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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's first FM radio partnership in Rwanda
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The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ has secured its first FM partnership in Rwanda with Radio
10 meaning even more listeners can listen to ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ programmes in FM
quality sound.
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Radio 10 will broadcast ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service programming in French, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi and Swahili.
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Radio 10 will broadcast ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Great Lakes weekday news programme ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ
Gahuzamiryango at 16.00 GMT.
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On Saturdays audiences can listen to Imvo n'imvano at 05.00 GMT.
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French-speaking audiences can tune
into ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Afrique's daily news and current affairs programmes, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ
Matin at 04.30 GMT and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Soir at 18.00 GMT.
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Swahili broadcasts will include its flagship morning programme Amka Na ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ,
news and current affairs programme Dira Ya Dunia and a round-up of
the big news stories from across the continent in Leo Afrika.
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Tim Cooke, Head of ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service French and Great Lakes, said: "The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ has a special broadcasting history in the Great Lakes
region and this new radio partnership with Radio 10 opens up
possibilities for further cooperation and growth.
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"It also means
more choices for audiences wanting to be in the know about
developments in their region, across Africa and across the world."
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Innocent Bahati, Director of Radio 10, said: "The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ is a big
international broadcaster, available in many languages all over the
world.
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"We are glad that with the establishment of the radio
partnerships more listeners can enjoy the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's world-class
programmes on FM."
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The new partnership with Radio 10 complements the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ's already
strong FM presence in the country which includes ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 93.9 FM in
Kigali, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 93.3 FM in Karongi and ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ 106.1 FM in Butare.
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Notes to Editors
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 ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Great Lakes service – Gahuzamiryango, or "bringing people
together" – provides two daily 30-minute programmes in
Kinyarwanda/Kirundi for a massive audience in Rwanda, Burundi and
neighbouring countries.
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The popular weekly radio soap opera
Urunana has been broadcast on the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Great Lakes service and re-broadcast by Radio Rwanda since 1999. Aimed at improving the
sexual and reproductive health of rural women, Urunana openly
addresses all topics related to sexual and reproductive health,
encouraging discussions around issues considered taboos in the
region. Urunana is produced and performed by Health Unlimited Well
Women Media Project.
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The service is available on shortwave and FM
and online at bbcgreatlakes.com.
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Afrique is the world's reference radio in francophone Africa
and can be heard on FM in a dozen French-speaking African countries
including Burkina Faso, Senegal, Mali and DR Congo.
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It can be
accessed online at bbcafrique.com.
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Swahili broadcasts to an audience of more than 21 million in
East and Central Africa. As a multi-media broadcasting service it
provides radio and online content to Swahili-speaking audiences
throughout Africa and around the world.
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News, features and analysis
on East Africa and the rest of the world is also available at bbcswahili.com.
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³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ World Service broadcasts more than 27 hours of English language
programmes specifically for Africa to almost 20 million people each
week.
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The ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ also broadcasts to Africa in Arabic, French, Hausa,
Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, Somali, Portuguese and Swahili.
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It has a
daily audience of over 80 million listeners in sub-Saharan Africa
on shortwave and on FM.
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For more information, visit
bbcworldservice.com.Ìý
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To subscribe to a free ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ English language e-newsletter, Email Network, visit bbcworldservice.com/schedules.
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