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Jun
21
2023
By MICHAEL SARPONG MFUM, BIRD STORY AGENCY
In pictures: Photojournalist Fatawu Ayamga is telling unique human stories through his lens

In pictures: Photojournalist Fatawu Ayamga is telling unique human stories through his lens

MULTIMEDIA
FATAWU Bawa Ayamga, a 30-year-old journalist from Ghana, found that writing just a few hundred words in an article was too limiting. To better express his thoughts, he turned to photography and discovered that one picture could indeed speak a thousand words. "As a freelance journalist, I started writing articles on social happenings in my area but then I developed a passion for picture taking. So I thought of blending my skills in journalism and photography and thus becoming a photojournalist. Telling stories by the use of photography knows no language barrier or restrictions as an image speaks thousands of…
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Apr
02
2021
By The African Mirror
Ten years on, a call for justice for the murder of photojournalist Anton Hammerl in Libya

Ten years on, a call for justice for the murder of photojournalist Anton Hammerl in Libya

MEDIA FREEDOM
JUST days before the tenth anniversary of photojournalist Anton Hammerl’s death, his widow Penny Sukhraj-Hammerl has launched a campaign to seek justice for his murder. Anton Hammerl was shot and fatally wounded in Libya by forces loyal to Gaddafi on April 5, 2011. He was covering the 2011 Libyan conflict as a freelancer. After a decade with no action, no answers and no accountability, Penny Sukhraj-Hammerl has instructed a legal team from Doughty Street Chambers. Her intention to renew the pursuit for justice for Anton was announced in an online launch and press briefing, hosted by Doughty Street Chambers with…
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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisian press syndicate criticise police over night arrest

Tunisian press syndicate criticise police over night arrest

MEDIA FREEDOM
TUNISIAN police slapped and arrested a photojournalist working at night despite his having an authorisation to be out after curfew, the national press syndicate said on Wednesday amid criticism of the security forces' handling of protests. Islem Hkiri, a freelance photographer, was charged with breaking curfew and assaulting a public servant. He had earlier published pictures of police using pepper spray during a recent surge of protests in Tunisia, a democracy since the 2011 revolution that inspired the "Arab spring". Protesters have decried both inequality and police abuses. Security forces have arrested more than 1,200 people including many under the…
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