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Bazaar Belief: Eleni Giokos On Her Biggest Inspiration, Life Experiences, And Defining Career Moment
Eleni Giokos Ελένη Γιώκου
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Eleni Giokos Ελένη Γιώκου
@EleniGiokos
@CNNi Anchor & Correspondent. Host of Connecting Africa & Market Place Middle East. #CharlotteMaxeke African Women in Media Award. #IMF Fellow.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Born December 20
Joined August 2009
- My report on #Nigeria #Lekkitollgate protest after security forces opened fire. I spoke to friends this morning - they feel numb, angry and disappointed.Eyewitness accounts from #Nigeria of troops opening fire on peaceful protesters: Demands for protection & calls for an end to police brutality have fallen on deaf ears. We get the latest from @EleniGiokos on #SARSMUSTEND #EndSARS
00:00 - History for Greece’s @olympiacosfc as they become the champions of the UEFA Europa Conference League 🇬🇷
00:00 - Sharing some exciting news today 🌟CNN’s @EleniGiokos is taking on a new, expanded role at the network and moving to the United Arab Emirates as an anchor and correspondent. 👉 cnn.it/2TbV6VR
- I just want to tell everyone: the girl that grew up in coal mining town EMalahleni in South Africa is now in #SaltLakeCity at an @NBA #Allstarweekend hosting events for @NBA_Africa and working for #CNN Is this even real?
- We love Forest Gump but you’re going to love #LaalSinghChaddha even more! Thank you @AKPPL_Official for the interview. Get yourself a plate of golgappas and watch this incredible film 💜"Life is just like a golgappa." @EleniGiokos catches up with lead actor Aamir Khan about #LaalSinghChaddha - the Indian remake of Forrest Gump @AKPPL_Official
00:00 - Here a nation, redrawing borders of another sovereign nation. What strategy is being discussed internally in Turkey? Is this the start of leaders feeling emboldened to change borders? I’m currently on a Greek island, Lemnos, which according to this map, isn’t part of Greece.Take a good look at this map. Crete, Rhodes, Lesvos, Chios, Samos all consumed by Turkey. Α fever dream of extremists or Turkey’s official policy? Another provocation or the true goal? President Erdogan must make his position clear on his junior coalition partner's latest antics.
- My dad pulled me out of bed at 5:30am to walk on the hills on #Lemnos #Greek island where I was born and spent the first 5 years of my life before moving to #SouthAfrica I travelled to Greece for the first time in 2008 and filled that little hole that plagued me growing up.
- In 2017, I covered a raid of a hijacked building in Johannesburg with former mayor Herman Mashaba. It was a terrifying experience, with people living in inhumane and dangerous conditions. Here's a short clip.
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00:00- Crushing on this babe @HeidiGiokos ❤️🇿🇦 so proud of her for landing a show #AllAngles on @eNCA every Saturday. I watched her prep and plan her guests. This rockstar works every single day. I’ve never seen this level of commitment. 😍
- For those that don’t travel to yellow fever areas - you have to show your vax card to authorities on arrival. If you’re not vaccinated - you’re sent home. Vaccine passes are not new. Yes, you have a choice not to travel (to most of Africa) but it offers blanket protection.
