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The Safir programme is brought to a close with three days of meetings and debates in Paris
The closing event, which took place in Paris from 16 to 18 November 2023, brought together 150 Safir programme beneficiaries, a first for the project, which began back in 2020.
The documentary Tinndy has been selected for the International Amazigh Film Festival
Produced by Mostapha Khalifa as part of the Intajat Jadida project, Tinndy was screened at the 14th Issni N’Ourgh International Amazigh Film Festival (Festival Issni N’Ourgh international du Film Amazighe – FINIFA) from 7 to 11 December 2023 in...
Ndiague Faye: the "Toubab" bringing together governors and the people they govern
Ndiague Faye, 34, has gathered an impressive collection of qualifications and fieldwork assignments. Referred to as "future minister" or "toubab" [mould-breaker] by her nearest and dearest, she is driven by representative governance and female...
Twenty journalists from the Arab world and sub-Saharan Africa to attend COP28
The 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 12 December. To cover this global event, CFI is supporting twenty...
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Ndeye Fatou Diery Diagne, 26, a cheerful and radiant web journalist for the Senegalese daily newspaper Le Soleil, speaks about women’s rights and the problems faced by women.
Diery is different from other journalists who want to be on television. On social media, she speaks about subjects that are a bit taboo in Senegal: alcohol and drug.
Qassim Khidhir, a journalist for the Kurdistan Chronicle, has been passionate about journalism for almost 20 years, despite it being an incredibly difficult profession to have in Iraq.
If you decide to become a journalist, work hard and stay passionate, that's how you can access everything you want! However, your role is to be a professional journalist, not an activist!
32-year old Naïssem Isabelle Ngardoum wears many hats: she is a multimedia photojournalist and reporter, entrepreneur, country coordinator and trainer.
I despair sometimes at the lack of journalists and their lack of resources, but when someone tells me 'I want to be like you', I get goosebumps!
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