I m a freelance video journalist based in Togo for over 20 years. I collaborate with several TV channels and news agencies around the world ... Reuters news agency, Canal + International, Deutsche Welle (German radio and television), Africanews, as well as other media.
I visited 48 African Read morecountries and covered several events in Africa and elsewhere in the world.

Nokukhanya Musi - Aimienoho is a journalist based in Manzini, Swaziland.
She began her journalism career in 2003 in the kingdom of Eswatini.
Rising from journalist to former Entertainment Editor with both the local dailies (The Times of Swaziland and Swazi Observer), she possesses adequate on-the-Read moreground experience and a journalism career spanning close to 20 years.
As a freelance journalist, she has written for a few publications such as Music in Africa, the fastest growing information and exchange web portal dedicated to the African music sector as well as On Time Business Network, Swaziland News, Independent News and AgriBusiness Eswatini.
She has undergone series of training through courses offered by Thomson Foundation / Reuters and through the African Women in Media (AWIM)/ UNEP Media Journalism Fellowship.
Training undergone are on the following:
•	‘International Reporting: The Essential Toolkit’ - Thomson Foundation / Reuters
•	'Reporting on the gendered perspectives of Environmental issues in Africa'- African Women in Media (AWiM)/UNEP Africa Environment Journalism Programme
•	'Solutions Journalism approaches to Environmental Reporting' - African Women in Media (AWiM)/UNEP Africa Environment Journalism Programme
•	African Stories: A Guide For Journalists On How To Tell Better Stories About Africa - Bird Story Agency (AfricaNoFilter)
She is also a Bird Story Agency contributor and recently re-joined Eswatini Farming as a contributor.

André Ndambi est un Entrepreneur | Journaliste | Correspondant @voaafrique ! Producteur | DG @fusion_universal_media.

Mon profil de journaliste d'investigation incarne la quintessence de l'engagement journalistique, alliant expertise, éthique et détermination au service d'une cause noble et Read moreintemporelle : éclairer les ténèbres, inspirer le changement et préserver les fondements d'une société juste et éclairée.

Vadaste Ngabo Ndagijimana is a journalist.

I’m working as radio reporter to the Voice of America South Kivu province. I work also in several local media in  Uvira and Fizi territory such us on line media Kivu Times and Radio Tuungane

Pierre Claver Niyonkuru https://twitter.com/clavenkuru, Burundian Journalist.

Portfolio : https://tinyurl.com/28cjrwmh

Voice Of America (VOA) Reporter for the Central African Division. 
http://voanews.com  http://voaafrique.com https://www.voanews.com, East African Community and Great Lakes Read moreRegion of Africa.

Senior International Journalist by Profession with more than 17 years of active experience. Bachelor’s Degree Holder in Mass Communication and Journalism. Communication and Information Specialist, Content Manager, Investigative journalist.

He works/collaborates also with other several media outlets 
Focus: Human Rights Issues, International Justice, Investigative Reports, Refugee Crisis, and Solution Journalism, Corruption, Advocacy.
He is interested and works closely with the International Criminal Court, ICC, on cases involving the Central Africa Division.

In November-December 2022, he followed Audiences/Hearings at the ICC in The Hague, on the trials of the ex-rebels from Central African Republic, Sudan, DR Congo, Uganda and Ivory Cost as well as following the case on countries under ICC Investigations like Burundi.

He has undergone several training courses on the processing of judicial reports. He is a Judicial Journalist Reporter before the East African Court of Justice https://www.eacj.org and African Court on Humans and Peoples' Rights https://www.african-court.org/wpafc/ all based in Arusha in Tanzania.
Journalist in Exile since 2015 because of his profession of Journalism.

Specialist in Journalism, social communication and mass advocacy, content manager. Pierre Claver Niyonkuru is Activist for Peaceful Conflict Resolution, Non Violent Communication and International Humanitarian Law. Member of several international networks of Journalists such as those interested in the ICC, the IFJ, the Francophone Press Organisation, etc.

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Assumpta Kaboyi is a dynamic journalist with 28 years of active experience in this profession. 

She covered several themes in Rwanda, mainly Security, Human Rights, Social, Political and Judicial topics.

First on national Radio and Television, then on the Voice of America where she has just Read morespent more than 20 years. She is also an online news journalist. 

Ready for work.

ALI ASSANKA MEBEZABO Darius is a journalist based in Goma, Congo The Democratic Republic.He works actually as a freelance journalist in Kinyarwanda service of the voice of America(VOA) for Ituri, North Kivu and Tshopo Provinces in Eastern of the Country.

