Rádio Despertar
Rádio Despertar is a radio broadcaster in Angola . Along with the church broadcaster Rádio Ecclesia , it is the only radio station in the south-west African country that is not controlled by the government or the ruling MPLA party or business people close to them. It broadcasts in Portuguese and in the local language Umbundu , which is spoken by the largest population group, the Ovimbundu .
history
The station was founded in 2002 on the basis of the peace agreement between the ruling MPLA and the opposition UNITA . It is operated by UNITA as the successor to "Rádio VORGAN". Rádio Vorgan was a radio broadcaster that broadcasted underground propaganda against the MPLA during the Angola Civil War , but also acted as a means of communication with the population of the UNITA-controlled areas.
The Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung supports the broadcaster in developing as a private, commercial broadcast medium. Program training sessions are sponsored.
On September 5, 2010, one of Rádio Despertar's moderators, the journalist Alberto Chakusanga , was shot dead by strangers in his home in Viana . He was the first journalist since 2001 to be killed in Angola. On October 22, 2010, another radio station employee was stabbed by four strangers while on his way home from work. He was badly injured but survived. These incidents are seen by observers as part of the attacks on journalists critical of the government.
On July 13, 2011, Chancellor Angela Merkel spoke to journalists from Rádio Despertar during her one-day visit to Angola to find out more about the situation of civil society in Angola.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rádio Despertar abala estrutura do poder (MPLA) in Angola ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed September 12, 2011 (pt)
- ↑ allafrica.com: Journalist With Critical Radio Station Gunned Down in His Home accessed July 18, 2011 (en)
- ↑ Radio Ecclesia: Animador e humorista da rádio despertar esfaqueado em Luanda accessed July 18, 2011 (pt)
- ↑ Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung: Chancellor Merkel meets KAS partner in Angola called July 18, 2011
