Paris, France (PANA) - From supporting forthcoming elections in South Sudan, to getting war-weary people to buy into peace processes; to ensuring high school girls in Afghanistan can keep learning even after they have been banned from classrooms: radio continues to be relevant in the digital era.    World Radio Day, observed [...] Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso's Education ministry on Thursday a radio frequency to provide lessons for students because they cannot attend school under prevailing circumstances of the coronavirus pandemic and insecurity in several regions of the country, PANA learned from official sources. "Broadcasting on its new frequency 107.4 MHz, [...] Full text...

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Burkina Faso currently has 157 radio stations, Communication Minister Rémis Dandjinou said on the occasion of the 9th World Radio Day, celebrated on Thursday, under the theme: "We are diversity." From 25 October 1959, when the current Radio Haute-Volta began broadcasting, to 13 February 2020, 157 [...] Full text...

New York, US (PANA) - In an era of rapid media evolution, radio still has the power to bring people together and provide communities with vital news and information, the UN Secretary-General has said.  In a message for World Radio Day 2020, celebrated on Thursday, Mr. António Guterres highlighted how the pioneering [...] Full text...

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Africa Media, the company currently operating Africa N°1 Paris, has obtained a licence to operate an FM radio station in Brazzaville, the capital of Congo. According to a statement on Friday, it will begin broadcasting at the end of the first quarter of next year as [...] Full text...