UNICEF strengthens response to growing cholera outbreak amid floods in DRC

STORY: UNICEF strengthens response to growing cholera outbreak amid floods in DRC SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 9, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:14 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of flood-affected areas 2. various of treatment wards, patients 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): ANTHONY BONHOMMEAU, Emergency specialist, UNICEF 4. various of treatment wards, patients 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): ANTHONY BONHOMMEAU, Emergency specialist, UNICEF 6. various of patients 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): JEAN LIYOLONGO, Emergency officer, UNICEF 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Swahili): PENDO, Internally displaced person 9. various of flood-affected areas STORYLINE: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is responding to devastating flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the Congo River rising to levels not seen in more than 60 years and growing cholera outbreak. Eighteen out of DRC's 26 provinces are affected following exceptionally heavy rainfall over the past couple of months, leaving more tha

Lunar New Year celebrated in various countries

STORY: Lunar New Year celebrated in various countries SHOOTING DATE: Recent footage DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2024 LENGTH: 00:07:53 LOCATION: Ulan Bator/Bratislava/Yaounde/DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania/Amman/Jakarta CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of celebrations 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Slovak): CAI GE, Chinese Ambassador to Slovakia 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): KANA AIME ROSS, Student at Confucius Institute of University of Yaounde II 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): PENDO MALANGWA, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor University of Dar es Salaam 5. SOUNDBITE 4 (English): EDIGER LYOMBO, Student at Confucius Institute 6. SOUNDBITE 5 (Arabic): MOHAMMAD JAD, Student 7. SOUNDBITE 6 (Indonesian): NESY ANGGRAENI, Visitor 8. SOUNDBITE 7 (Indonesian): EKA SEPTIADI, Visitor STORYLINE: As the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year approaches, a variety of activities have been held in various countries to celebrate the occasion and welcome the Year of the Dragon. The Mongol Post, Mongolia's national postal service, has issued a special postage st

Chinese Language Day celebrated home and abroad

STORY: Chinese Language Day celebrated home and abroad DATELINE: April 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:24 LOCATION: CANGZHOU/DAR ES SALAAM/Windhoek CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of UN Chinese Language Day celebrations 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GOMIS PELETY MERVEILLE KHARIM, Student from the Republic of the Congo 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): PENDO MALANGWA, Director for Quality Assurance at the University of Dar es Salaam 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): NATACHA VAN WYK, University of Namibia second-year student STORYLINE: Thursday marks the 14th UN Chinese Language Day, with a variety of celebrations held both in and outside of China. In Cangzhou City, north China's Hebei, a group of African students was invited to a program to learn about the cloisonne craft, a national intangible heritage of China. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): GOMIS PELETY MERVEILLE KHARIM, Student from the Republic of the Congo "In China, it's not only the experience to study language, it's also the experience to learn about Chinese culture. Then it h

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-FEMALE BOXER

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-FEMALE BOXER

(220306) -- DER ES SALAAM, March 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian woman boxer Pendo Njau (R) does training with her coach Kanda Kabonga during a boxing training season in Der es Salaam, Tanzania on March 4, 2022. Pendo Njau, a mother of three children, is a boxer, a boxing referee and a boxing judge based in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzanian female boxer eyes to break gender bias with her fists" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-FEMALE BOXER

TANZANIA-DAR ES SALAAM-FEMALE BOXER

(220306) -- DER ES SALAAM, March 6, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Tanzanian woman boxer Pendo Njau poses for a photo with other boxers in Der es Salaam, Tanzania on March 4, 2022. Pendo Njau, a mother of three children, is a boxer, a boxing referee and a boxing judge based in Tanzania's commercial capital Dar es Salaam. TO GO WITH "Feature: Tanzanian female boxer eyes to break gender bias with her fists" (Photo by Herman Emmanuel/Xinhua)