"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."
Wednesday March 27th mark[ed] the 13thanniversary of Radio Ndeke Luka. However in a flash of an eye, our story is under the radar, there will be no celebration this time. The three days of conflict and flak that the radio has endured will not allow for any kind of celebration.
As part of its partnership with Radio Tunisian, Fondation Hirondelle has organized five participatory meetings with listeners from across the central southwest of Tunisia. Fondation Hirondelle is working in Tunisia since July 2011 and has developed a project to enhance the capacity of Radio Gafsa, a regional radio station from Radio Tunisienne, so that it serves the population as a true and efficient public service broadcaster.
Lausanne (Switzerland) – The power of media in today’s world can hardly be contested. Especially in the wake of the Arab Spring, we know that it has the power to manipulate, mislead and gag whole populations, or to serve as a tool for democratic change. This is not new. But how do you measure the social impact of media, for good or for bad? This question has not been resolved and continues to influence the willingness of donors to finance media projects in developing countries, including conflict zones.
JUBA (South Sudan) – Miraya is a 24 hour, 7 day a week radio operated by the United Nations Mission in Sudan in partnership with Fondation Hirondelle, a Swiss non-governmental organization. Launched on June 30, 2006, Miraya has grown to an organization of more than 100 national staff members (journalists, presenters, technicians and support staff) who have been recruited from all over Sudan and trained in-house. Afronline’s report from Juba.
The International Press Institute (IPI) has honoured Radio Okapi, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the 2010 ‘Free Media Pioneer’ award. Radio Okapi is a partnership between the UN mission in the DRC and the Hirondelle Foundation, a Swiss non-governmental organization (NGO), Afronline.org’s media partner.
LUSAKA - Today, the Democratic Republic of Congo is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its independence from Belgian rule. “50 fighting years” titles the daily Zambian newspaper, The Post.
Ory Okolloh, the Executive Director of Ushahidi , is from Kenya but currently lives in Johannesburg. Her blog is "outlet for her opinions. While it is primarily focused on Kenya, she reserves to write about whatever she wants."
Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian social justice activist living in Spain, with a background in technology, gender issues and human rights. She is interested in creating a community of grassroots African bloggers as a way for Africans to exchange ideas, share experiences and tell their own stories in our own words.
Native of Cape Town, Sean Jacobs lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches in Manhattan. He obsesses about the relationship between politics and popular culture, but the main rationale for his blog is to comment on what passes for media coverage of the African continent.
Rosebelle Kagumire is an experienced Ugandan Journalist. She won the best Journalist blogger English category at the Panos hosted competition in 2009. Currently she is a student of MA. Media, Conflict and Peace studies at University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica.
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