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Uganda: Journalists Under Threat
Supporters of Uganda's ruling party, including government officials, are threatening and intimidating journalists in an effort to curb criticism of the government, Human Rights...
Swaziland: Swazi government approves Media Commission Bill
On 22 April 2010 the government of Swaziland announced that it had approved the contentious Media Commission Bill, 2007 which seeks to regulate the...
Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG )Welcomes Release of Journalist Ben Brik but Condemns Policy of Punishing Critical Journalists / Tunisia Monitoring Group including IPI on Mission to Tunisia This Week
While members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) welcome Taoufik Ben Brik's release from prison today, the press freedom coalition condemns the charges against...
NBC News to Receive Best Practices Honor, Executive Paula Madison to Receive Legacy Award from Black Journalists Group
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) announced at its spring Board of Directors meeting that NBC News will receive the organization's annual Best...
James River Writers Announces the MAY 2010 WRITING SHOW – Can I Get a Witness: Writing for Social Change
Featuring:
Michael Paul Williams, journalist
Linda Beatrice Brown, novelist, playwright and poet
Emily Troutman, essayist and photojournalist
With your host, JRW Board member Maya Payne Smart
Thursday, May...
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...
Zambia: Media Liaison Committee postpone ZAMEC launch
The Media Liaison Committee (MLC) has postponed the launch of the recently created Zambia Media Council (ZAMEC) on 3 May 2010 as earlier planned.
According...
Zimbabwe: Journalists summoned to appear in court
Four journalists with the weekly Standard newspaper have been summoned to appear in court on 6 May 2010 as state witnesses in the criminal...
National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) statement
On the occasion of World Day for Safety and Health at Work, 28 April 2010, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) issues the...
Nigeria: Three journalists killed in a single day
Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked to learn that three journalists were killed in two separate incidents on 24 April. Edo Sule Ugbagwu, a...
Rwanda: Editor of bi-monthly acquitted on appeal
Reporters Without Borders today welcomed the acquittal on appeal of Asumani Niyonambaza, editor of the bi-monthly newspaper Rugari.
A judge at the Nyarugenge High Court...
Three journalists killed in Nigeria
Three Nigerian journalists were killed in two separate incidents over the weekend. Muslim rioters killed two reporters working with a local Christian newspaper on...
NCAAOM Says Comcast’s Policy of Zero Percent African American Owned Channels Must Change
The National Coalition of African American Owned Media (NCAAOM) today praised the FCC's decision to extend the comment period for the controversial proposed merger...
Mix of hope and resignation about return of independent press
Fed up with years of inactivity because of forced closures and still waiting for their newspapers to be given licences to start working again,...
ESSENCE Relationships Editor Demetria Lucas Shares Her Critical Response To Last Night’s ABC Nightline Segment: ‘Why Can’t A Successful Black Woman Find A Man?’
In "A Response To Nightline's Black Single Ladies' Face-Off", ESSENCE relationships editor Demetria Lucas shares her critical reaction to last night's ABC Nightline segment,...
CNN’s Soledad O’Brien Named Journalist of the Year by Black Journalists Group
The National Association of Black Journalists named CNN's Soledad O'Brien Journalist of the Year at its spring Board of Directors meeting. O'Brien will join...
Cameroon” Health of three journalists deteriorating in Kondengui prison
Reporters Without Borders today voiced its fears for the health of three editors who have been held in Kondengui jail in Yaoundé since 10...
Sudan: Blocking of elections monitoring website seen as dangerous move amid electoral tension
Access to the Sudan Vote Monitor website, a collaborative platform created by Sudanese civil society with the aim of facilitating independent monitoring and reporting...
Swaziland: Reporter summoned to testify in court
On 12 April 2010, a reporter with the privately-owned Times of Swaziland newspaper, Musa Nhleko, was summoned to appear at the High Court of...
Namibia: Search for NBC Chief brought to a halt
The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) could go longer without a permanent head, after the process of appointing a new Director General (DG) was brought...
UNITY Receives Ford Foundation Grant To Advance Entrepreneurship Among Journalists of Color
UNITY Journalists of Color, Inc., has received a $100,000 grant from The Ford Foundation to implement a New U: News Entrepreneurs Working through UNITY...
Wave of interrogations, harassment sparks new concerns for press freedom
JED is expressing serious concern over a recent wave of interrogations and harassment of journalists in Kinshasa and other provinces in the country. JED...
Ivory Coast: Call for justice reiterated on sixth anniversary of journalist’s disappearance
News conferences were held simultaneously in Paris and Abidjan on 15 April 2010 to mark the sixth anniversary of Franco-Canadian journalist Guy-André Kieffer's disappearance...
IFJ Challenges Somali Extremists and International Community over Independent Media
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global voice of journalists, has expressed fresh concern over efforts on all sides in Somalia to wipe...
Angola: Prensa Latina official highlights Angolan journalists professionalism
The president of Cuban Press Agency (Prensa Latina), Fran Gonzales, on 14 April 2010 in Luanda, highlighted the professionalism showed by Angolan journalists working...
IFJ Condemns Islamist Gagging Order against Radio Stations in Somalia
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today vigorously condemned the decision of the Hizbul Islam group on Tuesday 13 April 2010 to force fourteen...
Zimbabwe: ZBC to launch Channel Two
The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation will on 1 May 2010 launch its second television station Channel 2. State owned newspaper, The Herald reported on 13...
U.S.: Newsrooms Continue to Cut Black Journalists From Their Ranks
Newsrooms cut black journalists and supervisors at a higher rate than ever before in 2009 while the minority communities they cover grow larger. As...
South Africa: Zuma rebukes ANC youth leader for harassing BBC journalist
South African President Jacob Zuma has reinforced freedom of expression and condemned the treatment of a BBC journalist by the African National Congress Youth...
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...