Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala

Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala is a Congolese journalist working for the pan-African magazine Jeune Afrique, correspondent for the British press agency Reuters and since 2017 at Actualite.cd.

Stanis Bujakera Tshiamala
BornAugust 21, 1990 (1990-08-21) (age 30)
Kinshasa, DRCongo
NationalityCongolese
OccupationJournalist, social activist

Early life and career

Stanis Bujakera Tshimanala was born on August 21, 1990 and grew up in the city of Kinshasa, son of an electrical engineer and pastor of a Protestant church, Matthieu Ntita Tshiamala, and Odia Mbombo Kalombo. His passion for journalism and communication goes back to his youngest age, holder of a diploma in journalism from the Training School for Journalists and Computer scientists in Kinshasa. He continued his studies in information and communication science at the National Pedagogical University until obtaining another diploma, he went to IFASIC (Institut facultaire des sciences de l'information et de la communication) where, following financial difficulties, he dropped out during his first year of training.[1][2]

He began his journalism career in 2011 in the editorial board of RTVS1 radio after a professional internship.[3] At the same time studying at Cardinal Malula University where he left with a brief. Subsequently, Stanis Bujakera became Desk Reportage Manager for the Politico.cd website until its impromptu closure in 2016, correspondent for the British press agency Reuters and journalist for the pan-African magazine Jeune Afrique. He is a journalist at Actualite.cd since its creation in 2016 by the co-founder of Politico.cd and the director of the radio station Univers FM, the journalist Patient Ligodi.[1]

Personal life

Stanis Bujakera Tshimanala is a reporter in the political field, particularly Congolese. During his career, he refused to be part of several ministerial cabinets, even more recently to be part of the Presidential press under President Felix Tshisekedi, preferring not to "jeopardize its independence" since he was arrested or threatened several times under the regime of former Congolese president Joseph Kabila.[3][4][5] He is the husband of Armelle Mbayi Tshiamala with whom they live between Kinshasa and Washington, D.C., in the United States.

References
  1. (fr)"RDC : Stanys Bujakera primé “patriote en Or” par la Nouvelle dynamique de la société civile", L'Avant Garde, September 15, 2019 (Retrieved May 13, 2020)
  2. (fr)"RDC : un journaliste décroche la médaille d'or du patriotisme", Africanews.com, September 11, 2019 (Retrieved May 13, 2020)
  3. "Kinshasa : un journaliste de la RTVS1 porte plainte contre Claude Mashala, cadre du PPRD", Radio Okapi, February 2, 2016 (Retrieved May 14, 2020)
  4. "Presse: le journaliste Stanis Bujakera brutalisé par la Police", CAPSUD.NET, January 21, 2019 (Retrieved May 14, 2020)
  5. "COMMUNIQUÉ MILRDC SUR LES VOIES DE FAIT CONTRE LE JOURNALISTE STANIS TSHIAMALA BUJAKERA PAR LA POLICE", Sauti Ya Congo, January 22, 2019 (Retrieved May 14, 2020)
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