Why some of Ghana’s private media fight corruption: reasons, rules and resources
Corruption involving the misuse of entrusted power to accomplish private ends can have devastating consequences for society. As the former
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MEDIA FREEDOM
Nobel Peace Prize for journalists serves as reminder that freedom of the press is under threat from strongmen and social media
THIRTY-TWO years ago next month, I was in Germany reporting on the fall of the Berlin Wall, an event then
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Burundian journalist briefly held while investigating blasts – official
BURUNDI on Friday briefly detained a journalist investigating a grenade attack in the commercial capital Bujumbura, his radio station and
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Police beat journalist, fire tear gas during Congo election protest
POLICE beat a journalist and fired tear gas to disperse a small crowd in Democratic Republic of Congo’s capital Kinshasa
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Escalating Sinophobia in SA’s media
THE recent eruption of Sinophobia in the national media has been a shameful illustration of the weakness of our public sphere. We need to do better.
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Afghan journalists beaten in Taliban detention, editor says
TWO Afghan journalists were beaten in police custody this week after covering a protest by women in Kabul where they
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Tanzania suspends second newspaper in less than a month
TANZANIA has suspended another newspaper accused of false stories even though President Samia Suluhu Hassan had pledged to uphold media
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Journalists in hiding to IPS: silencing women journalists, is silencing the voice of Afghan women
ZOFEEN EBRAHIM “IF I fall into the hands of the Taliban, not only me but my family will be killed,”
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Challenging the internet’s colonial structure starts with looking to media history
HISTORICALLY, many media institutions were at the service of “the colonising empire”, both in how they were modelled and used.
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Alarming crisis of impunity for crimes against journalists in DRC
SANIA FAROOQUI THE Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most hostile and dangerous regions for journalists. A complex
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