Dar es Salaam — The ruling party-CCM has today August 11, 2021 denied news published by its Uhuru newspaper claiming that President Samia Suluhu Hasan has no intention to run for presidency in 2025. The party said the newspaper’s lead story had distorted excerpts of the interview conducted by President Samia with the British Broadcasting […]
Tag: Press and Media
Maputo — The Mozambican chapter of the regional press freedom body MISA (Media Institute of Southern Africa) has warned that several provisions of the draft press law currently before the country’s parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, pose threats to the advances made in the current law. Tuesday is the 30th anniversary of the passage […]
“AFRICMIL believes that by the nature of its job, journalists are also whistleblowers and so should have as much stake,” he said. The African Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), on Thursday, trained journalists in Lagos on whistleblower protection in Nigeria. The programme, put together in collaboration with the Human and Environmental Development Agenda […]
From Sierra Leone through Liberia to The Gambia, Dubawa, West Africa’s leading fact-checking initiative of the PTCIJ, trained a total of 65 journalists and 60 journalism students. The Premium Times Centre for Investigative Reporting (PTCIJ) completed a three-nation West African training mission on fact-checking journalism, Friday, August 7, 2021 in Banjul, The Gambia, with a […]
The training, financed by the Lord Deedes of Aldington Charitable Trust, focused on essential survival skills for journalists working in dangerous environments, professional responsibility of media during the elections and the importance of access to information for effective reporting. “Since journalists are charged with the crucial responsibility of keeping people informed about electoral processes, we […]
Women in African-based news organisations are twice more likely to experience sexual harassment than men. World Association of News Publishers (Wan-Ifra) Women in News’ latest report covering eight African countries shows 56 per cent of women suffered both verbal and physical sexual harassment. Comparably, 24 per cent of men faced verbal sexual harassment and 15 […]
Categories
Zimbabwe: Minister Mourns Tutani
Veteran journalist Conway Tutani was a patriot who dedicated his intellect to the enrichment of national discourse, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has said. Tutani collapsed and died on Monday evening at his home in Houghton Park, Harare. In a statement last night, Minister Mutsvangwa said she learnt of Tutani’s death with […]
In a divided decision, two judges of the Supreme Court upheld an appeal that a local daily newspaper had lodged against a judgment of the High Court that awarded lawyer Ferdinand Vincent du Toit N$100 000 in damages and an apology. Judge of Appeal Elton Hoff and acting judge of appeal Jerry Shongwe upheld the […]
The MRA also wants the perpetrators of such attacks punished. Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has filed a suit asking the Federal High Court in Lagos to declare that the failure of the federal government to take effective measures to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of attacks against journalists and other media practitioners is a breach […]
“I hope that MyTori would show readers why it is okay to feel lost, and help readers realise that they are not alone; that moments of doubt and uncertainty are all normal on the journey of life.” When a third-year mass communication student of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State, was sent by one of his […]
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the arrest of the former head of Mali’s intelligence agency, which is alleged to have held a journalist incommunicado for several months after he disappeared in January 2016, as RSF revealed earlier this month. Gen. Moussa Diawara, who headed Mali’s General Directorate for State Security (DGSE) for seven years while […]
New Delhi, India — The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most hostile and dangerous regions for journalists. A complex conflict, deeply rooted in the country’s past, allows very little freedom, both movement and the press. “There are multiple actors involved, and as a journalist, we have the duty of admitting this complexity,” […]
Officials in Lesotho had joined a chorus of African authorities complaining that agreements with tax haven Mauritius were bleeding their governments of much-needed tax revenue. Lesotho has finalized a new tax treaty with Mauritius, alleviating fears in the southern African nation that multinational corporations were dodging taxes through shell companies. The new agreement, which sets […]
Dabanga Sudan — A compact digest of the past two week’s most-read highlights, from the heart of Sudan. Subscribe to receive this digest weekly in your inbox. Hundreds protest deadly attack on North Darfur displaced July 22 – 2021 EL FASHER / KABKABIYA Hundreds of people participated in a mass demonstration in El Fasher, capital […]
Cairo — (Updated July 26, 2021 12:40 PM) Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked the country’s prime minister and suspended parliament, amid applause from some quarters and protests from others. The move came after weeks of political turbulence in the country, fueled in part by public anger over the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
Categories
Zimbabwe: Journalist Gudhlanga Dies
The journalism fraternity has been plunged into mourning again following the death of veteran journalist Tawanda Gudhlanga. He was 41. Gudhlanga reportedly died of Covid-19-related complications yesterday morning. His death comes barely a few days after another top journalist Sandra Nyaira died. At the time of his death, he was general manager at YaFM in […]
VETERAN journalist and war veteran Cde Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu will be buried today at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo, his family has said. Cde Gwakuba Ndlovu died last Friday at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) from a heart ailment. He was 87. Yesterday, his wife Mrs Caroline Gwakuba Ndlovu said Cde Gwakuba Ndlovu’s service will […]
The memory of celebrated journalist Hillary Ng’weno has now been preserved in an annual award celebrating editorial courage and innovation. The Kenya Editors Guild Wednesday launched the prize to be given to a journalist who excels in editorial leadership, just like Ng’weno, who died on July 7 aged 83, did. The award to honour Ng’weno’s […]