African Media Podcast
1) African Media - Combatting 'fake' news in Africa
Although the aftermath of the US elections and the rise of 'fake' news on American social media and the press have caused a stir around the world, African news consumers have had to deal with 'fake' n...Show More
2) African Media - The Marriott Cell: How I got through my deepest, darkest moments in Egypt's notorious Scorpion prison
Egyptian-born Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy has published a book about being jailed for collaborating with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. The Marriott Cell recounts the story of how he and his A...Show More
3) African Media - Refunite, the technology that reunites refugee families
This week, African Media looks at an online technology, Refunite, that helps migrants and refugees to locate their loved ones, wherever they are. But first we go to Morocco, where a TV show sparked ou...Show More
4) African Media - Egypt’s media crackdown: targeting of journalists union and continued detention of reporters
The head of an Egyptian journalists union and two board members have in recent weeks been given suspended two year jail sentences and fined for harbouring fugitives. The charges against Yehia Kalash, ...Show More
5) African Media - Radio silence in Kinshasa as RFI cut drags on; How “Somali Faces” shares stories to counter negative perceptions of Somalis
In this week's edition of African Media, we go to the DRC, where RFI broadcasts have been cut for over a week. Then, we talk to a young photographer who is challenging negative perceptions about Somal...Show More
6) African Media - Ethiopia is fighting the people, not a rebel group: Berhanu Nega on State of Emergency
The Ethiopian government has declared a six-month state of emergency after protests in the capital, Addis Ababa, and around the country resulted in extrajudicial killings of at least 500 people, accor...Show More
7) African Media - Exploring Kampala's "Little Mogadishu" through photography; revisiting RFI Hausa correspondent court case
This week's African Media talks to Anne Ackermann, whose evocative photo series, "Behind Veils and Walls" on the Somali community in Kampala, Uganda is being showcased at the Bay St Brieuc Internation...Show More
8) African Media - Battling censorship in Lesotho and South Africa
A newspaper editor is recovering from surgery after being nearly assassinated in Lesotho for an article he published about a high profile army commander. Meanwhile in South Africa, journalists claim v...Show More
9) African Media - Zimbabwe: Social media show anger at ecnomic woes
This week's African Media goes to Ethiopia and Zimbabwe to talk about social media networks but for very different reasons. In Ethiopia the government has imposed a ban on social networks supposedly t...Show More
10) African Media - Refugee Radio, by and for refugees; Zambia Post newspaper seized by government
In this week's African Media, we take a special look at World Refugee Day by speaking to Larry Moore Macaulay, Nigerian founder and editor-in-chief of Germany-based Refugee Radio; and RFI's Daniel Fin...Show More