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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...
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Congolese 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...
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Angola: 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...
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International 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...
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Algerian 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...
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Two 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...
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News 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...
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Cameroon 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...
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Ringier 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...
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Condemnation 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...
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UN 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...
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African 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...
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i24 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...
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Life 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...
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Police 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...
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Somalia 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...
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AU 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...
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Internet 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...
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Cameroon 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...
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Role 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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