Controversial businessman Kentan Somaia has been sentenced to eight years in jail by a British court for obtaining money fraudulently. Read more »
Information Minister Jonathan Moyo has reportedly been summoned by the police to answer questions relating to a mysterious Facebook page 'Baba Jukwa'. Read more »
Global support is growing for the two journalists accused of writing articles that criticise the judiciary, who were recently convicted of contempt of court and facing up to 10 ... Read more »
The editor of the Nation magazine, Bheki Makhubu and human rights lawyer Thulani Maseko, accused of writing articles criticising the judiciary, have been convicted of contempt of ... Read more »
Two South African based journalists suspected of running a controversial facebook page under a pseudonym name "Baba Jukwa" have issued summons against Zimbabwe ... Read more »
High-level concern about Nigeria in the U.S. Congress was further demonstrated by two events on July 10 involving members of Congress along with representatives from the Obama ... Read more »
The editor of a government-owned weekly newspaper, Edmund Kudzayi, who is facing charges ranging from insurgency, terrorism, banditry, to sabotage has been granted bail. Read more »
Reporters Without Borders have condemned the dismissal of 20 journalists from state-owned broadcaster Oromia Radio and Television Organisation for "narrow political views". Read more »
The Nigerian government has signed a $1.2 million contract with a Washington public relations firm to change "the international and local media narrative" around efforts to rescue ... Read more »
World leaders, including UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, have criticized the conviction and jail sentences of three Al Jazeera journalists. Read more »
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