Media in Africa

Ugandan court rules against law used to stifle media

Thursday, 26 August 2010 14:31

The executive secretary of the Independent Media Council of Uganda told VOA journalists have every right to criticize President Yoweri Museveni and hold his government accountable for its actions, after a court declared the country's sedition law unconstitutional.

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Tags: Haruna Kanaabi - Independent Media Council of Uganda - East African Media Institute - Yoweri Museveni - Sedition law - constitutional court - media freedom - Uganda

Libyan pro-reform newspapers make comeback

Friday, 09 July 2010 12:19

Two newspapers allied to a reform-minded son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were back on newsstands on Thursday after a six-month absence that had been seen as a sign the reformist camp was losing influence.

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Tags: Muammar Gaddafi - Oea - Quryna - Saif al-Islam - reform - newspapers - press freedom - Al Ghad media group - Suleiman Dughaha - Libya

Egypt's Islamic TV extends reach with new languages

Monday, 07 June 2010 13:42

Egypt's al-Azhar's satellite channel that seeks to promote moderate Islam launched four language services to extend its reach to millions of Muslims worldwide, its designers said on Sunday.

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Tags: al-Azhar - moderate Islam - Sheikh Khaled El Gendy - Azhari - Egypt

Zimbabwe gets first private daily newspaper in years

Monday, 07 June 2010 12:51

Zimbabwe's first private daily newspaper hit the streets on Friday to break a state monopoly established years ago after President Robert Mugabe's government banned a pro-opposition newspaper over a registration dispute.

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Tags: Zimbabwe Media Commissioin - Robert Mugabe - daily newspaper - Morgan Tsvangirai - NewsDay - Trevor Ncube - Alpha Media Holdings - Zimbabwe

South African Sam Rogers named CNN Multichoice African Journalist 2010

Tuesday, 01 June 2010 11:36

Sam Rogers, from South Africa, has been awarded the top prize at this year's CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2010 Awards Ceremony.

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Tags: CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2010 - Sam Rogers - e.tv - Joel Kibazo - Nico Meyer - Parisa Khosravi - Mustafa Haji Abdinur - Somalia - South Africa - Uganda

Zimbabwe allows four new private newspapers

Thursday, 27 May 2010 12:56

Zimbabwe's newly created media commission said Wednesday licenses have been granted to allow four new private daily newspapers to start operating, in the first concrete move to relax tough media rules.

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Tags: Zimbabwe Media Commission - Godfrey Majonga - Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe - The Daily News - Fruitlink - The Mail - Alpha Media - Newsday - Modus Publications - Daily Gazette - Morgan Tsvangirai - Zimbabwe

South African editor declared World Press Freedom Hero

Wednesday, 19 May 2010 12:21

South African editor Laurence Gandar was on Wednesday declared a World Press Freedom Hero by the International Press Institute (IPI), and will be honoured at a ceremony in September.

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Tags: International Press Institute - World Press Freedom Hero - Laurence Gandar - Rand Daily Mail - Benjamin Pogrund - investigative journalism - Raymond Louw - South Africa

Zimbabwe slashes media licensing fees

Monday, 03 May 2010 13:58

Zimbabwe's government has reduced its registration requirements for media organisations and journalists operating in the country in a bid to reform its harsh media laws, a minister said Friday.

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Tags: foreign media - media accreditation fees - Zimbabwe Media Commission - Godfrey Majonga - Morgan Tsvangirai - Media Practitioners' Bill - Zimbabwe

Nigeria's ‘CNN' to begin 24-hour news transmission

Monday, 03 May 2010 13:23

New Nigerian pay television network NN24 will launch 24-hour news coverage from Monday, styling itself on US broadcaster CNN in a first for the west African country, it said.

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Tags: NN24 - pay television - 24-hour news - CNN - DSTV - Anthony Dara - Nigeria

Uganda's media industry on a roll

Thursday, 08 April 2010 14:22

Uganda's Vision Group is planning to overhaul the process of printing newspapers in the East African country following the acquisition of a high-capacity $9-million printing press.

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Tags: Vision Group - newspapers - media - growth - Uganda

SLeone forms independent national broadcaster with UN

Thursday, 01 April 2010 15:48

Sierra Leone is doing away with its state broadcaster in a merger with United Nations radio which will establish an independent national radio and television service, UN officials said Wednesday.

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Tags: UN - television - media - broadcast - Sierra Leone

Sudan: UN mission takes to the airwaves with civic education drama

Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:25

The UN Mission in Sudan is taking to the airwaves with a new radio drama series aimed at raising public awareness on various issues, including measures related to the ongoing process of implementing the peace accord that ended the civil war.

