First Lady Grace Mugabe is suing a newspaper for U.S. $15 million damages over an article saying she benfitted from illegal diamond sales. Read more »
An embattled Somali radio station has received an international press freedom award at a ceremony held in Paris, France. Read more »
Reporters Without Borders says it has recorded numerous cases of deliberate obstruction of journalists trying to cover the second round of legislative elections on 5 December, just ... Read more »
CAF President Issa Hayatou is threatening legal action against BBC for airing a program which alleged he took a £10,000 bribe. Read more »
Media owners from across Africa have wrapped up a meeting in Cameroon, vowing to end reliance on donor funding and rid the industry of corrupt practices. The third African Media ... Read more »
Burundi is cracking down on civil society, media, and opposition parties in the wake of troubled local and national elections from May through September 2010, Human Rights Watch ... Read more »
Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe has slapped The Standard newspaper with a U.S.$500 000 defamation suit over an article that insinuated she was pregnant. Read more »
Online consumers in Kenya are spending more time on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn than on e-mail, signalling a major change in Internet consumer ... Read more »
An unprecedented march on Parliament by the official opposition DA yesterday was aimed at the government's "secrecy bill" but was also sharply criticised by the ruling ANC. Read more »
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