Radio Shabelle reporter shot in Somalia
Abdiasis Mohamed Ali</span>The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) and its member in Somalia, National Union Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) urge authorities in Somalia to investigate the...
View ArticleCongolese journalist murdered in own home
Image by 123RF</span>The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member, Journaliste en Danger (JED), to denounce the gruesome murder of journalist Marcel Lubala Kalala in...
View ArticleAngola: new media law threatens free speech
Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos should refuse to sign a new media law until parliament revises provisions restricting the right to freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said. The law...
View ArticleInternational judges for Pan-African Re/Insurance Journalism Awards 2017
Nike Popoola (Nigeria) winner of the 2016 Pan-African ReInsurance Journalist award.</span>NAIROBI, Kenya - Continental Reinsurance has announced the jury members for the second edition of the...
View ArticleAlgerian blogger jailed over Facebook poem dies
Image by 123RF</span>ALGIERS - A British-Algerian journalist died Sunday after having staged a hunger strike to protest a two-year jail term for offending Algeria's president in a poem posted...
View ArticleTwo journalists sentenced in Ethiopia on terror charges
Image by 123RF</span>NEW YORK, United States of America - The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the prison sentences handed down to two journalists from the Ethiopian faith-based...
View ArticleNews portal telling Africa's story launches in Ghana
ACCRA, Ghana - A new pan-African news portal www.AfricaFeeds.com has been launched in Accra, Ghana. The portal will provide readers in Africa and beyond the latest and relevant news about Africa and...
View ArticleCameroon clamp down on media freedoms
Image by 123RF</span>Cameroonian authorities should immediately reverse a decision to suspend independent broadcaster Radio Hot Cocoa 94 FM's permission to operate and allow the station to resume...
View ArticleRingier Africa expands media operations across continent
NAIROBI, Kenya – As part of its pan-African expansion, Pulse/P Live today also launches P Promos, focusing on providing merchants of all sizes, e-commerce or otherwise, even more affordable ways to...
View ArticleCondemnation for attack wounding seven journalists in Somalia
Image by 123RF</span>The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has expressed shock and disgust at a terror attack in Mogadishu in which a hotel in the city centre was targeted by two...
View ArticleUN urges Cameroon to restore internet services
Image by 123RF</span>A United Nations expert has called on the Government of Cameroon to restore internet services to predominantly English-speaking parts of the country which have been cut off...
View ArticleAfrican startup using AI to produce news stories
Image by 123RF</span>Tech startup, Controvert Media has implemented the use of artificial intelligence robots to automatically write and post news articles on the internet.Read more... | Send to...
View Articlei24 News partners for Africa-Israel Summit
Togo © boldg via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>TEL AVIV, Israel - i24News, which aims to strike deep and long-term roots in the African continent, will be the official media partner for the...
View ArticleLife in ‘No-internet Cameroon'
© luzitanija via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>The English-speaking regions of Cameroon have been facing a government-ordered internet shutdown since 17 January. This shutdown was imposed in the...
View ArticlePolice attack journalists in Uganda
© Kheng Guan Toh via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>Two journalists, Siraji Kiberu of Kingdom Television and Dodoviko Mukasa of Central Broadcasting Services (CBS) radio were assaulted by police...
View ArticleSomalia journalists targeted with violence
© imilian via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) joins its member, the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), in expressing deep concern over...
View ArticleAU called on to intervene in Cameroon internet shutdown
© icetray via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX), on April 13, 2017, petitioned the African Union (AU) Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and...
View ArticleInternet shutdown lifted in Cameroon
© icetray via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>The African Freedom of Expression Exchange (AFEX) welcomes the restoration of internet connectivity in the northwest and southwest regions of Cameroon...
View ArticleCameroon reporter Ahmed Abba given 10-year prison sentence
© rudall30 via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is outraged by the 10 year prison sentence issued to Ahmed Abba, a Hausa-language reporter for Radio France...
View ArticleRole of women in media in Africa discussed
Egypt</span>CAIRO, Egypt - Africa media today and the role of women in the media in shaping its future was discussed at the first session of the Egyptian-African Program for female African media...
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