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Examining Perceptions of ‘peacebuildings’ in Radiophonic Debates: A Narrative Analysis of Media Talk in the Central African Republic
Journal of Radio & Audio Media, volume 32, issue 2 (2025), pp. 241-260
"Within [the radio debate programme) Patara, there was no explicit intention to reach a final conclusion on any given issue. The overall aim of the Ndeke Luka’s debate was to display arguments from different angles about certain specific matters without necessarily having to reach unanimous agreem
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The African Book Industry: Trends, Challenges & Opportunities for Growth
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2025), 249 pp.
"Thanks to its outstanding literary talent and growing number of success stories, Africa’s book industry holds immense potential. Although the continent as a whole still relies heavily on imports and foreign publishing houses, it accounted for 5.4% of the global publishing market in 2023, generati
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Building Trusted Media in a Fragile Setting: An Evaluation of Radio Ndeke Luka in Central African Republic
Michigan State University (2024), 8 pp.
"Can the impact of a news radio station on a highly vulnerable population in a crisis-affected country be measured? The installation of new FM transmitters for Radio Ndeke Luka in Beloko, Birao, and Obo in the Central African Republic offered an opportunity to carry out a field study measuring the i
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Radio Ndeke Luka's Audience
Fondation Hirondelle; Radio Ndeke Luka (2024), 2 pp.
"Radio Ndeke Luka (RNL), created in 2000 by Fondation Hirondelle, is the most listened-to radio station in the Central African Republic (CAR). It broadcasts live 24/7 in French and Sango via a dozen FM transmitters, and collaborates with some 20 community radio stations. It is also present on Canal+
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The Construction of Peacebuilding Narratives in ‘Media Talk’: A Methodological Discussion
Journalism and Media, volume 4 (2023), pp. 339-363
"How are narratives around peace and conflict constructed in radio? This paper offers a detailed discussion of a framework of analysis of media narratives. It examines how perceptions of peacebuilding are constructed and aired in radiophonic debates. It deals with methodological questions and carrie
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Influencing factors of ‘local’ conflict journalism and implications for media development: A critical appraisal
Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies, volume 11, issue 2 (2022), pp. 189-209
"When conflicts emerge the media often become, intended or not, a key actor. It is through media that every party within a conflict attempts to convey its own narrative, contributing to a complex reality that affects journalists’ work in many different ways. This article aims to reflect on Bläsi
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Youth Talk: Empowering Young People Through Media in Mali, Central African Republic, and South Sudan. Final Evaluation
Kigali: Search for Common Ground (2022), 57 pp.
"Thanks to an inclusive and context-sensitive selection process of youth journalists and relevant and participatory capacity-building sessions, the project successfully empowered hard to reach youth by providing them with a range of transferable skills that they have been able to use both within and
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"It aims at providing a holistic view of digital transformation in the agriculture sector of 47 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The region’s digital agriculture landscape is assessed through six key themes, namely: infrastructure, digital penetration, policy and regulation, business environment,
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"Elisabeth Blanche Olofio’s reporting exposed local corruption and human rights abuses in the Central African Republic, providing her community with crucial information on the ongoing rebel advance at the time. On 5 January 2013, she was severely beaten, tortured and raped by Séléka rebels in he
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Un lexique de discours haineux et incendiaire en République Centrafricaine
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab; United States Institute of Peace (USIP); Association Jeunesse en Marche pour le Développement en Centrafrique (AJEMADEC) (2021), 38 pp.
"Depuis 2014, PeaceTech Lab a entrepris des recherches et travaillé avec des partenaires locaux dans 13 pays pour comprendre la dynamique des discours de haine et le lien entre la prolifération des récits haineux en ligne et les événements violents hors ligne. Cette recherche et les lexiques qu
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"Das Werk bietet, nach Ländern bzw. Regionen aufgeschlüsselt, einen kompakten und aktuellen Überblick über geschichtliche Herkunft, weitere Entwicklungen und aktuelle Herausforderungen der afrikanischen Kirche aus katholischer Sicht. Dabei liegt ein Akzent auf den Beziehungen der Ortskirche zu a
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"The analysis is based on online media coverage in five languages throughout the year. CARE sees a concerning trend of crises being neglected year after year. Six out of the ten crises are located on the African continent. The Central African Republic has appeared in the ranking for five consecutive
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Myths and Misconceptions on Covid-19: ‘Congo Check’ and ‘Talato’ Verification Experiences
Frontiers in Communication, volume 6, issue 627214 (2021), 21 pp.
"This paper asks: How do fact-checkers combat/halt Covid-19 myths and misconceptions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic? How do they engage in social media networks toward sense-giving and sharing corrective information? It discusses two cases of online media projec
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Promoting Peace: The Role of Radio Journalism in Conflict Prevention
Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, volume 19, issue 1 (2021), pp. 175-196
"This article examines the role of radios in conflict by exploring the tenets of peace journalism in the United Nations sponsored Radio Okapi (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Radio Ndeke Luka (Central African Republic) run by the Swiss Fondation Hirondelle. It is a qualitative research that interv
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The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2021), 271 pp.
"For the first time, a complete mapping of the film and audiovisual industry in 54 States of the African continent is available, including quantitative and qualitative data and an analysis of their strengths and weaknesses at the continental and regional levels. The report proposes strategic recomme
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Beyond Fake News: The Central African Republic’s Hate Speech Problem
United States Institute of Peace (USIP), August 16 (2021)
"After a recent contested election, the Central African Republic finds itself in a precarious situation. Violence around the election combined with the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19 and destructive flooding have caused the humanitarian emergency to reach its worst state in five years. Meanwhile
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A Lexicon of Hateful and Inflammatory Speech in the Central African Republic
Deep Insights
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab; United States Institute of Peace (USIP); Association Jeunesse en Marche pour le Développement en Centrafrique (AJEMADEC) (2021), 38 pp.
"Since 2014, PeaceTech Lab has undertaken research and worked with local partners in 13 countries to understand the dynamics of hate speech and the connection between the proliferation of hateful narratives online and violent events offline. This research and the resulting lexicons seek to identify
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La confiance en berne: L’information sur la COVID-19 au cœur d’une crise multiple en Centrafrique
Arcata, Calif.: Internews (2021), 73 pp.
"Cette évaluation de l’écosystème de l’information vise à établir une compréhension des dynamiques de l’information dans le contexte des populations déplacées dans plusieurs localités du pays : Bangui, Paoua, Bozoum, Berberati, Sibut, Bambari, Ndélé, Kaga-Bandoro et Rafaï. Cette re
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More-Troll Kombat: French and Russian Influence Operations Go Head to Head Targeting Audiences in Africa
Graphika (2020), 83 pp.
"On December 15, Facebook announced that it had taken down three separate networks that it had discovered for “coordinated inauthentic behavior” that targeted communities across Africa. One, centered on the Central African Republic (CAR) and Mali, was linked to individuals associated with the Fr
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