Out of Africa? Future of ABC's Nairobi bureau in doubt | The Weekly Beast

Sources say a lot of heavy equipment has been removed but broadcaster refutes rumours. Plus: the search for a Q&A host

There are big changes coming to the ABC and not just the imminent announcement of a new chair, five months after Justin Milne resigned amid a meddling row.

The Africa bureau based in Nairobi, Kenya, is tipped to close at the end of June after 26 years, sources told Weekly Beast. Closing the international post would end decades of world-class, on-the-ground reporting from the likes of Marius Benson, Zoe Daniel, Sally Sara, Martin Cuddihy, Ginny Stein and Andrew Geoghegan.

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