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Triggerfish and Unesco launch animation initiative for African women

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Kenyan filmmaker, Wanuri Kahiu, on the set of her film, Rafiki.

#DesignIndaba2019: We need to believe in African mermaids

Louise Marsland 4 Mar 2019

A man reads a newspaper in a street in N'Djamena, Chad, on April 12, 2016. A publisher was recently handed a suspended jail term in a defamation suit involving the president's brother. Credit: CPJ/cIssouf Sanogo/AFP.

Censure for critical reporting of Chad President's family

26 Feb 2019

TheConversation.com

How metrics are changing editorial decisions in African newsrooms

Dr Admire Mare and Dumisani Moyo 20 Feb 2019

Roundtable participants discussing industry issues in Cape Town last week.

Can broadcast media disrupt traditional buying structures to accommodate startup businesses?

Irina Herf 18 Feb 2019

FrontPageAfrica publisher Rodney Sieh, pictured on his release from prison in November 2013. Sieh says journalists in Liberia continue to face threats and harassment for their critical reporting. (CPJ/AP/Mark Darrough).

How Liberia's press is faring under Weah presidency

Angela Quintal 18 Feb 2019

An electoral worker prepares identity card and biometric verification readers, at the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kano, northern Nigeria, on February 14, 2019. CPJ joined a call for Nigeria to ensure that internet and social media services remain connected during the upcoming elections. Credit: CPJ/AP Photo/Ben Curtis.

Nigeria urged not to cut social media during elections

15 Feb 2019

A traffic policewoman pictured in Yaoundé in October 2018. A journalist was attacked outside his home in the city on January 31. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Zohra Bensemra.

Cameroon Web reporter attacked with knife outside his home

15 Feb 2019

Ugandan journalists sit outside the office of the Daily Monitor, which was closed by armed police. The Monitor's website was recently ordered to suspend publication over a regulatory dispute. (Isaac Kasamani/AFP)

Uganda regulator threatens news website

14 Feb 2019

Reducing fake news during elections in Africa

Reducing fake news during elections in Africa

Akua Gyekye 13 Feb 2019

Egyptian Images from Australia

Egyptian Images from Australia

13 Feb 2019

SADC media competition launches

SADC media competition launches

13 Feb 2019

Facebook to launch Facebook Flex in Lesotho

Facebook to launch Facebook Flex in Lesotho

11 Feb 2019

400 West African journalists trained on migration reporting

400 West African journalists trained on migration reporting

11 Feb 2019

Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, APO founder & chairman, addresses journalism students in Senegal.

APO founder talks about his meteoric media journey

8 Feb 2019

Previous BBC Komla Dumor Award winners (L-R): Didi Akinyelure (2016), Nancy Kacungira (2015) and Waihiga Mwaura (2018).

Search for next African broadcast journalism star

8 Feb 2019

Lionel Reina, chief executive officer, APO Group.

APO announces expansion plans for 2019

6 Feb 2019

Microsoft CMO on the transformation of digital marketing

Microsoft CMO on the transformation of digital marketing

Jessica Tennant 5 Feb 2019

Multichoice Nigeria adds three more NTA channels

Multichoice Nigeria adds three more NTA channels

4 Feb 2019

#BizTrends2019: Bizcommunity hosts #BizTrendsLIVE!, an overview

#BizTrends2019: Bizcommunity hosts #BizTrendsLIVE!, an overview

Jessica Tennant, Bizcommunity.com 1 Feb 2019

Crisis communication: Key lessons from 2018

Crisis communication: Key lessons from 2018

Leago Monareng 31 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Convergence, connections and trust

#BizTrends2019: Convergence, connections and trust

Jessica Tennant 31 Jan 2019

Isaac Oboth, filmmaker.

