COVID-19 Response in Africa: Together for Reliable Information
ARTICLE 19, Deutsche Welle Akademie, Fondation Hirondelle, Free Press Unlimited, International Media Support, Reporters Without Borders and UNESCO have joined forces in a project called “COVID-19 Response in Africa: Together for Reliable Information”, funded by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO).
Led by Free Press Unlimited, the consortium has been implementing this 18-month project since 1 August 2020. The aim of the project is to facilitate the dissemination of reliable, critical information about coronavirus – currently inaccessible to at-risk populations, as the operations of a number of independent media outlets in Sub-Saharan countries are being hampered by the pandemic.
To achieve this, the project is providing support to media stakeholders in Sub-Saharan Africa, who have been left with few income-generating options since the arrival of COVID-19. Many of the activities undertaken are giving these media stakeholders time to adapt and survive the crisis caused by COVID-19, whilst at the same time helping them to provide their public with relevant, vital information about the pandemic.
In partnership with Reporters Without Borders, Cartooning for Peace took part in the programme in order to support and recall the essential role of the continent’s press cartoonists. This publication is the result of this partnership and allows us to look back, through cartoons, at all these major issues for press freedom.
