Media
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...
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The outdated sedition law was scrapped, Wednesday, by...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...
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...
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,...
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...
Ethiopian journalists nabbed for attempting to transfer “sensitive information”
Two Ethiopian journalists have appeared before the country's high court charged with an attempt to sell sensitive security information to an international television news...
Morocco: Blogging, a very serious affair
Moroccan authorities have fallen out with the new wave of free writers. Bloggers. Two of them, including the owner of a cafe, were thrown...
African Radio Stations take on the world
It has finally happened. A Sub-Saharan radio station is streaming live on the Internet in CD quality. Why did it take so long? The...
Ethiopia: Aid money spent on weapon is “Palpable Nonsense”
British charities have rubbished reports by the British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC that aid money in Ethiopia was spent on weapons during the civil war....
Morocco: The sorry state of freedom
The head of Le Journal Hebdomadaire, Aboubakeur Jamai, Wednesday announced his decision to go into exile in protest against the closure of his newspaper....
South Africa in Media Row
The two men were wielding guns and preparing to unleash terror on the nation. With their faces obscured, they were apparently loading their guns...
Egyptian authorities ignore four court orders calling for release of Blogger
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) condemned the Egyptian Interior Ministry for refusing to act on a release warrant issued on 14...
Suspension of six newspapers in Gabon condemned
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the suspension of six private newspapers by the government-controlled media-monitoring body, the National Communications Council, in Gabon. The...
Press Freedom: France overtaken by Ghana, Mali, South Africa and Namibia
The new international press freedom index, from Reporters Without Borders (RSF), confirms a sound democratic well being among a group of African countries. This...
Moroccan King’s asthma a dangerous subject for the media
Four newspaper editors Tuesday resigned from the Federation of Moroccan media (FMM). Police interrogations and criminal accusations have become the order of the day...
Ethiopian authorities detain US reporter
Ethiopian authorities briefly detained a reporter for the Washington Post newspaper this week, before a top government official said she was free to go.
Stephanie...
Guinea: Military leader to attack media if …
Within the framework of the Mano River Union summit which was to take place in Conakry from 14 to 15 July, the Guinean Head...
‘Fierce row rocks’ Zimbabwe media over police torture
Two journalists arrested in Zimbabwe on Monday have been charged with publishing information meant to undermine public confidence in law enforcement and security...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe and Police accused of raid on media
Zimbabwe Police raided the offices of one of the Independent newspapers at the weekend seeking to arrest its editor and news editor. The swoop...
Dangerous reporting from Mugabe’s Zanu pf Zimbabwe
Reporting from political hot spots is not a glamorous job, veteran journalist Peta Thornycroft warns. To be successful, you need a logical and methodical...
New Zimbabwe policies: “Vulgar” editor gets the boot
The minister of information has ordered all state media to sieze using hate speech and support the all inclusive government in nation building. Media,...