Internews reinforces the capacity of community radio to support the process of reconciliation, peace-building and social cohesion
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Cote d'Ivoire

Cote d’Ivoire is recovering from the 2010 violent electoral period, with over 3,000 people killed, 100,000 refugees and 200,000 displaced persons. The most recent conflict in the country is fuelled by acute ethnic division; all too tragically because there was no ethnic ‘problem’ in Cote d’Ivoire in the past.

The Internews program is helping to set up a dialogue between civil society and the media, especially on the role of the media before, during and after the elections. Other parts of the program focus on training of community radio station staff, selected from the regions where violence was most severe: Abidjan and the West of the country.

The project “On Air for Peace: Improving Reliability and Credibility of Community Radio in Cote d’Ivoire” is funded by the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor (DRL).
 

Link: 
Assessment: Local Media Landscape and Information Needs of Ivorian Refugees in Eastern Liberia, April 2011

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