October 20, 2003
Gambia: Independent Newspaper Attacked by Arsonists
An independent Gambian newspaper with a history of reporting critically on the government of Yahya Jammeh has once again been the target of an attack apparently aimed at closing… Read more »
June 06, 2003
Africa: AllAfrica Shares 'Oscars of the Internet' Honors With Major Global Media Companies
AllAfrica shared a virtual stage with international media powerhouses at the annual Webby Awards, as one of five nominees for Best News Site of 2003. The awards were presented by… Read more »
February 17, 2003
Liberia: Tortured Journalist Hassan Bility Describes Six Months in Jail
Liberian journalist Hassan Bility was arrested with colleagues in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, in June 2002 and held incommunicado for almost six months as what the government… Read more »
November 22, 2002
Nigeria: Newspaper Contrition Fails to Quell Nigeria Violence
Violence in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna continued sporadically Friday, triggered by a furious reaction of Muslims to the suggestion in a leading national newspaper that… Read more »
November 19, 2002
Nigeria: Nigerian Publisher Says Attack on Paper Spotlights Governance Issues
Since Friday's bombing of the National Pilot weekly newspaper in Ilorin, capital of Nigeria's northern Kwara state, the governor and the paper's publisher have traded allegations… Read more »
October 16, 2002
Zimbabwe: I Never Thought I Would Be A Journalist - Sandra Nyaira
Sandra Nyaira, political editor of the Daily News, one of Zimbabwe's toughest independent journalistic voices, receives a 'Courage in Journalism' award this week from the… Read more »
October 11, 2002
Uganda: Police and Security Forces Shut Down Main Independent Newspaper
Following publication of a story in the Monitor Thursday, reporting that rebels in northern Uganda had shot down an army helicopter, police and other security agents surrounded and… Read more »
July 16, 2002
Zimbabwe: American Journalist Granted 24-Hour Deportation Reprieve
U.S. journalist Andrew Meldrum, who was ordered on Monday to leave Zimbabwe within 24 hours, has been granted a one-day reprieve by a High Court judge in the capital, Harare. Read more »
July 15, 2002
Zimbabwe: US Journalist Fights Deportation After Acquittal
An American journalist, who was acquitted Monday in Zimbabwe on charges of publishing a false story under stringent new media laws, is appealing against his deportation from the… Read more »
July 03, 2002
Liberia: Detained Journalist In Military Hands, Says Minister
Civilian authorities in Monrovia continue to defy court orders to produce journalist Hassan Bility who was arrested last week and accused of operating a Lurd (Liberians United for… Read more »
April 26, 2002
Liberia: Tortured Human Rights Lawyer Under Police Guard in Hospital
Liberian human rights lawyer Tiawan Saye Gongloe, who was beaten this week in detention by state security officers in Monrovia, by his own account, has told allAfrica.com that his… Read more »
March 16, 2002
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Signs Repressive Media Bill into Law
Zimbabwe's official government gazette in announced on Friday that the controversial media law, the "Freedom of Information and Right to Privacy Bill", has been signed into law by… Read more »
February 01, 2002
Zimbabwe: Tough Media Bill Passed as Presidential Election Race Begins
Parliament in Zimbabwe passed a stringent new media bill Thursday, the same day President Robert Mugabe, 77, and his main opposition rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, 49, were registered… Read more »
November 26, 2001
Liberia: Newspaper's Chairman Released, Paper Remains Shut
After being held in detention for five days by state security officers, the chairman of The NEWS newspaper, Wilson Tarpeh, was released over the weekend. The offices of the paper,… Read more »
November 22, 2001
Liberia: Govt Closes 'The NEWS', Holds Chairman for Questioning
The Liberian government has closed down 'The NEWS' newspaper in Monrovia, while the papers chairman is being investigated by officers at security headquarters, although they deny… Read more »
November 08, 2001
Africa: African Media Veterans Awarded Lifetime Achievement Honors
AllAfrica Global Media founders, Reed Kramer and Tamela Hultman, have been selected by the Africa America Institute (AAI) to receive the prestigious AAI Award of Special… Read more »
November 02, 2001
West Africa: Probe Links Bin Laden and S.Leone Diamonds as Obasanjo, Bush Meet
The Washington Post newspaper reported Friday that over the past three years, Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network has collected millions of dollars from the illicit sale of diamonds… Read more »
September 10, 2001
Africa: Jennifer Lawson, Executive Producer, On The 'Africa' Series
This week, public television's New York Channel 13/WNET began airing an eight-part series called "Africa" produced in partnership with National Geographic Television. The series -… Read more »
August 08, 2001
Africa: GSM Operators Set to Capture Africas Largest Market
With the launch Wednesday by MTN Nigeria Limited of its GSM operations, the scene appears set for the race to capture Africas largest telecommunications market. Two days ago,… Read more »
August 07, 2001
Nigeria: Finally, GSM Takes Off Amid Complaints Over Tariff
After several months of speculation, the General System of Mobile telephones (GSM) service has finally taken off in Nigeria, with one of the three licensed providers, Econet… Read more »
July 01, 2001
Nigeria: Independent Broadcaster Beams Programmes to the World
Nigerias African Independent Television (AIT) will, from Sunday, July 1, begin broadcasting its programmes to a worldwide audience via the cable station, DST, according to an AIT… Read more »
June 01, 2001
Africa: Africa Prominent At Global Health Awards
Saying that it "doesnt take a scientist to know that our health, like our freedom, is ultimately indivisible," Melinda French Gates awarded the first annual Gates Award for Global… Read more »
May 28, 2001
Nigeria: Two Years On, A Few Cheers, But More Worries
"Celebration is thanksgiving, and I feel there is something to be thankful about." Read more »
February 07, 2001
Africa: Allafrica Global Media et BBC World Service Concluent un Accord de Coopération
Allafrica Global Media, propriétaire du plus important site web spécialisé sur l'Afrique, et la British Broadcasting Cooperation ont conclu le 1 février 2001 un accord de… Read more »
February 05, 2001
Africa: AllAfrica Global Media and BBC World Service Announce Collaboration
AllAfrica Global Media, which operates the leading Africa site on the World Wide Web, has signed a strategic agreement with the British Broadcasting Corporation. Under the… Read more »