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Tags: United Nations - UNMIS - radio drama - Under the Tamarind Tree - Radio Miraya - Comprehensive Peace Agreement - Election - Fondation Hirondell - Sudan

Niger moves towards press freedom

Wednesday, 31 March 2010 12:02

In meetings with media stakeholders, Niger's transitional Prime Minister Mahamadou Danda is promising full press freedom. Already, prison sentences for journalists are repelled and the Niamey House of the Media is reopened.

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Tags: media - Mahamadou Danda - press - freedom - journalist - Niger

Zimbabwe working to reform media laws

Tuesday, 30 March 2010 11:43

Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Tendai Biti on Saturday said Zimbabwe was working to reform its harsh media laws, with work on a new constitution expected to get under way next month.

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Tags: media - freedom - council - Robert Mugabe - Morgan Tsvangirai - Zimbabwe

Reshaping reportage on Africa

Friday, 22 January 2010 12:23

South Africa's Rhodes University, in the Eastern Cape province, and Unesco are in the process of developing a syllabus for better reporting on Africa.

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Tags: Rhodes University - Unesco - Fackson Banda - World Journalism Education Congress - Ghana Institute of Journalism - Namibia University Department of Media Studies - Tshwane University of Technology - Stellenbosch University - Walter Sisulu University - South Africa

AFP Somalia journalist clinches key press award

Wednesday, 25 November 2009 12:00

An AFP journalist among the very few independent journalists still working in war-torn Mogadishu received a key press award for his work on Tuesday along with three other reporters.

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Tags: Journalism - AFP - Mustafa Haji Abdinur - Committee to Protect Journalists - International Press Freedom Awards - Naziha Rejiba - Kalima - Tunisia - Radio Simba - Somalia

Sudan's Bashir lifts censorship of newspapers

Monday, 28 September 2009 14:23

President Omar al-Bashir on Sunday announced the immediate lifting of state censorship on the press, meeting a key demand of the media ahead of Sudan's first elections in almost 25 years.

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Tags: Omar al-Bashir - newspaper - media. freedom - decree - elections - Ali Shimo - Sudan

Guinea military lifts broadcasting ban

Thursday, 10 September 2009 14:58

Guinea's military government has lifted a ban on political radio and television programming. The country is preparing for elections early next year. The ban was imposed after people started using radio call-in shows to criticise the expected candidacy of military ruler Moussa Camara.

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Tags: military - media - ban - political - radio - criticism - Guinea

Highway Africa kicks-off discussion on 2010 journalism

Sunday, 06 September 2009 10:53

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Highway Africa, the single largest gathering of journalists from across the African continent, has launched in South Africa this weekend.

The theme of the three day conference is Reporting Africa: 2010, Development & Democracy and will see key players from across the African media landscape coming together to debate the impact journalists will have in the promotion of Africa through the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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Tags: media - gathering - conference - 2010 - World Cup - FIFA - journalism - Rhodes University - MTN - Africa

Gambian president pardons critical journalists

Friday, 04 September 2009 10:34

Six Gambian journalists sentenced last month to two years in prison after publishing comments critical of the tiny west African nation's president walked free on Thursday after receiving pardons.

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Tags: media - Yahya Jammeh - The Gambia

Zimbabwe lifts restrictions on BBC

Thursday, 30 July 2009 12:58

British public broadcaster the BBC will be able to report from Zimbabwe for the first time in eight years after restrictions were lifted by the country's government, according to a report in the Zimbabwe Times on Wednesday.

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Tags: BBC - CNN - Jon Williams - Sarah Halfpenny - Webster Shamu - Zimbabwe

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Niger avoids "worst" in food crisis, government says

Drought tolerant maize to hugely benefit Africa: study

Infrastructure

South Africa plans new high speed rail projects

Financiers bid to handle Nigeria power privatisation

Railway to boost Malawi, Zambia trade

Vodacom, Nedbank launch mobile cash service

World Bank, US to fund Tanzanian power projects

Governance

Ivory Coast commission produces final voter list

Senior UN official sees progress in Somalia

Jubilant Kenyans usher in new constitution

Ivory Coast final voter list to be posted Oct 10-12

Nigeria to hold staggered polls under new act

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Foreign visitors to South Africa surge in 2010

Mainstream U.S. media criticized for ignoring positive developments in Africa

Red hot Rudisha lowers 800m world record

Ugandan court rules against law used to stifle media

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