Algeria jails journalist over ‘false news’
Algiers – An Algerian court has jailed a journalist convicted of “spreading false news” in an article about dates... Read more
27 Oct, 2022
DRC journalist arrested, ‘missing’ in Kinshasa: association
Kinshasa – The International Press Correspondents’ Association in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Tuesday expressed its “deep concern”... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Belarus journalist sentenced to eight years in prison
Moscow – A court in Minsk sentenced an investigative journalist to eight years in prison on Wednesday, the reclusive... Read more
26 Oct, 2022
Pakistan journalist dies in alleged Kenya police shooting, investigators say
Nairobi – A top Pakistani news anchor was shot dead in Kenya – allegedly by police – just months... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Algerian journalist released after year in jail: rights group
Algiers – Algeria gave prison time to a journalist charged with “spreading false information” but released him as he... Read more
20 Oct, 2022
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
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
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
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
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
