# Radio Okapi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Radio_Okapi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Radio_Okapi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Okapi > Source revision: 1343518379 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Congolese Radio Network MONUSCO police officers in Goma participated in a broadcast about sexual and gender-based violence in 2021 **Radio Okapi** is a [radio network](/source/Radio_network) that operates in the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](/source/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo). On an annual budget of USD$4.5 million, a staff of 200 provide news and information to the entire urban population of the DRC. Radio Okapi provides programming in French and in the four national languages of Congo: [Lingala](/source/Lingala_language), [Kituba](/source/Kituba_language), [Swahili](/source/Swahili_language) and [Tshiluba](/source/Luba-Kasai_language). ## History Radio Okapi was created by the [United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo](/source/United_Nations_Mission_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo) (MONUC) and the [Swiss](/source/Switzerland) [NGO](/source/Non-governmental_organization) Fondation Hirondelle. The agreement between MONUC and the Congolese government foresaw the creation of a radio network to inform the Congolese population of the MONUC's efforts. MONUC and the Fondation Hirondelle submitted a plan in 2001 to the [United Nations](/source/United_Nations), and the radio network went live on 25 February 2002.[1] The station takes its name from the endangered [okapi](/source/Okapi), the elusive mammal native to the rainforest of northern Congo. In 2011 *[The Economist](/source/The_Economist)* said that Radio Okapi was "one of Africa’s most admirably independent radio services".[2] Mary Myers, in the essay "Well-Informed Journalists Make Well-Informed Citizens: Coverage of Governance Issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo," said that the radio station "raised the bar for other indigenous radio and TV stations in the country."[3] Other area radio stations copied Radio Okapi's news gathering techniques, program concepts, and formats. Myers also said "Although Radio Okapi can be a thorn in the government's side at times, its stance of promoting peace and democracy and the strong role it plays in civic education have led to its recognition, even by the Minister of Information, as a national asset that the Democratic Republic of Congo could ill afford to lose."[3] On 13 June 2007, the station’s editor in chief for [Bukavu](/source/Bukavu), Serge Maheshe, was shot dead.[4] ## Transmitters Radio Okapi provides programming in French and in Lingala, Kituba, Swahili and Tshiluba, transmitting all day every day on:[5] - [Kinshasa](/source/Kinshasa) 103.5 [MHz](/source/MHz) - [Aru](/source/Aru%2C_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo) 88.0 MHz - [Bandundu](/source/Bandundu_(city)) 99.0 MHz - [Baraka](/source/Baraka%2C_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) 103.4 MHz - [Béni](/source/Beni%2C_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) 92.0 MHz - [Bukavu](/source/Bukavu) 95.3 MHz - [Bunia](/source/Bunia) 104.9 MHz - [Bunyakiri](/source/Bunyakiri) 103.2 MHz - [Butembo](/source/Butembo) 92.9 MHz - [Dungu](/source/Dungu%2C_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) 103.4 MHz - [Gbadolite](/source/Gbadolite) 93.0 MHz - [Gemena](/source/Gemena) 95.4 MHz - [Goma](/source/Goma) 105.2 MHz - [Isiro](/source/Isiro) 90.1 MHz - [Kalemie](/source/Kalemie) 105.0 MHz - [Kamina](/source/Kamina) 104.3 MHz - [Kananga](/source/Kananga) 93.0 MHz - [Kanyabayonga](/source/Kanyabayonga) 96.0 MHz - [Kikwit](/source/Kikwit) 103.5 MHz - [Kindu](/source/Kindu) 103.0 MHz - [Kisangani](/source/Kisangani) 94.8 MHz - [Lisala](/source/Lisala) 104.3 MHz - [Lubumbashi](/source/Lubumbashi) 95.8 MHz - [Mahagi](/source/Mahagi) 96.0 MHz - [Manono](/source/Manono%2C_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) 104.5 MHz - [Masisi](/source/Masisi) 96.0 MHz - [Matadi](/source/Matadi) 102.0 MHz - [Mbandaka](/source/Mbandaka) 103.0 MHz - [Mbuji-Mayi](/source/Mbuji-Mayi) 103.5 MHz - [Moba](/source/Moba%2C_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) 102.4 MHz - [Rutshuru](/source/Rutshuru) 95.3 MHz - [Tshomo Uni](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tshomo_Uni&action=edit&redlink=1) 106.5 MHz - [Uvira](/source/Uvira) 105.3 MHz - [Walikale](/source/Walikale) 104.9 MHz - [Shortwave](/source/Shortwave) - 9635 [kHz](/source/KHz) (5 AM to 7 AM) - 11690 kHz (5 PM to 6 PM) ## Sources - ["Fondation Hirondelle, Media for Peace and Human Dignity"](http://www.hirondelle.org). Fondation Hirondelle. Retrieved 24 April 2008. ## In film - *Radio Okapi, radio de la vie*, is a documentary produced by Pierre Guyot, 2006. It premiered on [TV5](/source/TV5MONDE) in June 2006. It examines the work of [Breuil Munganga](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Breuil_Munganga&action=edit&redlink=1), a journalist at Radio Okapi.