Ibrahima Ndiaye, director of RTS’s 8 p.m. newscast, dies

Ibrahima Ndiaye, the regular director of the Senegalese public broadcaster RTS’s 8 p.m. newscast, died on Friday, October 23, after an illness. He had been away from the control room for several weeks, an absence noticed by colleagues before his death was announced. Each evening, he coordinated the newscast’s pace, including the sequence of reports, studio segments and live broadcasts.