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Peace Hyde, Forbes Africa presenter.

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NMT condemns spy agency for gagging Patriot

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AfriDocs and Channel24 strike streaming deal

AfriDocs and Channel24 strike streaming deal

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DRC journalist Eliezer Ntambwe detained without charge

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Kenya's AfricanStockPhoto builds strong active user base

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Baba Alpha. Source: Mohamed Alpha.

CPJ calls on Niger to stop persecuting journalist Baba Alpha

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Mozambique journalist abducted, assaulted

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Kenyan journalists assaulted by police at Nairobi airport

Kenyan journalists assaulted by police at Nairobi airport

29 Mar 2018

Columnists quit Kenyan media group over freedom crackdown

Columnists quit Kenyan media group over freedom crackdown

28 Mar 2018

(L to R): Thierry Zomahoun, president and CEO of AIMS, and founder and chair of NEF, Elsevier CEO, Ron Mobed.

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Caroline Kende-Robb is chief advisor to Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, chair of the UK Education Commission.

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Tanzania. Credit: CPJ.

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Peace Hyde, Forbes Africa presenter.

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Journalist found stabbed and killed in Liberia

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Trial against Angolan journalists held behind closed doors

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NMT condemns spy agency for gagging Patriot

NMT condemns spy agency for gagging Patriot

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Congolese journalists stand in solidarity with imprisoned journalist Eliezer Ntambwe in front of the DRC's Prosecutor General's Office in Kinshasa on April 3, 2018.

DRC journalist Eliezer Ntambwe detained without charge

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Baba Alpha. Source: Mohamed Alpha.

CPJ calls on Niger to stop persecuting journalist Baba Alpha

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Advertising Week looking to expand to Africa

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Ericino de Salema, a prominent journalist and human rights lawyer, was abducted and assaulted on March 27, according to reports. Credit: Neusa Ribeiro.

Mozambique journalist abducted, assaulted

29 Mar 2018

Kenyan journalists assaulted by police at Nairobi airport

Kenyan journalists assaulted by police at Nairobi airport

29 Mar 2018

Columnists quit Kenyan media group over freedom crackdown

Columnists quit Kenyan media group over freedom crackdown

28 Mar 2018

(L to R): Thierry Zomahoun, president and CEO of AIMS, and founder and chair of NEF, Elsevier CEO, Ron Mobed.

New scientific publication boosts African research

28 Mar 2018

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Media assert their rights in DRC

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22 Mar 2018

Kenyan journalists feel heat of Government pressure

Kenyan journalists feel heat of Government pressure

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Cameroon: Media defies ban on political debate

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2018 Africa Forum CEO of the Year: Nadia Fettah, MD of Saham Finances,

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Kenya's A24Media launches $1m media tech investment fund

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