Rwanda
sputnikkilambi@yahoo.co.in
Sputnik Kilambi is a veteran radio journalist and has worked in Europe, Africa and Asia. She worked for more than ten years at Radio France International as a producer and presenter of news and features programs as well as documentaries on the humanitarian fallout from the conflicts in Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Colombia in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross.
Kilambi joined Hirondelle, a Swiss media non-governmental organization, which she helped set up the first multi-ethnic radio in post-war Kosovo. She then freelanced for various European and American radio stations, reporting on socio-economic and political issues. She also reported from India on the regional fall-out from the Sept. 11 tragedy, the invasion of Afghanistan, and the conflict over Kashmir.
After a stint with United Nations Radio in Kosovo, she moved to West Africa, where she set up and ran the United Nations radio station in Cote d’Ivoire. The peace frequency, as it is known in the country, is the only country-based radio to cover both sides of Cote d’Ivoire’s political divide in terms of audience and voices aired.
Kilambi has a Masters and a pre-doctoral degree in Ethnology and Comparative Sociology from the University of Nanterre.
Click here to hear staff at Contact FM report on the launch of a Rwandan youth group that is part of a worldwide campaign to prevent genocide
Click here to hear one of Kilambi's trainees report on Rwanda's current controversy regarding France's release of genocide suspects