Samuel Burri becomes Africa correspondent for Radio SRF
Starting in August 2019, Anna Lemmenmeier will share the position of Radio SRF correspondent in Africa with Samuel Burri. Going forward, they will each spend 50 percent of their time reporting on political, economic, and cultural developments on the continent.
Samuel Burri studied history and computer science at the University of Bern and graduated as a historian. He then worked as an editor at Radio SRF 1 and Radio SRF 4 News. In 2011 and 2012, he worked as a freelance journalist in Ghana and West Africa. Later he was domestic editor and producer for Radio SRF's "Echo der Zeit".
Samuel Burri has been living in Nairobi since the end of 2017. As a freelancer, he has worked regularly during this time for the New Zurich Newspaper and Swiss television from East Africa - most recently reporting on the mass protests in Sudan. From August 2019, he will share the correspondent position of Radio SRF in Africa equally with the previous correspondent Anna Lemmenmeier.
