The Kenya Film and Classification Board had demanded that Google pull down the gay video, claiming that it was contravening the country's laws by promoting gay relationships. Read more »
Police leader General Kale Kayihura has warned that any media house that violates the new order risks having its license revoked. Read more »
Jacob Onjewu Dickson from the news website, Authentic News Daily, was arrested on incitement charges. Read more »
The government has asked the media to form a committee that will address the live coverage ban of parliamentary sessions. Read more »
In a statement to mark World Press Freedom Day, the Media Institute of Southern Africa said it is disappointed by government's und Read more »
On 3 May 1991, a group of African journalists at a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization seminar released the Windhoek Declaration calling for globa Read more »
The relationship between the government and media has been characterised by brutality by security forces, legal battles and endless abuses, writes Ephraim Kasozi in The Monitor. Read more »
One key measure of a country's levels of freedom and democracy is how the government treats journalists and how free they are to do their work, writes Glenda Daniels in The ... Read more »
Journalists in Somalia are increasingly coming under attack. For many years, the main threat to the media has come from Al-Shabaab, the Islamist armed group that controls large ... Read more »
This year's theme is "Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms - This is Your Right!" with a particular focus on censorship, surveillance overreach, and safety of ... Read more »
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