Udrile Ferrand Kian Onouabouo Journaliste reporter d'image, Présentateur des journaux télévisés basé au Congo Brazzaville précisément à Pointe-Noire capitale économique. Reporter dans plusieurs secteurs, Ferrand Onouabouo est actuellement stringer pour Voice of America et journaliste reporter à VOX Read moreTV

Shingirai Madondo is a journalist based in Francistown, Botswana. I am generally an all rounder. I do report on all beats be it politics, business, finance, economics, climate issues. I am currently working with Xinhua News Agency as well as Voice of America (Zimbabwe Service). But before joining Read moreXinhua and VOA, I worked with The Voice, Yarona FM, Patriot on Sunday, Weekend Post and The Echo.

Nama dit Ousmane DIARRA is a journalist based in Dakar, Senegal. I'm versatile. I have been working in this information profession since 2009 after my training in Dakar, Senegal. I worked in several information structures and in other countries in Africa. Through this job, I meet a lot of senior Read moreexecutives and personalities recognized throughout the world.

Kouam Joël Honoré is a journalist based in Douala, Littoral, Cameroun.Since 7 years now i am a young passionate in video journalism ans story telling. Passionate by videojournalism and photography i have my own material. I Am available for any request every where in the country. I use to work in Read morefreelance.  I worked this year in collaboration with Associated Press, Africanews/Euronews, Ruptly, Global Africa Press,Juka africa, Aljazeera English Tv and BBC News Africa.  
I do shoot, edit and send all kind of packages including News, features, breaking, documentary, interviews.
I have a Panasonic Full HD HPV 100 a Panasonic AG-Ux 90 4k, a Panasonic Lumix DMC G7 4k and a Panasonic Lumix DMC G85 4k.

James Jovin is a journalist based in Kibondo, Kigoma, Tanzania.

James Jovin, Journalist by profession, with an experience of more than a 10 years in the profession (since 2011).

First in Tanzania since 2011 in Radio kwizera, Ngara Tanzania 

At the moment he has been working for the Voice Read moreof America since 2018. He covers the East African Community and the Great Lakes Region of Africa (Senior International Journalist Reporter).


Then based in Refugees camps Nduta, Nyarugusu and Mtendeli in Tanzania 

He became a Journalist specialised in the Great Lakes region and the East African community.

Born in 1987 in Tanzania, James Jovin  is an activist in Peaceful Conflict Resolution, Non-Violent Communication and Refugees news

 James Jovin collaborates with several Online Media. He is also a member of several international networks of Journalists such as those interested in refugees news.

André Catueira is a journalist based in Chimoio, Mozambique.

Biografia – André Catueira
 
André Catueira, nasceu em 23 de Maio de 1982, na Beira (Sofala), centro de Moçambique. É jornalista desde 1998, baseado em Chimoio, Manica, centro do país. Foi formado em jornalismo comunitário, pela Read moreUNESCO durante a implantação de rádios comunitários em Moçambique, e depois para a área investigativa pela Southern African Media (NSJ), cobrindo com enfoque os temas sobre sociedade e politica, além de saúde em toda a região centro e norte de Moçambique.

Inicia carreira em 1998 no Grupo de Educação Social de Manica (GESOM) para trabalhos de comunicação e imagens para a área social e saúde. Em 2000 a GESOM funda a Rádio Comunitária GESOM, onde passou como repórter e ascendeu a chefe de redação e de conteúdos. De 2006 a 2010 correspondeu para o PlusNews Português, o jornal integrado na IRIN, Rede de Informação da Nações Unidas para Assuntos Humanitários. 

Hoje mantém vínculos de correspondente (desde 2006) com a Agencia Lusa e (desde 2015) com Voz da América (VOA) em Portugues.

Linda Gradstein is a journalist based in Jerusalem, Israel. She has won several awards for her coverage, including the Overseas Press Club award for her coverage of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. She speaks Hebrew and Arabic and has a Masters in Arab Studies from Georgetown University in Read moreWashington DC.

Hello, my name is Indra Yoga Mochamad (Indra Yoga).
I am a freelance journalist based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

I graduated from Paramadina University with a degree in International Relations in 2014.

My work experience in journalism began in 2014 when I worked for Cinemagz, an entertainment Read moremagazine focusing on films and TV programs, for about 8 months. After that I worked at the Indonesia News Agency, ANTARA, for about 4 years from 2015 to 2019. I have been working as a reporter for Taiwan Central News Agency’s branch in Jakarta since February 2019. Taiwan Central News Agency of is the national news agency of Taiwan. After that, around 2020 i joined Voice of America (VOA) as a freelance photographer, until April 2024.

