William Ruto vs Kenya’s media: democracy is at stake
GEORGE OGOLA, Reader in Journalism, University of Central Lancashire IT’S a long-standing Kenyan tradition to offer congratulations in paid print
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Tunisian journalists denounce president’s law on prison terms for false information
TUNISIA’S president decreed a law imposing prison terms for spreading false information or rumours online, a move immediately denounced by
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Egypt frees detained Al Jazeera journalist -Al Jazeera
EGYPTIAN authorities have released Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Al Nagdy from detention, the pan-Arab, Qatar-based television network reported, quoting Al
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South Africa’s Jacob Zuma is taking a top reporter to court. The verdict could affect journalists’ rights
SOUTH African journalism organisations this week rallied around well-known journalist Karyn Maughan when former president Jacob Zuma initiated a private
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Sudanese journalists form independent union to defend freedoms
SUDANESE journalists have formed the country’s first independent professional union for decades, in what campaigners said was an important step
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Uhuru Kenyatta and Kenya’s media: a bitter-sweet affair that didn’t end happily
PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta’s regime came into power in 2013. It was the first to implement most of the provisions of
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The role of media in a Kenyan election: what you should know
TRADITIONALLY, political debates have been shaped by mainstream media. Kenya’s mainstream media, however, remain strongly wedded to factional ethnic and
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Media literacy education in South Africa can help combat fake news – here’s what’s needed
Online platforms are replete with examples of false information – from WhatsApp messages punting some miraculous cure for COVID, to
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Zimbabwe court convicts, fines New York Times freelancer
A Zimbabwean freelance reporter working for the New York Times was convicted and fined after he was accused of obtaining
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Tunisia military prosecutors investigate journalist for ‘harming public order’
TAREK AMARA TUNISIAN military prosecutors said they had begun investigating a journalist on suspicion of “harming public order” for saying
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