A Kenyan top official calls journalists “prostitutes”
Kenya’s Minister of Commerce was in turmoil on Wednesday June 21, after publicly denigrating a media group, accusing it of rolling for the opposition and […]
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Journalists in Guinea-Bissau should leave aside hate speech
The president of the Journalists Union of Guinea-Bissau, Indira Correia Baldé, asked Guinean journalists to be professional and not to spread hateful and radical speeches […]
South Sudan: Release of two journalists arrested after broadcasting a viral video about the President
Two South Sudanese journalists arrested in January after broadcasting a video suggesting that Head of State Salva Kiir was urinating on him have been released, […]
Somalia: recently released journalist jailed again
A Somali freelance journalist who was released in February after being sentenced to two months in prison for threatening national security has been jailed again, […]
Two months in prison for Somali journalist accused of threatening national security
A Somali court on Monday sentenced a freelance journalist to two months in prison on charges of threatening national security, according to a media association, […]
Outspoken Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif killed in Kenya
A star Pakistani television presenter who fled his country a few months ago to escape arrest on sedition charges has been shot dead in Kenya, […]
Angolan journalists admit to take to the streets in protest against the siege on their activity
Angolan journalists have reported in recent weeks a certain tightening of their activities. Some have been detained and others subpoenaed by the state investigative services […]
Ethiopia: The journalist Gobeze Sisay has been re-arrested by police
Gobeze Sisay, an Ethiopian journalist, has been re-arrested by police at his home in Addis Ababa, less than five months after he was detained for […]
DRC: Two journalists, including an American, arrested by the intelligence services
Two journalists, an American and a Congolese, have been arrested on Wednesday 13 July in Lubumbashi by the intelligence services. After meetings with members and […]
Mali: French journalist Olivier Dubois confirmed held hostage
A Frenchman is currently being held hostage in Mali. The freelance journalist Olivier Dubois had not been heard from for three weeks. On Tuesday, May […]