I have experience in photography and videography on the ground of reporting breaking news, current events and various issues related to sports, lifestyle, culture, politics, music etc. I am passionate about capturing images to document an event, tell a story or convey a message to the world. I have uploaded some of my work, such as those about the refugees trapped in Indonesia, protests against Indonesia’s Omnibus Law, the inauguration of LRT Jakarta, search operation for the crashed Sriwijaya airplane, the Covid 19 pandemic, etc on my profile. I have a keen interests in journalism and I am skilled in tracking down the right sources, communicating with people and delivering quality news story in photo and video. I've also have experience in fixer.

If you need more information, please contact me via Message, Email or Whatsapp.

Thank You, Have a Nice Day.

Sheila Ponnie Juba based journalist, born in South Sudan, graduate of Nkumba University in Entebbe. Began her journalism career as a news and programming intern/reporter with Radio Miraya, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan, (UNMISS). She also hosted a nightly news and culture radio program Read moreon Radio One 89Today, she works as a freelance correspondent for (VOA) the Voice of America Network and (VOA) South Sudan in Focus, where she files video, radio and online reports from South Sudan, and East Africa, edited and broadcast from the VOA News Production Center in Washington, DC and London.

Through her career, Sheila has contributed to several local and international news organizations and NGOs, such as RFI, DPA news UNICEF, UNFPA, WFP and the Japanese, International, Cooperation Agency (JICA) among others.

Sheila also covers South Sudan's local news as a general assignment reporter, on issues of politics, women and girls health, environment and sports for The City Review South Sudan, a locally published, online news agency. 

She has been chosen to participate in several women in media and press freedom conferences - in Finland, Morocco, Uganda, Kenya, and Zambia, among others. Last year, Sheila was invited by the IGAD Center for Excellence, in Djibouti, to participate in a conference on "Journalism and Reporting to Counter Extremist Violence Messaging".

Sheila is also an active member of (AWIM), African Women in Media and (IWMF) International Women's Media Foundation

Francis Ontomwa is a journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya. Francis is an experienced bilingual investigative journalist and senior broadcast journalist with over a decade of leadership in international broadcasting. As a launch producer for BBC's current affairs show Kenya Connects, I successfully Read moreoversaw the launch and mentored early career journalists. Recognized for my in-depth reporting on public corruption, consumer rip-offs, and crime, with extensive experience spanning across Africa. Awarded the Media Council of Kenya's Press Freedom Award in 2017. Skilled in overseeing budgets, resource allocation, and mentoring emerging talent. Proficient in producing impactful content for various media platforms, upholding journalistic integrity, and driving positive change. Adept at managing complex investigations, fostering collaboration, and delivering engaging stories that resonate with diverse audiences.

Nuh Mussa Berjeeb is a Multimedia Journalist based in Garowe

Kennedy Aboye is a journalist based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

I had been working at the Ethiopian 
Broadcasting Corporation (EBC), since 2011.
After leaving EBC I joined an online media called Al Ain News in December, 2019, which is owned by 
International Media Investment of The United Arab Read moreEmirates, until I left it on 16th June 2021. Since 17th June of 2021 I am working as VoA Horn Africa Vendor at Addis Ababa.
Through my study and career I have developed sound understanding of journalistic activities and 
careers; world politics and international relations. I also gained public speaking skills that 
improved my view point and dedication to analyze different activities and developments all at 
the local, regional and international levels that will feat the journalistic world. I have done very 
well academically and participated in discussions and debates, by which I polished my 
interpersonal and communication skills.

For further information I have attached my CV and relevant copies of testimony with this letter.

Curriculum Vitae:
Name: Kennedy Abate Aboye
Sex: Male
Date of birth: May, 1988 G.C.
Place of birth: Wondo Genet, Ethiopia
Residence: Addis Ababa
Nationality: Ethiopian
Marital status: Single

Career History:
March, 2011-May, 2018: Reporter at Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation’s news, sport and 
entertainment departments, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
June, 2018-November, 2019: Senior Editor at Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation, Ethiopia.
December, 2019-June 15, 2021: Editor at Al-Ain news, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
June 16,2021-Still: Stringer at VoA Horn Africa

Darren Taylor is a journalist based in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. He has been reporting on current affairs throughout Africa since the early 1990s. He specializes in longer form, in depth investigative and human interest features, for both radio and print, but is equally adept at short-Read moreform, hard news journalism. 

He considers himself to be too ugly for television, but that is his opinion, and he generally has no time for his own opinions, preferring to focus on those of others.  

