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.
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Is Radio Okapi left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
Radio Okapi is listed as Center on Crosswire: as a public-service broadcaster its mandate is broad, balanced coverage rather than a party-political editorial line. Crosswire groups DR Congo outlets into left, center and right so you can read the same day's events from more than one vantage point: seeing Radio Okapi beside outlets of a different orientation makes editorial choices — which stories lead, which framing is used, what gets omitted — far easier to spot than reading any single source alone.
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