Posted - 18 Jan 2014 : 20:13:36
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R.I.P
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BBC World TV s Komla Dumor dies at 41
BBC: 18 January 2014
 BBC TV presenter Komla Dumor has died suddenly at his home in London at the age of 41, it has been announced.
Ghana-born Dumor was a presenter for BBC World News and its Focus on Africa programme.
One of Ghana's best-known journalists, he joined the BBC as a radio broadcaster in 2007 after a decade of journalism in Ghana.
BBC Global News Director Peter Horrocks called Dumor a leading light of African journalism who would be deeply missed.
"Komla's many friends and colleagues across Africa and the world will be as devastated as we are by this shocking news," Mr Horrocks said in a statement.
"The sympathies of all his colleagues at the BBC are with his family and friends."
'Sadness and gratitude'
Komla Dumor was born on 3 October 1972 in Accra, Ghana.
He graduated with a BA in Sociology and Psychology from the University of Ghana, and a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University.
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kobo
United Kingdom
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Posted - 21 Jan 2014 : 09:20:34
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 22 Jan 2014 : 10:01:09
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How Komla Dumor became the face of Africa
BBC: 21 January 2014
Following the untimely death of BBC presenter Komla Dumor, 41, BBC Africa editor Solomon Mugera looks back at his short but brilliant career.
Komla Dumor was the face and the voice of Africa - a new young, enterprising, internationally connected, ambitious Africa, with a can-do attitude.
When pioneering the launch of Africa Business Report on BBC World News, he set out to challenge the stereotypical view of Africa. He was passionate about telling the story of how the continent was changing, of rapid economic growth and technological advances.
But he was not a praise-singer. He was determined to present a balanced story, warts and all, and to show the human face behind the headlines.
Even as a number of African countries were being heralded for being among the world's fastest-growing economies, he wanted to dig deeper.
For he knew that while in those countries a select few were wining and dining in five-star hotels and driving the latest luxury cars, in the same neighbourhood there were families struggling to live on $1 (£0.60) a day........
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