October 30, 2023
Africa: Tackling Climate Mis/Disinformation - 'An Urgent Frontier for Action'
Climate impacts are accelerating with every fraction of a degree of global warming, yet denial, distortion and falsehoods about well-established scientific facts are flooding the… Read more »
October 01, 2023
Kenya: Tackling Fake News in Kenya - A UN Resident Coordinator Blog
Facing down a tidal wave of disinformation ahead of Kenya's presidential elections in 2022, the Government and the UN collaborated on a national anti-hate speech plan and an… Read more »
August 19, 2023
Africa: Building a Digital Army - UN Peacekeepers Fight Deadly Disinformation
With smartphones, editing apps, and innovative approaches, some UN peacekeeping operations across the world are building a "digital army" aimed at combating mis- and disinformation… Read more »
June 23, 2023
Tunisia: Tunisia Must 'Change Course' Amid Media Crackdown - UN Rights Chief
In Tunisia, "vague" legislation is being used to criminalize independent journalism and suppress criticism of the Government, UN rights chief Volker Türk said on Friday. Read more »
May 02, 2023
Africa: Imprisoned Iranian Women Journalists Receive UN Press Freedom Prize
Three imprisoned Iranian women journalists - whose reporting helped spark the revolution surrounding the death of Mahsa Amini in police custody - are the recipients of an award… Read more »
Africa: Freedom of the Press Under Attack Worldwide - UN Chief on #PressFreedomDay
Disinformation, hate speech and deadly attacks against journalists are threatening freedom of the press worldwide, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday,… Read more »
February 13, 2023
Africa: World Radio Day Celebrates a 'Unique Instrument of Peace'
From supporting forthcoming elections in South Sudan, to getting war-weary people to buy into peace processes; to ensuring high school girls in Afghanistan can keep learning even… Read more »
October 03, 2022
Africa: Five Ways Media and Journalists Can Support Climate Action While Tackling Misinformation
It's a fact: media shapes the public discourse about climate change and how to respond to it. Even the UN's own Intergovernmental Panel of Experts on Climate Change (IPCC) warned… Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: Reliable Information 'A Matter of Life and Death', UN Chief Tells Security Council
Access to information is a human right, Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday, underscoring that for peacekeepers, it can be "a matter of… Read more »
April 29, 2022
Mali: Press Ban Reflects Growing Regional Intolerance, Says UN Rights Office
Mali's ban on two major international broadcasters operating inside the country is a worrying development in itself but it also reflects growing regional intolerance towards… Read more »
April 27, 2022
Africa: Human Rights - Belarus Journalists Win World Press Freedom Prize
The Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ) was named on Tuesday as the winner of this year's UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, following the international… Read more »