Al-Jazeera To Spread Its Wings to Africa
Reporting by the Peninsula
Doha
Al Jazeera International yesterday announced its full line-up of bureaus and correspondents across Africa before its global launch slated for later this year. There will be bureaus in Cairo (Egypt), Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Nairobi (Kenya), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Harare (Zimbabwe).
A release said that in addition, Al Jazeera International will share the resources of Al Jazeera Arabic Channel’s African bureaus located in Ndjamena (Chad), Tripoli (Libya), Nouakchott (Mauritania), Rabat (Morocco), Dakar (Senegal), Mogadishu (Somalia), Johannesburg (South Africa) and Khartoum (Sudan).
On a visit to South Africa, Al Jazeera International Managing Director Nigel Parsons said: “Our reporting from Africa will be unparallleled. We will have more bureaus and resources dedicated to Africa than any other global broadcaster."
Steve Clark, Director of News, said in Doha: “We are planning other bureaus across Africa and will be announcing them in due course.”
Al Jazeera International is the only global news channel to be granted a licence to operate a bureau in Zimbabwe. African Bureau Chief Andrew Simmons has been coordinating sub-Saharan coverage and will also be deployed on special reporting assignments. Al Jazeera has also announced that it has appointed correspondents Amr El Khaky in Cairo, Gabi Menezes in Abidjan and Haru Mutasa in Nairobi. They join Farai Sevenzo as correspondent in Harare and Kalay Maistry as correspondent in Johannesburg.

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