US EditionCPJ supports legal efforts to protect RFE/RL, VOA after Trump executive order - Committee to Protect Journalists
- Voice of America has ceased broadcasts in northern Nigeria, significantly impacting access to reliable news for many listeners, as reported by the Committee to Protect Journalists.
- The shutdown is part of broader budget cuts in President Trump's second term, leading to criticism regarding media independence, according to journalists affected by the cuts.
- The disappearance of Voice of America creates a vacuum likely to be filled by China, which has been increasingly expanding its influence in Indonesia, particularly through educational and media partnerships, as outlined in the report.
- Experts warn that rising ties with China could limit Indonesia's independent foreign policy choices, especially regarding human rights issues, suggesting that a reinvigorated U.S. Presence is essential.
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VOA Goes Off Air In Nigeria, Ghana, Others as Trump cuts off funding - Daily Trust
When listeners in northern Nigeria tuned into Voice of America last month, they found music playing in place of their regular broadcast — a telltale sign, historically, that soldiers had seized telecoms offices, and even the government. “Was there a coup in the US?” Babangida Jibrin, a VOA journalist, recalled one worried listener asking, as he and colleagues fielded unending calls after the US-funded station abruptly went off air on Friday. The…
How the Decline of US Diplomacy in Indonesia Creates an Opening for China
The decline of US public diplomacy efforts in Indonesia has created a vacuum that China may rapidly fill. The defunding of Voice of America (VOA) and the shutdown of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programs mark a significant shift in the country’s engagement with the world’s largest Muslim-majority democracy. Without these longstanding pillars of American soft power, Indonesia is experiencing a growing reliance on…
Trump Catches DC Agency Paying A Quarter Billion Dollars For Fancy, Useless Building While Paying Woke Media Tens Of Millions Of Dollars - The American Tribune.com
In a recent appearance on Newsmax, Kari Lake, who Trump tapped to lead Voice of America (VOA), announced the shocking waste she uncovered at the United States Agency for Global Media. During the short clip, she exposed how journalists deliberately defraud the American taxpayer out of millions of dollars, with a luxurious HD headquarters. For context, the president penned an executive order titled ‘CONTINUING THE REDUCTION OF THE FEDERAL BUREAUCR…
As Trump silences Voice of America, Russia and China seize the opportunity to reshape Africa’s news ecosystem
The Global Times, a daily English-language tabloid and Chinese Communist party mouthpiece, published an editorial cheering on the decision, denouncing VOA as a “lie factory” that reports falsehoods on China. Around the world, VOA provided some of the most dogged reporting on countries with heavily restricted media including in Africa, which is home to some of the countries ranked lowest in the RSF’s press freedom ranking. With VOA being potentia…
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