Countries Court challenge to Uganda’s ‘draconian’ internet law Kampala – Ugandan media groups and rights activists on Monday filed a court challenge to a controversial new internet... Read more 18 Oct, 2022
Countries UN calls detention of Moroccan journalist ‘arbitrary’ Rabat – United Nations rights experts have concluded that Morocco’s detention of opposition journalist Soulaimane Raissouni is “arbitrary”, and... Read more 12 Oct, 2022
Countries Rwanda acquits three journalists detained for four years Kigali – A Rwandan court on Wednesday acquitted three journalists who had been detained for four years for allegedly... Read more 6 Oct, 2022
Countries William Ruto vs Kenya’s media: democracy is at stake George Ogola, University of Central Lancashire It’s a long-standing Kenyan tradition to offer congratulations in paid print and TV... Read more 18 Sep, 2022
Countries Sudan journalists hope to enshrine freedoms with first union in decades Khartoum – For the first time in more than three decades, Sudanese journalists have formed an independent union to... Read more 31 Aug, 2022
Countries Calls for peace as Kenya awaits results of tight presidential race Nairobi – Kenyans prayed for peace on Sunday as they waited anxiously for the final outcome of the presidential... Read more 15 Aug, 2022
Countries US calls on South Sudan to free detained VOA freelancer Juba – The United States on Tuesday urged South Sudan to release a freelance journalist with the state-owned broadcaster... Read more 10 Aug, 2022
Countries DRC intelligence service frees detained journalist Kinshasa – The Democratic Republic of Congo’s intelligence service freed journalist Joseph Kazadi after 22 days in detention on... Read more 5 Aug, 2022
Countries Nigeria fines broadcasters over BBC bandit documentary Abuja – Nigerian regulators have fined three broadcasters the equivalent of $12 000 each for airing a BBC documentary... Read more 4 Aug, 2022
Countries CPJ says Ethiopia’s war has worsened press freedom Addis Ababa – The war in northern Ethiopia has accelerated the deterioration of press freedom, erasing progress made by... Read more 2 Aug, 2022