By Uzair Adam Imam
The Türkish public broadcaster, TRT, has launched a new digital platform, TRT Afrika, to counter Western media narratives about Africa.
Mehmet Zahid Sobaci, leading the launching on Friday, decried the way Africa is underreported by the Western media today.
However, with the emergence of TRT Afrika, many interesting stories that have been silenced would be relayed to the global audience.
Sobaci added that the medium intends to showcase stories from Africa and put its unique values at the heart of the world’s events.
He added that Africans would have a voice to communicate their ideas, values and cultures to the world without any alteration and in their languages, such as Hausa and Swahili.
He further stated that the medium would also pay attention to the good stories of Africa that have been silenced or underreported by the Western Media.
TRT Afrika, which employed staff from fifteen different African countries, would, according to Sobaci, “be like a mirror to Turkey’s policy and its relationship with Africa.”
He further stated that this would enable TRT to find out about different stores from the continent.
