Episode 2: Information war over refugee numbers
As the instability of the region increases, MSF and other humanitarian organisations are eventually forced out of eastern Zaire entirely. MSF suspects that thousands of refugees are suffering and at risk of dying. The organisation decides to launch an appeal for an armed international intervention and communicates about the plight of the population, predicting a health catastrophe, if access for aid agencies is not provided.
This podcast series is produced and mixed by Andrea Rangecroft.
Editorial direction is from Nancy Barrett, Laurence Binet, Martin Saulnier, and Rebecca Golden Timsar.
The narrator is Nick Owen.
The extracts are read by Danielle Stagg and Matthew Wade.
Music is by Lost Harmonies and Peter Sendberg
Photo credits: © Frederic Sautereau
A special thanks to Rachel Kiddell-Monroe.
This MSF Speaking Out podcast is based on an original MSF case study called ‘The Hunting and Killing of Rwandan Refugees in Zaire-Congo: 1996-1997’. It is written by Laurence Binet and is part of the Speaking Out Case Study series - a project by MSF International.
To read the full study and discover other case studies, please go to our website: msf.org/speakingout
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