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Rwanda: Police Praise Media's Role in Security
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:23:42 GMT
The Acting Commissioner General of Police, Mary Gahonzire, has praised the media over the role they played in alerting the population on matters concerning security during 2008.
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South Africa: SABC Promises Most Extensive Election Coverage
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:55:23 GMT
THE SABC yesterday promised to deliver the most extensive election coverage yet, and has committed itself to reporting this period in a fair, balanced and accurate way.
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Kenya: Scribes Reap the Fruits of Sleeping With the Enemy
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:03:38 GMT
A week before Christmas was again the season for the Kenya government to have another street fight with its perennial lover; the media fraternity.
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Africa: Press Can Spark War - And Peace
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:47:50 GMT
In 2003, two journalists from Radio-Télévision Libre des Milles Collines were convicted of war crimes in the Rwanda genocide - illustrating the dangerous role media can play by relaying hate speech or rumours during times of violent conflict.
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Ethiopia: Government Liberalizes Radio?
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:22:05 GMT
The Ethiopian Government is best known for the tight control it has exerted over the political process of the country.
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Zimbabwe: MDC Engaged in 'Intense Debate'
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:02:34 GMT
The top leadership of the MDC met for the second day in Johannesburg on Thursday, amid reports the indaba has been characterized by 'intense debate' since the three-day meeting started on Wednesday.
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Swaziland: Columnist Censored, Threatened After Criticizing the King
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:51:53 GMT
On 5 January 2009, Mfomfo Nkambule, a columnist with the privately-owned "Times of Swaziland" newspaper was censored by state police who interrogated him concerning his weekly articles which are often critical of the king and his leadership.
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Somalia: Puntland Media Banned From Live Election Reporting
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:56:45 GMT
Independent media organizations have been banned from live coverage of tomorrow's presidential election in Somalia's Puntland region, Radio Garowe reports.
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Gabon: Journalists Detained for Reporting on President
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:44:12 GMT
Reporters Without Borders is deeply disturbed by the detention of two journalists and three leading civil society members at the Libreville headquarters of the criminal investigation police. The five have been held for the past week - longer than the legal period for police custody - without any explanation being given. Other journalists have recently been questioned in connection with the case.
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Egypt: Newspaper Forced to Remove Article Critical of President
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:44:11 GMT
The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) fiercely condemns officials from Al-Ahram Press for their refusal to print the latest edition of the opposition weekly "Sout al-Ummah," until its editor, Dr. Abdel Halim Kandil, had removed his article criticising the president and Egypt's stance on the crisis in Gaza.
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