Radio Okapi
National radio network created in 2002 by the United Nations peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) and Swiss NGO Fondation Hirondelle. Broadcasting in French and four national languages, it is among the DRC's most trusted and widely heard news sources, and its website carries continuously updated coverage of politics, security and humanitarian affairs across the country.
Radio Okapi at a glance
- Country
- DR Congo
- Region
- Central Africa · Africa
- Kind of outlet
- Public broadcaster
- Editorial leaning
- Centrist
- Website
- radiookapi.net ↗
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How Crosswire groups Radio Okapi
Crosswire groups Radio Okapi as Centrist for comparisons within the DR Congo's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.
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Where Radio Okapi sits in the DR Congo's press
Radio Okapi is one of 4 outlets tracked in the DR Congo and the only public broadcaster tracked there. By outlets tracked, the DR Congo ranks 25th of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.
Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 9 of the 59 public broadcasters in the directory. The nearest counterparts to Radio Okapi outside the DR Congo, starting with Central Africa, are CRTV (Cameroon), RTNB (Burundi), RTC (Cape Verde) and KBC (Kenya). Opening one of them beside Radio Okapi is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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