Melissa on the road

Journalist at RFI (ex-DW, BBC, CBC, F24...), writer (on art, music, street art...), I work in radio, podcasting, online, on films. As a writer, I'm a contributor to the New Arab, Art UK, Byline Times, the i paper... Born in Paris, I was also based in Prague, Miami, London, Nairobi (covering East Africa), Bangui, and in Bristol, UK. I also reported from Italy, Germany, Haiti, Tunisia, Liberia, Senegal, India, Mexico, Iraq, South Africa... This blog is to share my work and cultural discoveries.

11/03/2015

On Simone Gbagbo's verdict

Back in Paris. Back to African news:

As Simone Gbagbo was sentenced to 20 years in prison for "undermining state security" during deadly post-election violence in 2010-2011, this verdict raises strong political question in Ivory Coast.

For Florent Geel, Africa director at the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), it is clear that such a heavy sentence is aiming at targetting the Gbagbo family and will weaken the reconciliation process.

He was our "invite" this morning on RFI English:

https://soundcloud.com/melissa-chemam/invite-africa-on-simone-gbagbos-verdict-florent-geel-fidh

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