One of the best sources of news from and about Africa, a source updated virtually every minute of every day, took a serious knock this week. The BBC World Service, the most listened-to radio service in Africa announced on Wednesday that it is cutting one quarter of its staff and five of the languages it broadcasts in, including the Portuguese language service to Africa, its shortwave services in Swahili as well as programmes targeting Rwanda and Burundi.
This is an earthquake, a tsunami, a volcanic blow to the people who often rely on this service as the only credible voice in a sea of propaganda and misinformation. In other words, it is horrible news.
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