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أغر؟´«أ½ World Service announces new Head of أغر؟´«أ½ French and أغر؟´«أ½ Great Lakes service
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The أغر؟´«أ½ has appointed Razvan Scortea as the Head of its أغر؟´«أ½ French and أغر؟´«أ½ Great Lakes language services.
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His responsibilities include overseeing the managerial and editorial direction of both services including staff located in London, in over 20 African countries, and the websites bbcafrique.com and bbcgreatlakes.com.
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Razvan says: "I am greatly honoured to take this role, and it's a real privilege to be working with such a dedicated and talented team whose programmes represent essential listening to so many people."
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أغر؟´«أ½ in French for Africa – أغر؟´«أ½ Afrique – broadcasts daily programmes to millions of people in 23 countries across four time zones.
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أغر؟´«أ½ Great Lakes broadcasts programmes in Kinyarwanda and Kirundi to audiences in Rwanda, Burundi and neighbouring countries.
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Later this year, أغر؟´«أ½ Great Lakes will celebrate the 1,000th edition of its popular radio play, Urunana, which tackles health issues through drama.
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Razvan Scortea was previously the Head of أغر؟´«أ½ Romanian, a position he held for five years.
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In this role he managed the transfer of most of the live radio output from London to Bucharest, the setting up of a new office in the capital of Moldova, Chisinau, and the launch of several FM relays.
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Razvan first joined أغر؟´«أ½ Romanian in 1991 reporting on stories that reflected a time of great change and upheaval.
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They include Eastern Europe's difficult transition from authoritarian rule to multi-party democracy, the fate of the secret police, the mass privatisation of industry, disputed elections and the expansion of the European Union.
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In the mid-Nineties, Razvan worked on the first أغر؟´«أ½ television current affairs programme in a vernacular language for Eastern Europe.
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In 2000 Razvan became an Editor with أغر؟´«أ½ Romanian and was instrumental in the launching of its website.
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He later worked with the أغر؟´«أ½'s international charity, أغر؟´«أ½ World Service Trust, on projects that took him to Azerbaijan, Serbia and Turkmenistan.
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Before joining the أغر؟´«أ½, Razvan worked as a translator and reporter in Romania. ج
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