He has reported on a variety of issues in his career, from South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission to conflicts in northern Uganda and the Sudan, to diverse lighter subjects such as the rise of Kobe beef consumption in South Africa, and the adventures of a fisherman-cum-gigolo on the shores of Lake Victoria.

Manyang David Mayar is a seasoned journalist based in Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan, with a career spanning since 2007. His reporting, which currently contributes to the Voice of America, covers a broad spectrum of topics, including political, economic, and social affairs of the country. Read moreMayar has established himself as a dedicated journalist with a particular focus on social issues, especially those affecting the education sector in South Sudan.

His work is notably recognized for addressing the challenges young women face in accessing education, such as the trend of school dropouts due to relationships with older men. Through his radio programmes and other media outlets, Mayar has been instrumental in bringing to light the detrimental impact these early relationships can have on the academic and personal development of young women. He is committed to exploring and advocating for solutions that encourage educational completion and empower the youth, particularly girls, in his region.

Mayar's journalism not only informs but also engages the community in dialogue about the importance of education and the social barriers that need to be overcome. His efforts reflect a deep commitment to fostering a better understanding of the complex dynamics within South Sudan and the potential pathways to progress, particularly in empowering the next generation through education.

Mugume Davis Rwakaringi is a seasoned multimedia journalist based in Kampala, Uganda, with a broad range of expertise covering business, art, sports, health, agriculture, and various social, economic, and political topics. His work extends beyond Uganda, as he actively reports from other East Read moreAfrican nations, including South Sudan and Rwanda. As a multimedia reporter, Rwakaringi adeptly crafts stories that resonate with audiences across different sectors.

With a particular proficiency in technology journalism, Rwakaringi offers in-depth analysis and guidance on web hosting and domain transfers. His articles are known for their detailed insights into the manual processes of transferring domains to registrars or hosting companies, and he provides readers with clear instructions on navigating the complexities of payment plans and money-back guarantees. His expertise is further highlighted through his coverage of domain transfers to well-known hosting providers such as GoDaddy.

In addition to his reporting, Rwakaringi is skilled in producing vox pops, which are short interviews with members of the public. He is also available to work as a fixer, utilizing his extensive knowledge of the local scene to assist foreign journalists and media crews in navigating the East African media landscape. His multifaceted skills and experience make him a valuable contributor to the field of journalism and media.

Is a young enthusiastic multimedia journalist, based in South Sudan with a keen interest in writing environment and human interest stories among others.

He has worked for several media houses, such as (SSBC) government Tv, The witness Newspaper, Juba monitor newspaper, star tribune Newspaper, Read moreThe city review newspaper, Agamlong newspaper, Classic Fm and other media houses.

Denis has also worked as a consultant for several organizations such as Lm international and world vision. 

He has attended several workshops on investigative journalism, human rights, climate, elections, fact checking, including US Agency for Global Media on Elections reporting in the digital era.

He has received story grants from Earth journalism network (EJN), US embassy, InfoNile and the Sentry.

Denis is also the InfoNile coordinator, South Sudan. A full member of the union of journalists of South Sudan (UJOSS) and a nominee for the journalist of the year award 2023.

He hopes through his reporting, he can create change for the vulnerable communities in South Sudan.

As a versatile writer, he also seeks to develop his knowledge and experience in the field of Journalism.

Denis is a gifted Newspaper/Magazine designer, humble, a go getter, who works towards meeting a deadline. 

He handles several social media accounts, an accredited journalist by the South Sudan media authority and available for hire.

Based in Nairobi, Kenya and with over 12 years experience in photography and video production, I am an all-rounder when it comes to media production. Over the years I have worked on a variety of projects for various media houses, companies and organizations both in Kenya and from around the world. Read moreThrough these amazing opportunities I have developed my skills as a videographer and photographer as well as gained skills in drone piloting, editing, producing and animation. I have gained competitive industry skills through high level production assignments I have been privileged to engage in and delivered results.

Diane Ndonse is a journalist. Specialized in the production of radio broadcasts, in radio reports, she produces articles for the written press. She is also a photographer and cameraman and a consultant in the management of communication platforms for private companies.Activist also of women’s Read morerights in general and especially those of women journalists.

Holder of a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Pedagogy, Associate of Secondary Education, she also holds a certificate in gender and development and obtained another certificate issued by RNTC Media Training Center for having taken the training on “Media Campaigns for Social Changes”. 

Trainer for journalists on the fundamentals of journalism on gender mainstreaming in media productions, and media campaigns for social change.