The first African Arab-speaking channel will be launched on 20 May on Arabsat Badr 6 satellite, Algerian Press Service (APS) reported.
The channel will be known as “Al Qarra’ (the continent) and will be headquartered in Mauritius. It will broadcast African news as well as keep Arab-speakers in Africa updated on what is happening in the Middle East and the Gulf.
Al Qarra will have a team of journalists and correspondents in various capitals, and the Maghreb, the Sub-Saharan region and East Africa will be the targeted as a market for the channel.
