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Wits ACSUS Media Analysis Sept-Nov 2018.Indd Africa Media Analysis Report DECEMBER 2018 - FEBRUARY 2019 Tangaza Africa Media 20 Baker Street, Rosebank 2196 P O Box 1953, Houghton 2041 Tel: +27 11 447 4017 Fax: +27 86 545 7357 email: [email protected] Table of Contents Table of Contents 2 Overall Scorecard 3 Analysis of daily issue coverage, April 2018 4 Eastern Africa & Great Lakes 5 Analysis of daily issue coverage 5 Politics 10 Economy, Trade & Development 12 Peace, Security & Terrorism 14 Health & Food issues 16 Business & Investments 17 Tourism, Travel & Leisure 19 Science, Technology & Innovation 21 Education, Arts & Culture 22 Entertainment 23 Southern Africa 24 Analysis of daily issue coverage 24 Politics 26 Economy, Trade & Development 28 Health & Food issues 30 Tourism, Travel & Leisure 32 Business & Investments 34 Arts & Culture 36 West Africa 37 Analysis of daily issue coverage 37 Politics 39 Economy, Trade & Development 41 Peace, Security & Terrorism 43 Business & Investments 45 Tourism, Travel & Leisure 46 Health & Food issues 47 Science, Technology & Innovation 48 North Africa 49 Analysis of News Categories 51 Peace, Security & Terrorism 52 Politics 53 Tourism, Travel & Leisure 55 Economy, Trade & Development 56 Business & Investments 57 Arts & Culture 58 Entertainment 59 3 Overall Scorecard ĂƐƚ tĞƐƚ EŽƌƚŚ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ dŽƚĂů ĨƌŝĐĂ ĨƌŝĐĂ ĨƌŝĐĂ ĨƌŝĐĂ ;ŶͿ ;ŶͿ ;ŶͿ ;ŶͿ E й WŽůŝƚŝĐƐ ϱϮϭ ϮϬϱ ϯϴϲ ϵϳϵ Ϯ͕Ϭϵϭ ϯϱ͘ϵϭ WĞĂĐĞ͕^ĞĐƵƌŝƚLJΘdĞƌƌŽƌŝƐŵ ϲϳϱ ϯϵϭ ϭϲϴ ϮϮϰ ϭ͕ϰϱϴ Ϯϱ͘Ϭϰ dŽƵƌŝƐŵ͕dƌĂǀĞůΘ>ĞŝƐƵƌĞ ϭϰϮ ϵϲ ϵϳ ϯϳϴ ϳϭϯ ϭϮ͘Ϯϰ ĐŽŶŽŵLJ͕dƌĂĚĞΘĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ Ϯϴϴ ϭϯϬ ϴϬ ϵϲ ϱϵϰ ϭϬ͘ϮϬ ƵƐŝŶĞƐƐΘ/ŶǀĞƐƚŵĞŶƚƐ ϭϬϳ ϲϳ ϭϬϰ ϴϮ ϯϲϬ ϲ͘ϭϴ ,ĞĂůƚŚΘ&ŽŽĚŝƐƐƵĞƐ ϵϬ Ϯϯ ϲϮ ϰϰ Ϯϭϵ ϯ͘ϳϲ ŶƚĞƌƚĂŝŶŵĞŶƚ ϭϳ ϭϵ ϭϭϴ Ϯϯ ϭϳϳ ϯ͘Ϭϰ ĚƵĐĂƚŝŽŶ Ϯϭ ϭϮ ϮϮ ϰϳ ϭϬϮ ϭ͘ϳϱ ^ĐŝĞŶĐĞ͕dĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJΘ/ŶŶŽǀĂƚŝŽŶ ϰϵ ϴ ϴ ϭϯ ϳϴ ϭ͘ϯϰ ƌƚƐΘƵůƚƵƌĞ ϲ ϭϮ ϭϭ Ϯ ϯϭ Ϭ͘ϱϯ E ϭ͕ϵϭϲ ϵϲϯ ϭ͕Ϭϱϲ ϭ͕ϴϴϴ ϱ͕ϴϮϯ dŽƚĂů й ϯϮ͘ϵϬ ϭϲ͘ϱϰ ϭϴ͘ϭϯ ϯϮ͘ϰϮ East Africa reported the highest media coverage volumes for tion including representatives from the legislative, executive the period December 2018 - February 2019. It was followed and security organs had participated in the 12th Parliamentary closely by southern Africa. Intelligence-Security Forum in Washington. For politics, the core news frames in December mentioned For peace, security & terrorism reports said US forces killed that the US was demanding an immediate end to violence in an estimated 52 members of the militant Islamic terrorist group Cameroon and talks between the government and al Shabab in airstrikes in Jilib, Somalia, US Africa Command Anglophone separatists without preconditions. US deputy reported. In Nigeria, the US of America had warned its citizens in ambassador Jonathan Cohen told the Security Council that Nigeria to be conscious of threats by members of Boko Haram security and humanitarian conditions in the English-speaking and ISIS West Africa. North West and South West regions “had significantly deterio- In Nigeria, reports for tourism, travel & leisure, mentioned that rated.” In DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo’s government for a US visa had been issued to Atiku Abubakar, presidential can- the first time said it was taking seriously the terror threat against didate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). According to US government facilities that had closed the US Embassy in The Cable, a family source confirmed that the former Vice- Kinshasa. President had been issued the visa. Former President Olusegun Core news frames in January mentioned that the US, Britain Obasanjo was also said to have played a “critical role” in getting and the European Union expressed concern after Nigeria’s the visa. president suspended the country’s chief justice three weeks Other reports said an asylum applicant fearing political prose- before the presidential election, with the US warning it could cution in the Ivory Coast had been jailed for nearly three years “cast a pall” over the vote in Africa’s most populous nation. after entering the country illegally, and a judge decided he For peace, security & terrorism reports continued to mention deserves a bail hearing. Adou Kouadio entered the country that the top US diplomat in Africa said the separatist crisis in through an El Paso, Texas, border crossing in February 2016 Cameroon could get much worse, saying the last thing they and was immediately detained pending an asylum hearing. He needed was growing radicalization in response to the actions of had his initial application denied in June 2017 and had security forces. Tibor Nagy, the US assistant secretary of state remained detained amid an appeal of the denial. The written for Africa, said the situation in the Central African nation was ruling by US District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein meant Kouadio worsening by the day. Other reports mentioned that Sudan par- would appear before a judge within two weeks to consider if he ticipated in security forum in Washington. A Sudanese delega- could be freed. 