Self-taught Ugandan film producer, Isaac Oboth, makes Forbes list

30 Jan 2019

AMA competition for media trip to Africa CEO Forum

AMA competition for media trip to Africa CEO Forum

29 Jan 2019

Zimbabwe must be held accountable for rights abuses

Zimbabwe must be held accountable for rights abuses

28 Jan 2019

Social Media Week Lagos.

Discussions around future of media and social activism in Nigeria

28 Jan 2019

UNHCR trains Sudanese journalists

UNHCR trains Sudanese journalists

28 Jan 2019

Francois van Dyk, heads up Operations at Ornico.

#BizTrends2019: PR measurement and evaluation trends

Francois van Dyk 25 Jan 2019

South Sudan bars newspaper from covering Sudanese protests

South Sudan bars newspaper from covering Sudanese protests

23 Jan 2019

Applications open for fellowships for journalists in Africa

Applications open for fellowships for journalists in Africa

22 Jan 2019

BBC Africa launches new TV/radio programmes in Nigeria

BBC Africa launches new TV/radio programmes in Nigeria

22 Jan 2019

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A man reads a newspaper in a street in N'Djamena, Chad, on April 12, 2016. A publisher was recently handed a suspended jail term in a defamation suit involving the president's brother. Credit: CPJ/cIssouf Sanogo/AFP.

Censure for critical reporting of Chad President's family

26 Feb 2019

TheConversation.com

How metrics are changing editorial decisions in African newsrooms

Dr Admire Mare and Dumisani Moyo 20 Feb 2019

Roundtable participants discussing industry issues in Cape Town last week.

Can broadcast media disrupt traditional buying structures to accommodate startup businesses?

Irina Herf 18 Feb 2019

FrontPageAfrica publisher Rodney Sieh, pictured on his release from prison in November 2013. Sieh says journalists in Liberia continue to face threats and harassment for their critical reporting. (CPJ/AP/Mark Darrough).

How Liberia's press is faring under Weah presidency

Angela Quintal 18 Feb 2019

An electoral worker prepares identity card and biometric verification readers, at the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Kano, northern Nigeria, on February 14, 2019. CPJ joined a call for Nigeria to ensure that internet and social media services remain connected during the upcoming elections. Credit: CPJ/AP Photo/Ben Curtis.

Nigeria urged not to cut social media during elections

15 Feb 2019

A traffic policewoman pictured in Yaoundé in October 2018. A journalist was attacked outside his home in the city on January 31. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Zohra Bensemra.

Cameroon Web reporter attacked with knife outside his home

15 Feb 2019

Ugandan journalists sit outside the office of the Daily Monitor, which was closed by armed police. The Monitor's website was recently ordered to suspend publication over a regulatory dispute. (Isaac Kasamani/AFP)

Uganda regulator threatens news website

14 Feb 2019

Reducing fake news during elections in Africa

Reducing fake news during elections in Africa

Akua Gyekye 13 Feb 2019

Egyptian Images from Australia

Egyptian Images from Australia

13 Feb 2019

SADC media competition launches

SADC media competition launches

13 Feb 2019

Facebook to launch Facebook Flex in Lesotho

Facebook to launch Facebook Flex in Lesotho

11 Feb 2019

400 West African journalists trained on migration reporting

400 West African journalists trained on migration reporting

11 Feb 2019

Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, APO founder & chairman, addresses journalism students in Senegal.

APO founder talks about his meteoric media journey

8 Feb 2019

Previous BBC Komla Dumor Award winners (L-R): Didi Akinyelure (2016), Nancy Kacungira (2015) and Waihiga Mwaura (2018).

Search for next African broadcast journalism star

8 Feb 2019

Lionel Reina, chief executive officer, APO Group.

