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Â鶹Éç's first FM radio partnership in Rwanda
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The Â鶹Éç has secured its first FM partnership in Rwanda with Radio
10 meaning even more listeners can listen to Â鶹Éç programmes in FM
quality sound.
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Radio 10 will broadcast Â鶹Éç World Service programming in French, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi and Swahili.
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Radio 10 will broadcast Â鶹Éç Great Lakes weekday news programme Â鶹Éç
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 Â鶹Éç Afrique's daily news and current affairs programmes, Â鶹Éç
Matin at 04.30 GMT and Â鶹Éç Soir at 18.00 GMT.
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Â鶹Éç Swahili broadcasts will include its flagship morning programme Amka Na Â鶹Éç,
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 Â鶹Éç World Service French and Great Lakes, said: "The Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç's world-class
programmes on FM."
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The new partnership with Radio 10 complements the Â鶹Éç's already
strong FM presence in the country which includes Â鶹Éç 93.9 FM in
Kigali, Â鶹Éç 93.3 FM in Karongi and Â鶹Éç 106.1 FM in Butare.
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Notes to Editors
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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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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Â鶹Éç 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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Â鶹Éç 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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Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç 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 Â鶹Éç English language e-newsletter, Email Network, visit bbcworldservice.com/schedules.
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