Notre journal de la mi-journée sur Vox Africa, ce lundi.
26/09/2011
23/09/2011
VOXAFRICA Video - Voxnews: 18h - 22/09/2011
VOXAFRICA Video - Voxnews: 18h - 22/09/2011
Notre journal de jeudi soir, 22 septembre, dans son intégralité.
VOXAFRICA Video - Notting Hill Carnival
VOXAFRICA Video - Notting Hill Carnival
Rportingt on the Notting Hill Carnival 2011...
Used to live on Blenheim Crescent for Carnival 2010.
Now filming it for Vox Africa.
Comments and interviews: James Sherwood for AfroBuzz.
Rportingt on the Notting Hill Carnival 2011...
Used to live on Blenheim Crescent for Carnival 2010.
Now filming it for Vox Africa.
Comments and interviews: James Sherwood for AfroBuzz.
VOXAFRICA Video - ONU : Les dirigeants africains à l’honneur
VOXAFRICA Video - ONU : Les dirigeants africains à l’honneur
Pour voir le principal titre de notre journal en francaise de ce jeudi 22 septembre, cliquer sur le lien...
Pour voir le principal titre de notre journal en francaise de ce jeudi 22 septembre, cliquer sur le lien...
22/09/2011
17/09/2011
Me and Nairobi (and Amboseli and Lalibela)
I moved to Kenya in September 2010.
I moved back in London last week.
Just a year, this is about the time I spent in this amazing country as a freelance correspondent for the BBC World Service.
This last trip was kind of bittersweet. It is never easy to leave a place where you had an amazing time, both professionally and personally. But I've spent my last week thinking about the best of this experience and the great things to come, here, back in England.
Nairobi was slowly going out of the cold season in early September.
With a very good friend who came from Paris, we decided to spend a couple of day in one of Kenya's great national park. So I took two days off to spend a night in Amboseli, on the border with Tanzania.
Amboseli is famous for its numerous elephants and its view on the Kilimanjaro...
Kenya was all ears for its teachers as a huge strike was going on. The next general elections and the drought in the North were also all over the national news. The MP Martha Karua has also announced she actually intend to run for President. The election should be in August 2012, though the date is not fixed yet for various reasons...
I am still working on a story about the number of aid agencies and UN offices in Nairobi. And I aslo hope to be able to return to Kenya as soon as there will be some big news, and especially for the general elections.
In the meantime, I also took two days to go on a short trip to Ethiopia.
My goal was only to get a first insight into Lalibela, the old Christian city in Northern Ethiopia, where the Emperor named Lalibela made eleven amazing orthodox churches built about nine centuries ago.
I moved back in London last week.
Just a year, this is about the time I spent in this amazing country as a freelance correspondent for the BBC World Service.
This last trip was kind of bittersweet. It is never easy to leave a place where you had an amazing time, both professionally and personally. But I've spent my last week thinking about the best of this experience and the great things to come, here, back in England.
Nairobi was slowly going out of the cold season in early September.
With a very good friend who came from Paris, we decided to spend a couple of day in one of Kenya's great national park. So I took two days off to spend a night in Amboseli, on the border with Tanzania.
Amboseli is famous for its numerous elephants and its view on the Kilimanjaro...
Kenya was all ears for its teachers as a huge strike was going on. The next general elections and the drought in the North were also all over the national news. The MP Martha Karua has also announced she actually intend to run for President. The election should be in August 2012, though the date is not fixed yet for various reasons...
I am still working on a story about the number of aid agencies and UN offices in Nairobi. And I aslo hope to be able to return to Kenya as soon as there will be some big news, and especially for the general elections.
In the meantime, I also took two days to go on a short trip to Ethiopia.
My goal was only to get a first insight into Lalibela, the old Christian city in Northern Ethiopia, where the Emperor named Lalibela made eleven amazing orthodox churches built about nine centuries ago.
Lalibela is a situated in northern Ethiopia. Its monolithic churches made of the town one of the holiest cities in the country, with Aksum.
It is still the centre of an important pilgrimage and is thought to be a ‘Second Jerusalem’. It is also one of the marks of the earliest Christian settlements in Africa.
My very humble pictures cannot come close to the beauty and holiness of the city, but they are just aimed at giving an insight...
I left Nairobi on last Saturday after one of those huge parties that are typical of the cosmopolitan East African capital.
But I know our story is not over, Kenya. Please, wait for me, because I'll definitely be back.
East Africa goodbyes
I'm back from Nairobi. For good. Or at least for a while.
I have been priviledged enough to be able to spend almost a year in East Africa.
And this September trip was my last time as a freelance journalist based in Kenya.
I spent tow days in Amboseli, two in Ethiopia and the rest in Nairobi.
I can't wait to have other occasions to go back to Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.
I had a terrific time, as a journalist and as a traveller... More soon!
I have been priviledged enough to be able to spend almost a year in East Africa.
And this September trip was my last time as a freelance journalist based in Kenya.
I spent tow days in Amboseli, two in Ethiopia and the rest in Nairobi.
I can't wait to have other occasions to go back to Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.
I had a terrific time, as a journalist and as a traveller... More soon!
