
Walde Ejef: a symbol of media resilience in a conflict zone
Walde Ejef (Walde from Fulfulde and Ejef from Tamashek) means “Association of the inhabitants of the dunes”. The only radio station to...

The SDGs at the heart of media support: three questions for Chadian journalist Ousmane Diarra
Since April, the 46 media outlets that are Afri’Kibaaru project partners have received one week of on-site support to improve the quality of...

Six months of production support for around 60 radio stations in the Sahel region
Since the start of July, 63 MediaSahel partner media outlets have received production support. Lasting six months, this support aims to...

Five Burmese journalists trained in Paris in filming and editing techniques
Launched in 2022 by CFI and FMM with support from the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, the Kwanraat (“network” in Burmese)...

Final D-Jil meeting
The closing conference of the D-Jil project was held from 1 to 3 July 2022 in Beirut. An opportunity to take stock of the support provided...

Training journalists to report ethically on refugees
A four-day workshop on “Covering Refugees Stories” was held in Lebanon from May 30th till June 3rd in partneship with Al Jazeera Media...

Civic-tech is shaking up democracy in Africa.
Around one hundred "hacktivists for democracy" gathered in Abidjan on 28 and 29 June for the first civic-tech forum organised by CFI in...

Intajat Jadida: a new project to support audiovisual content production in the Maghreb
This two-year project aims to encourage the creation of innovative, cultural and educational content, in accordance with the new use and...

That’s a wrap for Innovation MediaLab
The project, which provided support to five media outlets in the Maghreb and Lebanon for the roll-out of innovative narrative formats in...

Intajat Jadida: a new project to support audiovisual content production in the Maghreb
This two-year project aims to encourage the creation of innovative, cultural and educational content, in accordance with the new use and...

112 Sahelian radio programmes compete to be named one of the best in their country
CFI launches a competition to recognise the best programmes produced by MediaSahel’s partner radio stations. The juries have initiated...

D’Jil winners reach home stretch
The sixth and final D’Jil incubation session took place in Tunis between 20 and 22 May 2022. It served up practical workshops and training...