APO announces expansion plans for 2019

6 Feb 2019

Microsoft CMO on the transformation of digital marketing

Microsoft CMO on the transformation of digital marketing

Jessica Tennant 5 Feb 2019

Multichoice Nigeria adds three more NTA channels

Multichoice Nigeria adds three more NTA channels

4 Feb 2019

#BizTrends2019: Bizcommunity hosts #BizTrendsLIVE!, an overview

#BizTrends2019: Bizcommunity hosts #BizTrendsLIVE!, an overview

Jessica Tennant, Bizcommunity.com 1 Feb 2019

Crisis communication: Key lessons from 2018

Crisis communication: Key lessons from 2018

Leago Monareng 31 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Convergence, connections and trust

#BizTrends2019: Convergence, connections and trust

Jessica Tennant 31 Jan 2019

Isaac Oboth, filmmaker.

Self-taught Ugandan film producer, Isaac Oboth, makes Forbes list

30 Jan 2019

AMA competition for media trip to Africa CEO Forum

AMA competition for media trip to Africa CEO Forum

29 Jan 2019

Zimbabwe must be held accountable for rights abuses

Zimbabwe must be held accountable for rights abuses

28 Jan 2019

Social Media Week Lagos.

Discussions around future of media and social activism in Nigeria

28 Jan 2019

UNHCR trains Sudanese journalists

UNHCR trains Sudanese journalists

28 Jan 2019

Francois van Dyk, heads up Operations at Ornico.

#BizTrends2019: PR measurement and evaluation trends

Francois van Dyk 25 Jan 2019

South Sudan bars newspaper from covering Sudanese protests

South Sudan bars newspaper from covering Sudanese protests

23 Jan 2019

Applications open for fellowships for journalists in Africa

Applications open for fellowships for journalists in Africa

22 Jan 2019

BBC Africa launches new TV/radio programmes in Nigeria

BBC Africa launches new TV/radio programmes in Nigeria

22 Jan 2019

#BizTrends2019: Facebook is the dial tone, not the message

#BizTrends2019: Facebook is the dial tone, not the message

Leigh Andrews 22 Jan 2019

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Brand Finance releases report for the world's most valuable brands in 2019

22 Jan 2019

The Accra International Conference Centre screened a documentary by undercover journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas in Accra, Ghana, on June 7, 2018. Ahmed Hussein Suale Divela, who was involved in the film, was murdered on January 16. Credit: CPJ - Francis Kokoroko/Reuters.

Investigative journalist Ahmed Divela shot dead in Ghana

18 Jan 2019

New APO Group CEO, Lionel Reina.

#BizTrends2019: Africa is one of the major players in the global economic future

17 Jan 2019

Agile, mobile, and accessible: Programmatic is the new startup

Agile, mobile, and accessible: Programmatic is the new startup

Keabetswe Kgomongwe 17 Jan 2019

Why the wall?

Chris Botha 16 Jan 2019

Protesters block the main route to Zimbabwe's capital Harare from Epworth township on January 14, 2019, after the government more than doubled the price of fuel. On January 15, CPJ joined more than 20 rights organizations and the #KeepItOn Coalition to call for authorities in Zimbabwe to restore internet and social media services. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Jekesai Njikizana.

CPJ joins call for Zimbabwe to restore internet and social media access

16 Jan 2019

A campaign poster for Nigeria's incumbent president and candidate Muhammadu Buhari and his Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, pictured in Lagos, on January 4. Credit: AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei. Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

In Nigeria, three journalists injured by gunfire while covering political rally

14 Jan 2019

Gabonese soldiers stand in front of the headquarters of the national broadcaster in Libreville on January 7, 2019, after a failed coup. Gabon shut down the internet and broadcasting services following the coup attempt. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Steve Jordan.

Gabon internet blackout after coup attempt

11 Jan 2019

Internally displaced people offload food, blankets, and other goods after fleeing militant attacks in Naunde, northern Mozambique, on June 13, 2018. A Mozambican journalist was arrested on January 5, 2019, and held in a military prison after photographing families who fled the militant attacks. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Joaquim Nhamirre.

Mozambican journalist arrested, held in military prison

10 Jan 2019

DRC information blackout 'in violation of international law'

DRC information blackout 'in violation of international law'

10 Jan 2019

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