In this week’s show, comedian AK Dans explains how he’s on a mission to challenge stereotypes about his fellow refugees. We’ll have news headlines and insight on migration in Latin America and West and Central Africa, from regular guests Solange Behoteguy-Cortes, and Alpha Diallo, of the Information Service at UN Geneva.
This week’s show hears from Liz Corbin from public service broadcaster the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) she gives us all sorts of insight into the difficulties of getting “life or death” news out to people everywhere in the age of COVID.
Plus, a quick round-up of the week’s other stories:
A heart-wrenching plea from the head of the UN’s World Food Programme as the agency formally accepted its Nobel Peace Prize, a fresh warning over looming famine in wartorn Yemen and deep concern over gender-based violence and impunity in Afghanistan…
The first show spotlights the work of Radio Okapi, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the voice of UN peacekeeping mission MONUSCO in the African nation.
To help understand how the radio network's tackling the problem of rumours and misinformation – and how it’s going online more and more to keep people listening - Daniel Johnson caught up with the station’s head of Strategic Communication & Public Information, Christophe Boulierac.
Plus, a look back at other stories:
