Cassien Tribunal Aungane a Congolese Journalist and Blogger wins the Special Award of the CEO of Merck Foundation from Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition Awards "Diabetes & Hypertension" 2022





This is the fourth time consecutive that Cassien wins the Media Recognition Awards of the Merck Foundation. For the year 2022, Cassien Tribunal Aungane a Congolese Jouranlist and Blogger has won the Special Award of the CEO of the Merck Foundation in Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition Awards "Diabetes & Hypertension" 2022.
 
Cassien Tribunal Aungane, Congolese Journalist & Blogger 


The announcement was made during a VC Ceremony chaired by the CEO of Merck Foundation, Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej during which all the winners have been awarded for covering issues related to themes of Awards. 

All winners from african countries ( Southern African Countries, West African Countries, East African Countries, African French Speaking Countries, African Portuguese Speaking Countries) have been congratulated and received as alumni of the Merck Foundation for having showcased their work to raise awareness about one or more of the following social issues such as: Breaking Infertility Stigma, Supporting Girl Education, Women Empowerment, Ending Child Marriage, Ending FGM, and/ or Stopping GBV at all levels for Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition Awards "More Than A Mother" 2022. 

Also, The Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition Awards "Diabetes & Hypertension" 2022 with the aim of conveying strong and influential messages to promote a healthy lifestyle and raise awareness for the prevention and early detection of diabetes and hypertension.

Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej also announced the awards for 2023 while encouraging media professionals to promote the themes of the competition through their media works such as articles and reports, and thanked all the winners who took their time to attend the awards ceremony online and ended up offering all the winners the Masterclass which is an online program in various fields to enhance knowledge.




It should be recalled that in 2020, Cassien Tribunal Aungane, a journalist and blogger from the Democratic Republic of the Congo was First at the 2020 Merck Foundation “Stay at Home” Media Recognition Awards for the DR Congo in the online category. 




And in 2021, for the second time in a row, won 2 awards, Merck Foundation Media Recognition Award "Mask Up With Care" 2021 and Merck Foundation Media Recognition Award "More Than a Mother"2021. This was also announced as usual during a Video Conference Ceremony chaired by the CEO of Merck Foundation, Senator, Dr. Rasha Kelej during which all the winners were awarded for covering issues related to the themes of Awards.



Cassien, has over 13 years of experience working as Journalist and Reporter, and working directly with communities focusing on humanitarian’s affairs, diplomacy, socials conditions, gender and gender based violence, empowerment and employment for young girls and men in the Democratic Republic of Congo. 

Cassien, holds a diploma of communication of organization, a diploma in journalism foreign policy in Kinshasa from Institut Facultaire des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

He has worked at the Media Group Business Radio Television Africa in Kinshasa from 2006 to 2015 as Journalist and Reporter at the Direction of the Information and Presenter of radio programs and news in the information.

He has started his work at press group “Brt Africa” where he was also the chief of at least 60 peoples working in the Press Group, as the personal assistant of the CEO of the press group named “BRT AFRICA” where he was always in the service of the peoples in order to make sure that the press group is well managed in different levels and to manage with different chiefs of departments to set all challenges and what should be done to create good conditions of working, growth and prosperity.

Cassien is also an active Journalist who has the radio blog named “Diplomacy & Development” where are raised issues about Diploamcy and Developement.

He is skilled in sciences of information, communication, journalism, marketing, public relation and English language. 

At Radio Télévision Puissance, he was also Presenter of programs and news, Kinshasa, DR. Congo Worked as Journalist at Radio Télé Puissance from 2002 to 2006.

And previously he spent months as Reporter, Presenter of programs and news in the information service of the Radio Malebo Broacasting Channel where he has worked as Reporter, Presenter of programs and news, Kinshasa, DR. Congo.

Cassien learnt english at the Congo American Language Institute,(CALI), in Kinshasa, DR. Congo and got the Certificate of Advanced Proficiency in English in 2013. He has studied the Journalism at the Institut Facultaire des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication (IFASIC), Kinshasa, and got a Degree in Communication of organizations in 2013 and got after at the Institut Facultaire des Sciences de l’Information et de la Communication a Degree in Journalism Foreign Policy.

He followed also a training in the American Embassy in Kinshasa about the Election Coverage Journalism in 2014, in Kinshasa, DR Congo and went to China for a Seminary on Chinese Media and Culture, in Beijing/China in 2017 and in Changsha/China in 2019.

He is a Journalist and Reporter covering activities on humanitarian, political, diplomatic, economic and environmental affairs as well as United Nations agencies and embassies of countries established in the DRC.

He holds a blog named " Diplomacy & Development" focusing on activities related to diplomacy and development. 

APO Group announcement:

https://www.africa-newsroom.com/press/merck-foundation-84-winners-of-their-2022-media-awards-announced-from-21-african-countries?lang=en

"Diplomacy & Development" Team

Here is the link of the blog: https://diplomacy-development.blogspot.com/2022/10/cassien-tribunal-aungane-congolese.html?m=1


Cassien Tribunal Aungane, Editor



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