AfricaVox 2007: William Mapote | Mozambique

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William Mapote | Mozambique

William works for Maputo’s radio and TV station KFM/KTV.

He has extensive experience in print journalism, and continues to collaborate on the daily MediaFax news service. William holds diplomas in environmental and political journalism.

William on AfricaVox:

> Fewer promises, more action
> Under arrest! When money speaks louder than words

AfricaVox 2007

This blog was written by a team of African journalists, who worked with Panos London to report from the 2007 G8 Summit in Germany.

Our G8 reporters

Tigist Kassa
Ethiopian radio journalist specialising in HIV/AIDS
Kakaire Kirunda
Bureau chief for Uganda’s Monitor newspapers
Richard M Kavuma
Senior reporter with Uganda's Weekly Observer
Thabo Mabaso
Reporter for South African newspaper, The Independent
William Mapote
Journalist with Mozambique's KFM/KTV
Zinhle Mapumulo
Health and news reporter for the Sowetan
Abebe Teshager
Ethiopian radio journalist specialising in HIV/AIDS
Collins Vumiria
Chief news editor of Uganda's Radio West
Francisco Xerinda
Deputy editor of Mozambique’s Savana newspaper

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"As a woman I demand my national government and the G8 to make their efforts more sensitive and responsive to women's problems..." Metsehate

"The Rostock scene was not different from a scene in Uganda's Kampala or Zimbabwe's Harare..." Omar Kalinge-Nnyago

"It is a mistake to consider the protesters as a 'leftist' homogenous block as there are many differences in their ideologies and approaches to protest" Julia

"Environmentalists will always protect their side of the story but what Uganda needs today is to protect the lives and health of their citizens" Francis Mutazindwa

"If you have lived and worked here in Germany for any considerable time... you would know that this is a typical view of Afrika portrayed by the Axel Springer Verlag's newspapers for decades..." BRE

"What's the harm in reporting both sides? The point is that there is a lot of good, positive news in Africa. Choosing to focus [only] on the bad, just shows a hopeless continent..." Roselyn Mungai

"The question we have to ask Geldof is... after taking/viewing the image how did you change the situation of the young kid?" Reuben Gitahi

"Why do we continue to perpetuate the need to say Africa when the differences across this vast continent are so large?" Paul Crook

"Malaria is not just a health problem - it is an economic problem as well..." Damas Ogwe

"I would have agreed with your comments [about Geldof's choice of photo] if only things were that simple..." T McOwiti

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