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Africa: Media Freedom Has Come a Long Way, but It's Still Precarious
The Conversation Africa, 29 April 2016
Reporters Without Borders' latest World Press Freedom Index shows two interesting things. Namibia, ranked number 17, has the most improved press freedom environment in the world.… Read more »
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Africa: Press Freedom Violations Undermine AU's Vision of Transparency
The Conversation Africa, 29 April 2016
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. Read more »
Press Freedom Violations Undermine African Progress #WPFD2016
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 Conversation Africa. World Press Freedom Day was launched in Africa 25 years ago. Reporters Without Borders' latest World Press Freedom Index shows two interesting things. Namibia, ranked number 17, has the most improved press freedom environment in the world. And Africa, with the exception of North Africa, came second in rankings on the most improved media environment since 2015.
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Uganda: Brutality, Legal Battles as World Press Freedom Day Marked
Monitor, 3 May 2016
Early last year, Andrew Lwanga, a cameraman with Wavah Broadcasting Services (WBS) was part of journalists covering the arrest of youth activists when suddenly policemen, led by… Read more »
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Africa: Africans Back Media's Watchdog Role, Says Survey
Afrobarometer, 3 May 2016
Amid growing concerns about government restrictions on media freedom, Africans overwhelmingly support an independent media that holds government accountable, according to new… Read more »
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Egypt: Press Syndicate Files Complaint On Storming of Headquarters
Aswat Masriya, 2 May 2016
Egypt's press syndicate filed a complaint on Monday with the public prosecution on the details of security forces' storming of the syndicate's headquarters on Sunday. Read more »
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Egypt: Journalists Stage Sit-in, Interior Ministry Denies Using Force
Aswat Masriya, 2 May 2016
A number of Egyptian journalists said on Sunday they have started a sit-in at the press syndicate's headquarters to protest a police raid of the building, while the interior… Read more »
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Uganda: Female Journalists Recognised for Election Coverage
Monitor, 3 May 2016
Uganda Media Women's Association (UMWA) has awarded female journalists from different media houses for their exceptional coverage of the 2016 elections. Read more »
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Uganda: Journalists and Civil Society Activists Mark Press Freedom Day
Monitor, 3 May 2016
Journalists and free speech activists will today hold a procession through Kampala streets to mark World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2016, the African Centre for Media Excellence… Read more »
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South Sudan: South Sudan - Still Broadcasting Loud and Clear
DW, 2 May 2016
Josephine Achiro Fortelo is fighting for improved reporting standards in South Sudan, a mission that has its dangers. But her little community radio station in the world's youngest… Read more »
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Tanzania: Tanzania Media Landscape Is Freer, More Professional, but There's Still a Long Way to Go
East African, 3 May 2016
Since the liberalisation of the media in Tanzania in the mid-1990s, the press is freer, more professional and independent, but there is still a long way to go. Read more »
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Zambia: Let's Unite, Defend Press Freedom
Times of Zambia, 2 May 2016
Today the media fraternity globally celebrates the 2016 World Press Freedom Day under the theme: 'Access to Information and Fundamental Freedoms - This Is Your Right!' Read more »
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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 »
