Kerry Warns U.S. Is Close to Imposing Sanctions in Effort to End Fighting in...
Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States is considering sanctions on those responsible for fighting in South Sudan that has resulted in thousands of deaths and displaced more than a million...
View ArticleNigeria: Mobile Rises Sharply While Radio Dominates for News
WASHINGTON (May 15, 2014) — While a vast divide remains between “media rich” and “media poor” Nigerians, household mobile ownership has surpassed that of radio and TV in Nigeria, and the use of...
View ArticlePanel Discusses Broadcasting in Africa
Mwamoyo Hamza, the chief of the VOA Swahili Service and Joan Mower, the head of Development and Training at the BBG, spoke today at the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Policy and...
View ArticleWomen and Media: Africa in Focus
Join the BBG and Gallup on September 23 2014 for a discussion about women's media consumption habits across Africa, and how those choices impact their lives.The post Women and Media: Africa in Focus...
View ArticleBBC and VOA Join Forces To Fight Ebola
WASHINGTON, D.C. —The BBC World Service and Voice of America (VOA) have entered into a ground-breaking partnership to pool resources and content about the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, so as many...
View ArticleVOA Boosts Broadcasts to Burundi as Civilians Flee Political Violence
WASHINGTON – Voice of America today began boosting broadcasts to Burundi where at least 14 people have been and killed and more than 200 injured in protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza running...
View ArticleVOA on the Frontlines of Political Crisis in Burundi
Voice of America is leading international coverage of the political upheaval in Burundi with on-the-scene reporting and new programming in Kirundi, Kinyarwanda, French, Swahili, and English. VOA East...
View ArticleAfrica: On and Off the Data Highway
The Broadcasting Board of Governors and Gallup examine the latest research data on the attitudes, activities and behaviors of Internet users and non-users in Cote d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Kenya, Nigeria,...
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Sub-Saharan African Television Heats Up – And Promises to be a Market Like No...
Malians gather around an outdoor television set to watch the semifinal round of the Africa Cup of Nations, in Bamako, Mali, Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Thomas Martinez) By Paul Marszalek BBG...
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BBG Signs Agreement for Two FM Transmitters in Mauritania
BBG Director of Strategy and Development Bruce Sherman signs agreement with the head of Telediffusion de Mauritanie (TDM), Dieh Ould Sidaty. In support of freedom of information and expression in...
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