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MUMBAI: Al Jazeera International, the long-delayed Qatar
based international English news channel, today announced
its full line up of bureaux and correspondents across Africa.
It will have bureaux in Cairo - Egypt, Abidjan - Ivory Coast,
Nairobi - Kenya, Johannesburg - South Africa and Harare -
Zimbabwe.
Al Jazeera International, which is now targeting a year-end
launch, will be sharing the resources of the Al Jazeera Arabic
Channel's African bureaux located in Ndjamena - Chad, Tripoli
- Libya, Nouakchott - Mauritania, Rabat - Morocco, Dakar -
Senegal, Mogadishu - Somalia, Johannesburg - South Africa
and Khartoum - Sudan.
"Our reporting from Africa will be unparalleled. We will
have more bureaux and resources dedicated to Africa than any
other global broadcaster," said Al Jazeera International
managing director Nigel Parsons.
Speaking from Doha, director of news Steve Clark said, "Africa
is one of the most pivotal places in the world to report from.
It is a continent of hope and change."
"We are planning other bureaux across the continent
of Africa and will be announcing them in due course,"
Clark continued.
"The teams we have in place show a level of dedication
and understanding that I am sure will give us a distinctive
edge," said Africa bureau chief Andrew Simmons.
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