Women of the World Feature

An Interview with Beatrice Mategwa, Television Director for the UN Mission in Sudan

By NATALIA THOMPSON

Beatrice Mategwa is a “one-woman show,” according to Marie Claire, which named her one of its “Women Who Rock the World” in 2007. At age 37, Mategwa is a broadcast journalist who directs the television unit of the United Nations Mission in Sudan. Since 2005, she has lived and worked in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, covering the nation’s North-South conflict. Originally from Kenya, Mategwa has also worked as a producer and reporter for Reuters Television, focusing on conflicts and humanitarian crises in regions across Africa; she has also covered stories for the Kenya Televi­sion Network and for other media outlets.