"1. Filled an Important Supporting Role to Indigenous Civil Society: Centre Lokole work supported indigenous civil society, providing them with information and services that enabled them to be more effective and informed in their work. This is important as it reinforces the sustainability of indigen
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ous agencies. Further consideration should be given to providing open and equal access for all local groups. 2. Developed a Highly Popular and Effective Radio Medium: The radio soap opera Jirani Ni Ndugu is the jewel in the Centre Lokole crown. This radio programme is highly popular and effective, with what appears to be a dedicated listenership that takes to heart many of the messages of the programme. Not all the radio programmes have avid followings however and further consideration needs to occur as to the strategic purpose these shows make. 3. Programming Initiated a Multiplier Effect: The results of CL programming went beyond those directly engaged participants. Independent initiatives resulting from engagement in a CL activity or project were clearly visible." (Executive summary)
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"Presents case studies from 12 countries and lists 69 organisations working with media as conflict prevention and/or peacebuilding tool." (commbox)
"Paroles d’Afrique centrale: briser les silences (ed. Karthala) illustre le défi quotidien de la presse indépendante des pays du Sud. Des journalistes et des représentants de la société civile témoignent à travers vingt articles du combat en faveur de la liberté d’expression dans huit pa
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ys de l’Afrique centrale: Burundi, Cameroun, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Guinée Equatoriale, République démocratique du Congo, Rwanda et Tchad. C’est pour briser les silences qui isolent cette région que le Cota et l’institut Panos Paris ont collecté dans le cadre du projet Média Résistance ces Paroles d’Afrique centrale. Avec l’appui de la DGCD (cofinancement de projet ONG). Les textes, repris dans ce livre, ainsi que les informations récentes sur l’actualité des médias de la région, sont disponibles sur le site de Media Résistance." (DGCD-Contact, juin 2003).
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