Media
News Corp. passes MySpace over to Vevo?
The media giant is said to have approached the music website about exchanging the social network for a stake in a new venture.
News Corp....
Eloïne Barry, APO Executive Director
The Dakar-based African Press Organisation announced yesterday the appointment of its Executive Director. Eloïne Barry gives an exclusive interview to Afrik-News.com and shares with...
WikiLeaks copycat reveals Indonesia’s bloody secrets
Stefan Simanowitz reports on how the appearance of IndoLeaks has led to speculation that documents may emerge to throw light some of the darkest...
Zimbabwe: Editor released but “dark times are back”
After a 24 hour detention in Harare's Rhodesville police station, a Zimbabwean court has ordered the release of Nevanji Madanhire, editor of a privately...
Zimbabwe: Police intimidate journalists ahead of 2011 polls
Zimbabwean police have arrested a second journalist from a private newspaper in as many weeks on charges of publishing an article that undermines confidence...
Egypt: The art of silencing Gamal Mubarak’s political critics
Next month's Parliamentary elections in Egypt will be followed by the presidential elections next year. The stakes are high as it is still not...
Somalia: Islamist militia takes over Horn Afrik and GBC radios
Islamist militants in Somalia have taken control of major independent radio stations in their bid to infiltrate the Somali public with extreme Islamic propaganda...
African media: 50 year journey from hell to the voice of democracy
When on 18 March this year the Daily Nation, one of Africa’s biggest and most successful independent newspapers, celebrated its 50th anniversary, Charles Onyango...
African Media Chiefs to Discuss Sustainable Business Models at Annual Summit
JOHANNESBURG, September 2 – Leading African media executives are preparing to meet in Tanzania from 26-29 September for the 2010 edition of the Africa...
Uganda’s sedition law scrapped
A sedition law in Uganda under which many journalists have been arrested and prosecuted is no more.
The outdated sedition law was scrapped, Wednesday, by...
Discovering John H. Johnson: An African-American media mogul
In his autobiography, Succeeding Against the Odds, John H. Johnson, an African American who overcame poverty to become one of the wealthiest businessmen in...
Southern African region joins Zimbabwe in dismal press rankings
Press freedom rankings conducted by Freedom House, an international watchdog has revealed that Zimbabwe is still ranked as the lowest in the
Southern African...
In Burundi, 2nd editor arrested in less than a month
Burundian police on Tuesday arrested Thierry Ndayishimiye, chief editor of the private weekly Arc-en-Ciel, on defamation charges related to a story about alleged government...
Rwanda’s controversial drum
The media dilemma in Rwanda has been described as the controversial drum. Free press in the country is indeed essential for democracy, development of...
Rwanda: Media banned from operation ahead of elections
Last week, Rwanda's Media High Council asked about 30 radio stations and newspapers to apply for permits. The media are currently de facto banned...
U.S. news media still can’t get it right on race
The information age in America provides citizens with a dizzying array of broadcast, print and web choices but it continues the practice of purposefully...
Guinea: Radio journalist stabbed by armed men
Colleagues of a radio journalist who was attacked by unknown assailants on July 16, 2010 are suspecting the military of being behind the attack.
"Mansaré...
TV station forced to stop televising religious program
On 11 July 2010, Channel Swazi, a privately-owned TV station was forced to pull a religious programme off air after Swazi authorities felt the...
Zambian journalists warned against publishing unverified information
On 13 July 2010, Special Assistant to the President for Press and Public Relations Dickson Jere advised the media in Zambia to be...
East Africa: Rwanda government condemned over murder
The media fraternity in the east African countries of Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have condemned the brutal killing of Jean Leonard Rugambage,...
UNESCO supported training on conflict reporting for African journalists
Journalists from three regions in East Africa affected by conflicts spent a week together exchanging experiences and learning new strategies for reporting on conflict...
Rwanda: Persecution of independent newspapers extended to online versions
Reporters Without Borders reiterates its concern about the harassment of independent newspapers in Rwanda after learning that access to the Umuvugizi news website has...
Cameroon: Authorities urged to publish findings of enquiry into journalist’s death in prison
Reporters Without Borders regrets the Cameroonian government's foot-dragging in the investigation into journalist ?Bibi? Ngota Ngota's death in Yaoundé's Kodengui prison on 22 April....
Zimbabwe: Minister files criminal defamation charges against journalist
Golden Maunganidze the editor of The Masvingo Mirror was on 10 May 2010 summoned to Harare Central Police Station where he was interrogated for...
ESSENCE Kicks Off Its Summer Fiction Series With an Exclusive Preview of Terry McMillan’s ‘Waiting To Exhale’ Sequel
ESSENCE kicks off its Summer Fiction Series with an unprecedented exclusive. Nationally acclaimed author Terry McMillan will feature a four-part preview to Getting To...
Ethiopia: Reporters Without Borders writes to Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
Reporters Without Borders wrote yesterday to Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi voicing concern about a deterioration in the climate for journalists in recent weeks...
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) Condemns Assassination of Veteran Journalist in Mogadishu
The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) today condemned the mindless and merciless targeted assassination of veteran journalist, Sheik Nur Mohamed Abkey, in Mogadishu,...
Being gay in Morocco
Samir Bergachi is unstoppable. Barely 23 years old, the young Moroccan is simply not content to live his homosexuality openly in a country where...
CoverGirl Spokesperson Queen Latifah Attends White House Correspondents Association Dinner as a Guest of ESSENCE Magazine and CoverGirl Queen
CoverGirl spokesperson Queen Latifah was the esteemed guest of ESSENCE magazine for the White House Correspondents Association dinner in Washington, D.C. this weekend, courtesy...
Two Ethiopian state TV journalists under arrest
In light of the Ethiopian government's longstanding practice of jailing journalists on trumped-up criminal charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the...