Four opposition political parties have threatened a sustained mass action against President George Manneh Weah's administration over the closure of local radio station Roots FM ... Read more »

The humanitarian NGO Plan International campaigns against the influence of stereotypes in films and media on the lives and leadership ambitions of girls and young women. Those ... Read more »

The government has shut down local broadcaster Roots FM, using riot police to forcibly break into the facility despite massive protest by some citizens who say the government's ... Read more »

The Uganda Communications Commission, UCC, has said five broadcasters breached the minimum broadcasting standards through their live coverage of the arrest of MP Robert Kyagulanyi, ... Read more »

Freelance journalist Erick Kabendera's lawyer, Jebra Kambole, has called for President John Magufuli to pardon his client. Kabendera was arrested amid questions about his ... Read more »

South African police whistleblower Dhanajaya Naidoo has told the Zondo commission into state capture that several journalists, including Sunday Times associate editor Ranjeni ... Read more »

A Moroccan court has sentenced journalist Hajar Raissouni to a year in jail for having an "illegal abortion" in a case that has drawn condemnation from rights groups. Raissouni was ... Read more »

Eritrea and Equatorial Guinea have made it on to the Committee to Protect Journalists' list of most-censored countries in the world. The Read more »

The Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg has declared mass surveillance and the interception of foreign signals by the National Communications Centre "unlawful and invalid". This ... Read more »

The South African Editors' Forum has slammed Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema, describing his call to ban investigative journalism units, amaBhungane and the Daily ... Read more »