Analysis of the Strategic Role of Radio Okapi in United Nations Peace Keeping Operations in the DRC


Authors : MICHEL KIFINDA NGOY

Volume/Issue : Volume 7 - 2022, Issue 10 - October

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7313802

Abstract : In this article, we analyse the strategic work carried out by Radio Okapi in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2002 and 2022, as part of the InternationalM ission peace operations in this country in the heart of Africa. Created in 2002, UN Radiohas, thanks to the expertise of Fondation Hirondelle, played an important role in the process of reunification, pacification, democratization, stability and development of the DRC. Our qualitative and quantitative survey on Surveymankey reveals that Radio Okapi is the MONUSCO service that has had the greatest impact on the daily lives of Congolese. Through his journalistic production, Radio Okapi has shownhimself asa symbol of national unityand proof of Congolese cultural identity for the past 20 years. Even if at one point, by talking about armed groups and rape in the east, it seemed to develop a paradoxical communication, Radio Okapi has, throughits information and broadcasts, contributed a lot to the advent of ademocratic culture in the DRC. This justifies theopinion in favor of its perpetuation after the departure of MONUSCO.

In this article, we analyse the strategic work carried out by Radio Okapi in the Democratic Republic of Congo between 2002 and 2022, as part of the InternationalM ission peace operations in this country in the heart of Africa. Created in 2002, UN Radiohas, thanks to the expertise of Fondation Hirondelle, played an important role in the process of reunification, pacification, democratization, stability and development of the DRC. Our qualitative and quantitative survey on Surveymankey reveals that Radio Okapi is the MONUSCO service that has had the greatest impact on the daily lives of Congolese. Through his journalistic production, Radio Okapi has shownhimself asa symbol of national unityand proof of Congolese cultural identity for the past 20 years. Even if at one point, by talking about armed groups and rape in the east, it seemed to develop a paradoxical communication, Radio Okapi has, throughits information and broadcasts, contributed a lot to the advent of ademocratic culture in the DRC. This justifies theopinion in favor of its perpetuation after the departure of MONUSCO.

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