Thomas Scheen

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Thomas Scheen (born April 7, 1965 in Eupen , Belgium ; † August 26, 2017 in Nairobi , Kenya ) was a Belgian journalist who reported from Africa as a correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ).

Life

Thomas Scheen has been traveling through sub-Saharan Africa since 1984 and worked as a truck driver for several years. In 1990 he graduated from secondary school . He then studied German and political science in Aachen . At the same time, he was a freelance correspondent in Belgium for German daily newspapers. He did a traineeship at the " Kölnische Rundschau " and worked as a local editor.

In January 2000 he joined the FAZ's political newsroom. From November 2000 he was a correspondent for Sub-Saharan Africa. He spent several years in the West African civil war country Ivory Coast . From the beginning of 2005 it was based in Johannesburg .

In November 2008 Thomas Scheen was captured and kidnapped by armed Maï-Maï militiamen in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . He was released three days later. In 2009 he received the Theodor Wolff Prize for his report on the everyday life of former Soviet military pilots who had been sent to the Congo.

In 2017 Thomas Scheen died in Nairobi at the age of 52 as a result of a bicycle accident.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ I don't want to go into my coffin voluntarily. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , November 13, 2008.
  2. ↑ Aleksandr, the breakaway pilot. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , May 2, 2008.
  3. ^ Berthold Kohler: Fascinated by Africa. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , August 27, 2017.
  4. ↑ Ulrich Schulze: He knew Africa like a child in a picture book: Obituary for FAZ correspondent Thomas Scheen. In: Meedia , August 28, 2017.

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personal data
SURNAME Scheen, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian journalist
DATE OF BIRTH April 7, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Eupen , Belgium
DATE OF DEATH 26th August 2017
Place of death Nairobi , Kenya