DW Director General Peter Limbourg in Zimbabwe
By DW
08 April 2018 |
5:30 am
DW's Director General Peter Limbourg is in Harare, Zimbabwe, to meet various media partners with the idea of forming partnerships for content production. And is looking into the issue of media freedom in the country.
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