The military has stopped its clampdown on national newspapers - as media owners and vendors are urged to demand compensation for losses suffered. Read more »
Nigerian media owners have condemned as an "attack on free speech" the military confiscation of the country's leading newspapers. On Friday and Saturday, soldiers harassed ... Read more »
The government has advised the media to stop promoting the activities of the Boko Haram sect and rather support the efforts of government towards containing them. Read more »
The United Nations has closed down the office allocated to the News Agency of Nigeria at the world body's building citing violations of United Nations Media rules, reports say. Read more »
Al Jazeera has requested the aid of world powers to secure the release of one of its journalists jailed in Egypt over fears that Cairo authorities are endangering his life. Read more »
Zanu-PF is probing senior officials who allagedly leaked sensitive information to a famous facebook whistle-Blower Baba Jukwa. Read more »
Radio and television personality Sibusiso Leope, popularly known as DJ Sbu, has allegedly published an image of a marked provincial and national ballot papers on social media ... Read more »
The Ethiopian government has detained and charged several bloggers and journalists days before a visit by United States Secretary of State John Kerry. Read more »
The media commission has issued a stern warning to journalists asking them to observe professionalism and ethical standards after two of them were arrested over terror and bribery ... Read more »
The plight of journalists and other media workers in Egypt, Ethiopia, South Africa and Swaziland has come under the spotlight at a meeting in Cape Town of the International Press ... Read more »
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