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  1. Speaking the same language?

    Jackie Christie

    Senior Production Manager, Kenya and Somalia

    Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's Jackie Christie in Nairobi on how the production team of Kenya’s TV and radio debate programme cast panellists for a recent special episode – and discovered Kiswahili isn’t everyone’s language of choice.

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  2. Let's Talk HIV

    Anu Mohammed

    Head of Research for Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action, Nigeria

    As World AIDS Day encourages people to ‘act aware’, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's team in Nigeria ran workshops to inform and encourage some of Nigeria’s most famous musicians and filmmakers to accurately treat HIV and AIDS in their work.

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  3. Rape in Sierra Leone: breaking the silence

    Alpha Kamara

    Content Researcher and Producer, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action in Sierra Leone

    Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's Alpha Kamara on how two radio shows threw the spotlight on sexual violence in Sierra Leone, gathering government support for victims and reflecting shifting public attitudes towards the issue.

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  4. Making it stick: training that works

    Fiona Ledger

    Executive Editor, Radio, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action in Myanmar

    Fiona Ledger, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's senior production manager in Ethiopia, talks about how to make training workshops that have a lasting impact – and deliver impressive results.

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  5. Sierra Leone after Charles Taylor

    Alpha Kamara

    Content Researcher and Producer, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action in Sierra Leone

    As Charles Taylor lost his appeal last month against his sentence for war crimes, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action's Alpha Karama blogs about how a radio programme gave survivors of Sierra Leone’s civil war the chance to respond, reflect and demand more of their government.

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  6. Sema Kenya on traditions and taboos

    Jackie Christie

    Senior Production Manager, Kenya and Somalia

    Sema Kenya's senior production manager on how the latest episode of Kenya’s TV debate show explored how traditions can both help and hinder development – and put the sensitive issue of FGM/C under the spotlight.

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  7. Success through social media in Nigeria

    Aveseh Asough

    Trainer, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action in Nigeria

    Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action trainer Aveseh Asough on how social media training has enabled partner radio stations in Nigeria to exploit Facebook to drive change.

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  8. Ö÷²¥´óÐã’s 'API': partnerships to bolster journalism in Africa

    Peter Horrocks

    Director, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Global News

    Peter Horrocks, the Director of Ö÷²¥´óÐã’s Global News reports back from Highway Africa, an annual conference supported by Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action for journalists across the continent.

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  9. How effective is opposition politics in Sierra Leone?

    Alpha Kamara

    Content Researcher and Producer, Ö÷²¥´óÐã Media Action in Sierra Leone

    As democracy finds its feet in Sierra Leone, radio debate show Tok Bot Salone tested the strength of the country’s party politics in holding the government to account. 

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  10. The road well travelled

    Jackie Christie

    Senior Production Manager, Kenya and Somalia

    In the first in a series of blogs, Sema Kenya’s senior production manager Jackie Christie reflects on why the TV and radio debate show travels far and wide across Kenya.

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