24/08/2011
UK: LET'S LOOK BACK AT LONDON'S RIOTS
Today I finished my second report from the post-rioting London. The first one was located in Brixton, where I met British Muslims celebrating Ramadan while the riots occurred in their neighbourhood.
The Brixton Mosque's imam had launched an appeal to peace and calm.
I'm doing this series of reporting for Vox Africa News on the causes of the riots and the point of view of the different types of people who happened to be involved in them in a way or another.
Last Friday, I went to Enfield where a few rioters agreed to talk to me as well as an outreach worker who is daily in contact with London's kids.
Here is the link to the story:
http://www.voxafrica.co.uk/vod/videos/&v=0_jfyu5wvq&p=0_0swhvd1d
Or the whole news bulletin where the report was broadcasted. It is at 11 min 30:
While investigations and court hearings continue in London following the August riots, Vox Africa News went back to Enfield where some rioters agreed to talk to us. They live in the neighbourhood and whilst admitting to participating in the riots they are clear they don’t condone looting.
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Enfield is a quiet neighbourhood in North London, next to Tottenham. But it was rapidly touched by the violent riots that took the street of London from August 6.
M. and AJ participated to the rioting and agreed to meet us to explain how they think it all started.
AJ: “We went down to Tottenham and it was madness… But it was also North London fighting back”.
M.:”I was not interested in looting at all. I understand what happened in Tottenham cause they killed an innocent man there. But the rest of the riots were too much and I don’t understand why”.
For those young Londoners, the riots were definitely the sign of the deep problems of the British society. Both M. and AJ think the police are too regularly targeting youth and that they have to ease their pressure on the poorest neighbourhood. According to them, the police are constantly controlling young people and stereotyping them.
M: "Everyone went crazy, there was fire, etc. But the police have to respect the civilians”.
Both also think there are chances for the riots to happen again.
Karl Donaldson is an outreach worker interacting daily with the kids of London, especially in North London. He was in Enfield during the first days of the riots.
Karl Donaldson: “Tottenham was the spark; it had a meaning because of the tension of the police. But then it went out of control”.
But Karl also understands that the youngest and the poorest feel left out: “I think they’re disillusioned and there’s a serious discipline problem”.
Like AJ and M, he believes the recent riots in London are far from being over, especially if authorities don’t try to understand the deep roots of the discontent.
Last Friday, I went to Enfield where a few rioters agreed to talk to me as well as an outreach worker who is daily in contact with London's kids.
Here is the link to the story:
http://www.voxafrica.co.uk/vod/videos/&v=0_jfyu5wvq&p=0_0swhvd1d
Or the whole news bulletin where the report was broadcasted. It is at 11 min 30:
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While investigations and court hearings continue in London following the August riots, Vox Africa News went back to Enfield where some rioters agreed to talk to us. They live in the neighbourhood and whilst admitting to participating in the riots they are clear they don’t condone looting.
For them as well as the social workers from the neighbourhood and from Tottenham where the riots sparked, there are deep reasons explaining why the youth feel targeted by the police. Melissa Chemam and Nana Dankwa.
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Enfield is a quiet neighbourhood in North London, next to Tottenham. But it was rapidly touched by the violent riots that took the street of London from August 6.
M. and AJ participated to the rioting and agreed to meet us to explain how they think it all started.
AJ: “We went down to Tottenham and it was madness… But it was also North London fighting back”.
M.:”I was not interested in looting at all. I understand what happened in Tottenham cause they killed an innocent man there. But the rest of the riots were too much and I don’t understand why”.
For those young Londoners, the riots were definitely the sign of the deep problems of the British society. Both M. and AJ think the police are too regularly targeting youth and that they have to ease their pressure on the poorest neighbourhood. According to them, the police are constantly controlling young people and stereotyping them.
M: "Everyone went crazy, there was fire, etc. But the police have to respect the civilians”.
Both also think there are chances for the riots to happen again.
Karl Donaldson is an outreach worker interacting daily with the kids of London, especially in North London. He was in Enfield during the first days of the riots.
Karl Donaldson: “Tottenham was the spark; it had a meaning because of the tension of the police. But then it went out of control”.
But Karl also understands that the youngest and the poorest feel left out: “I think they’re disillusioned and there’s a serious discipline problem”.
Like AJ and M, he believes the recent riots in London are far from being over, especially if authorities don’t try to understand the deep roots of the discontent.
18/08/2011
Ethiopian Jews want more integration in Israel
My latest sroty for Vox News, Vox Africa's English news bulletin, this Wednesday:
In Israel an NGO called 'Selah' is trying to help young Ethiopian Jews, who have lost their parents, to take responsibility for their younger siblings.
http://www.voxafrica.co.uk/vod/videos/&v=0_i2o1h5ca&p=0_0swhvd1d
I always wanted to report on Falach Muras from Israel. This is just a short insight from our news room thanks to Reuters TV news picture...
In Israel an NGO called 'Selah' is trying to help young Ethiopian Jews, who have lost their parents, to take responsibility for their younger siblings.
http://www.voxafrica.co.uk/vod/videos/&v=0_i2o1h5ca&p=0_0swhvd1d
I always wanted to report on Falach Muras from Israel. This is just a short insight from our news room thanks to Reuters TV news picture...
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