[6] It has been selected by many festivals in [France](/source/France), [Canada](/source/Canada), [Central African Republic](/source/Central_African_Republic) and [Burkina Faso](/source/Burkina_Faso).[7] ## See also - [Democratic Republic of the Congo portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo) - [Radio portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Radio) - [Radios en République démocratique du Congo](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radios_en_R%C3%A9publique_d%C3%A9mocratique_du_Congo) (in French) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Quisommes_1-0)** ["Radio Okapi - Qui sommes nous?"](http://www.radiookapi.net/index.php?i=56) (in French). Radio Okapi. Retrieved 24 April 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** "[Congo’s election: That sinking feeling: A general election in the Democratic Republic of Congo may end in tears](https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2011/11/26/that-sinking-feeling)", [The Economist](/source/The_Economist), dated 26 November 2011. Retrieved on 15 February 2012. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Odugbemi155_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Odugbemi155_3-1) Myers, Mary. "Well-Informed Journalists Make Well-Informed Citizens: Coverage of Governance Issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo." Printed in: Odugbemi, Sina and Taeku Lee (editors). *Accountability Through Public Opinion: From Inertia to Public Action*. [World Bank Publications](/source/World_Bank_Publications), 2011. [155](https://books.google.com/books?id=W-dtwSjTud0C&dq=%22Antonov%22+crash+Kinshasa&pg=PA155). Retrieved from [Google Books](/source/Google_Books) on 15 February 2012. 0821385569, 9780821385562. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Serge Maheshe - Journalists Killed - Committee to Protect Journalists"](https://cpj.org/killed/2007/serge-maheshe.php). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Project_5-0)** ["Radio Okapi: The project"](https://web.archive.org/web/20100723020038/http://www.hirondelle.org/hirondelle.nsf/caefd9edd48f5826c12564cf004f793d/fe0a67c1619bdef64125741c005cc593?OpenDocument). Fondation Hirondelle. Archived from [the original](http://www.hirondelle.org/hirondelle.nsf/caefd9edd48f5826c12564cf004f793d/fe0a67c1619bdef64125741c005cc593?OpenDocument) on 23 July 2010. Retrieved 25 April 2008. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Catherine Bédarida, «Une radio pour la paix», article and interview with Pierre Guyot *[Le Monde](/source/Le_Monde)* supplement *TV&Radio* 7–8 January 2007, page 5. Guyot recalls the birth of Radio Okapi survient eight years before the [Rwanda genocide](/source/Rwanda_genocide), in the course of which [Radio des Mille Collines](/source/Radio_T%C3%A9l%C3%A9vision_Libre_des_Mille_Collines) had encouraged the massacres. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** *Radio Okapi, radio de la vie* was selected at: - [*Festival international du grand reportage d'actualité et du documentaire de société*](http://www.figra.fr) (FIGRA) March 2006; - *Festival Ciné droits libres de [Ouagadougou](/source/Ouagadougou)*, Burkina Faso, November 2006; - [Documentary Month](http://www.imagenbib.com/pages/03_Mfd.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080509173753/http://www.imagenbib.com/pages/03_Mfd.htm) 9 May 2008 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), France, November 2006; - [*Assises internationales du journalisme*](http://www.assisesdujournalisme.com) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080509034026/http://www.assisesdujournalisme.com/) 9 May 2008 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) Lille, March 2007; - [*Festival international du film des droits de l'Homme*](http://www.festival-droitsdelhomme.org) Paris, March 2007, - [*Colloque annuel de la Société Québécoise de Sciences Politiques*](http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sqsp/congresAnn/congres2007/indexSQSP2007.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20070813211647/http://www.unites.uqam.ca/sqsp/congresAnn/congres2007/indexSQSP2007.htm) 13 August 2007 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine), Université Laval, May 2007, - *Le Festival du Film des Droits de l'Homme*, Bangui, Central African Republic, May 2007. ## External links - [Official Site of Radio Okapi](http://www.radiookapi.net/) (in French) - [Radio Okapi on the MONUC site](http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=9176) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071013074720/http://www.monuc.org/news.aspx?newsID=9176) 13 October 2007 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (in French) - [Article at DXing.info](http://www.dxing.info/profiles/congo_okapi.dx) ## External links Media related to [Radio Okapi](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Radio_Okapi) at Wikimedia Commons Authority control databases International VIAF National United States --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Radio Okapi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Okapi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Okapi?action=history)). 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