Hunger-striking Senegal journalist taken to hospital, says attorney
Dakar – Pape Ale Niang, a prominent Senegalese journalist and government critic who has been on a hunger strike... Read more
26 Dec, 2022
Ex-TV chief in Cameroon given 12 years in high-profile trial
Yaounde – A former head of Cameroon’s state TV and radio station was handed a 12-year term for graft... Read more
22 Dec, 2022
Senegal journalist back in jail in high-profile case
Dakar – A Senegalese court on Tuesday ordered prominent journalist and government critic Pape Ale Niang to be put... Read more
21 Dec, 2022
Media condemnation in Burkina Faso after France’s RFI suspended
Ouagadougou – Media organisations in Burkina Faso have accused the ruling junta of a clampdown after Radio France Internationale... Read more
20 Dec, 2022
Egypt tycoon dies serving sentence for sexually assaulting minors
Cairo – Egyptian businessman Mohamed el-Amin has died while serving a three-year sentence for trafficking and sexually assaulting girls... Read more
19 Dec, 2022
Land is a heated issue in South Africa – the print media are presenting only one side of the story
Mandla J. Radebe, University of Johannesburg and Sarah Chiumbu, University of Johannesburg The land question was at the heart... Read more
18 Dec, 2022
Mali lifts suspension of major news channel
Bamako – Mali’s communications authority said on Thursday it had lifted the suspension of one of the Sahel country’s... Read more
2 Dec, 2022
Concern rises as new Turkish media law squeezes dissent
Istanbul – A new law gives Turkey fresh ammunition to censor the media and silence dissent ahead of elections... Read more
2 Dec, 2022
Algerian police release dissident writer
Algiers – One of Algeria’s most prominent writers, Lazhari Labter, said on Tuesday that he had been set free,... Read more
30 Nov, 2022
Top Ugandan rights groups file case against internet law
Kampala – A coalition of leading Ugandan rights groups and lawyers on Thursday filed a court challenge to a... Read more
18 Nov, 2022
