Ghislaine Dupont

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Ghislaine Dupont
Born(1956-01-13)13 January 1956
Died2 November 2013(2013-11-02) (aged 57)
Career
StationRadio France Internationale
CountryFrance

Ghislaine Dupont (French: [ʒislɛn dypɔ̃]; 13 January 1956 – 2 November 2013) was a French journalist who specialised in African issues.

Personal history

She lived as a child some years in Africa. After college, she enrolled in the École supérieure de journalisme de Paris.

Career

She began her career by writing in

Democratic Republic of Congo between 1997 and 2007. Ghislaine Dupont was known as a first class investigator, having editorial rigor and finesse and a very good political analysis. She became in July 2013 editorial advisor at RFI
.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ghislaine Dupont began her involvement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1997. In 2002, she was involved in the creation of

UN Mission in the DRC (MONUC). She trained young journalists and Radio Okapi is now at the forefront of the news media of the country.[1]

In 2006, she was expelled by the Kinshasa government of

presidential election
.

Death and legacy

Dupont was killed on 2 November 2013, not far from Kidal in northeastern Mali after being abducted by unidentified assailants. She was with the technician Claude Verlon, who was killed with her.[2][3]

On 5 November 2013, Dupont and Verlon received posthumous decorations from

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the president of Mali.[4][5]

In September 2014, Radio France Internationale announced the Ghislaine Dupont et Claude Verlon scholarships to honor its deceased journalists. The annual award is presented to a journalist under 30 and a technician from Africa, and they will have the opportunity to study in Paris. The award was first presented on 2 November 2014 in Bamako, which is the first anniversary of their death.[6]

In 2015, the United Nations assigned the date of commemoration for the

International Day to End Impunity based on the outrage behind the murder of Dupont and Verlon as stated in its official resolution.[7]

References

  1. ^ Radio Okapi rend hommage à Ghislaine Dupont Archived 26 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  2. ^ Nossiter, Adam (2 November 2013). "Two French Journalists Are Kidnapped and Killed by Gunmen in Mali (Published 2013)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022.
  3. ^ Ghislaine Dupont, une journaliste chevronnée passionnée de l’Afrique Archived 2 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
  4. ^ Véronique Gaymard (November 2014). "Assassinats de journalistes: la lutte contre l'impunité - RFI". RFI. Archived from the original on 31 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  5. ^ "JournalDuMali.com: Ghislaine Dupont et Claude Verlon décorés à titre posthume". journaldumali.com. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014.
  6. ^ "France - Remembering slain RFI journalists: 'Imagine a world without news'". France 24. 2 November 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
  7. ^ "UN General Assembly adopts resolution on journalists safety - Reporters Without Borders". rsf.org. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 31 October 2019.