3 Overall Scorecard In Economy, trade & development reports mentioned that an reported symptoms of haemorrhagic fever in the country’s east- Egyptian court acquitted 40 NGO workers in the re-trial of a case ern provinces that shared borders with Rwanda, Uganda and that had caused tension with the United States. Media reports South Sudan. Some 37,000 people had been vaccinated in the also indicated that Ethiopia’s Export to US Under AGOA outbreak zone since Aug. 8. Increased. The country experienced the largest increase exports In Entertainment, Netflix’s largest-ever price hike in the history in the period under review, according to USAID East Africa of the global video streaming service won’t affect South Africa. Trade and Investment Hub. On a recent between the scenes segment on The Daily Show, In Economy, Trade & Development reports said Ethiopia’s Trevor Noah said he could not let biltong go to waste when he export under AGOA had jumped by 62% between October left South Africa for the US. An audience member asked Trevor if 2017 and September 2018. The country experienced the larg- he brought any souvenirs from South Africa to the US, when est increase exports in the period under review, according to Trevor explained what biltong was and how he couldn’t take USAID East Africa Trade and Investment Hub. meat through customs at the airport. Ethiopia’s export under AGOA had jumped by 62% between In Entertainment, Kenyan actor Peter Junior Nyong’o was set October 2017 and September 2018. Sudan’s President Omar to debut as an actor in the US by tackling the titular prince in al-Bashir told a rally of thousands of supporters he would stay in Orlando Shakes’ new production of Hamlet. In Egypt, Rami power, as protesters massed a few miles away calling for him to Malek’s relatives in Egypt huddled around a TV set at home as if quit over an economic crisis. The US lifted 20-year-old trade cheering the national soccer team, but they were celebrating sanctions on Sudan in October 2017. his first best actor Oscar for his role in “Bohemian Rhapsody.” In Business & Investments, Egypt’s wood industry had poten- The US announced its intention to support Liberia’s Pro-Poor tial to export to US, Europe, Africa. The Strategic Marketing and Agenda, with a planned budget of approximately U$112 million Exhibitions company had concluded the fourth edition of the for the 2018 fiscal year. The planned support for Liberia was Cairo Wood Show platform under the patronage of the ministry announced in a Joint Statement of Collaboration between the of trade and industry from the 30 November of to 3 December Governments of Liberia and the US and released December 13. with the participation of 175 companies from 24 countries, Science, Technology & Innovation received minor coverage. headed by US amongst others. Reports said two female Kenyan students had been selected for Kenya was set to commission a green chewing gum factory a six-month internship program by giant American aerospace by US-based Mars Wrigley mid this year. Wrigley said it had company Boeing International. The two, Aogah Winnie Achieng adopted the latest construction technology that ensured the and Monica Nyawira Kang’uru, had been chosen to join facility was energy efficient, pollution free and people friendly. Boeing’s International Business Internship Program (IBIP), which Rwanda government had entered into a $400M agreement was launched in 2012. with Gasmeth Energy to extract and process methane gas from Rwandan researcher Aristide Gumyusenge was the lead Lake Kivu. author of the paper and graduate researcher at the same univer- Health & Food issues, In Namibia, the US government would sity. In Morocco, reports mentioned that there was growing provide an additional $1.2bn to SA’s HIV/AIDS programmes interest in nuclear power across several African countries. over the next two years in a bid to help the country bring its epi- Reports on Arts & Culture said a book titled, Preservation of demic under control. Describing SA as at a “crisis point”, US Ndebele Art and Architecture, was launched at the Amagugu global AIDS co-ordinator Deborah Birx said the country would International Cultural Centre by US Ambassador to Zimbabwe have 10-million people living with HIV by 2030 if it did not find a Brian Nichols. The book documented the My Beautiful Home way to stem the tide of new infections. The US would provide an painting competition and was funded to the tune of $42 000 by additional $1.2bn to SA’s HIV/Aids programmes over the next the State Department Ambassador’s Fund for Cultural two years in an urgent bid to control the epidemic. Preservation. For Health and Food issues, reports indicated that the current Ebola outbreak in the DRC was the second largest in history and the worst the country had ever seen. At least 658 people 4 Issue Coverage Analysis Analysis of daily issue coverage, September - November 2018 East Africa North Africa Southern Africa West Africa 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1-Dec 9-Dec 17-Dec 25-Dec 2-Jan 10-Jan 18-Jan 26-Jan 3-Feb 11-Feb 19-Feb 27-Feb East Africa tined for the port of Mombasa diverted to other destinations fol- Reports sad East Africa, supported by the USAID-Hub, reached lowing a recent security alert raised by the US government.
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