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Source: © BBC The BBC Board has identified serious flaws in the making of the programme Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone

BBC News takes full responsibility for Gaza: How To Survive A Warzone shortcomings

Source: © The Economic Times President-elect Donald Trump is making a U-turn on banning TikTok in the US

Trump's U-turn on the banning of TikTok

By Danette Breitenbach 2 Jan 2025

Source: © Cottonbro Studio There is uncertainty for advertisers on TikTok as the platform's future hangs in the balance with Trump’s return to power

Uncertainty for TikTok advertisers with Trump’s return to power

8 Nov 2024

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Burkina Faso suspends more foreign media over killings coverage

Alessandra Prentice 29 Apr 2024

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Tunisia jails journalist Mohamed Boughalleb for 6 months

Tarek Amara 18 Apr 2024

Source: © The Food for Mzansi Group won three Wan-Ifra Digital Media Africa 2024 Awards

South African digital publishers make clean sweep of Wan-Ifra Digital Media Awards Africa 2024

16 Apr 2024

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Detained Congolese journalist Bujakera has been freed, lawyer says

Bate Felix 20 Mar 2024

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Ethiopian police release French journalist after a week, employer says

Urvi Dugar and Akanksha Khushi 1 Mar 2024

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Congolese journalist denied provisional release after months in detention

Ange Kasongo, Nellie Peyton and Bate Felix 29 Feb 2024

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Ethiopian police arrest French journalist, employer says

Giulia Paravicini 26 Feb 2024

Source: © 123rf TrustList is a home-grown new digital initiative that aims to protect media buyers and brands by providing real-time warnings against placing programmatic advertising on 'red-listed' online media

TrustList: Real time warning against programmatic advertising placement on 'red-listed' online media

27 Nov 2023

Image supplied. Media, business, government, technology, and community leaders from across Africa and internationally have gathered in Cape Town, South Africa for this year’s annual Africa Business Media Innovators (ABMI) forum which ends today

Bloomberg Africa Business Media Innovators Forum 2023 explores media opportunities in Africa

1 Nov 2023

Senegal seeks regulation deal with TikTok after ban

Senegal seeks regulation deal with TikTok after ban

Ngouda Dione 5 Oct 2023

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Burkina Faso junta suspends French magazine over 'untruthful' articles

26 Sep 2023

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Congolese government will closely follow case of detained journalist -spokesperson

Alessandra Prentice 15 Sep 2023

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Congo journalist detained regarding Jeune Afrique article, magazine says

13 Sep 2023

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Young Zimbabweans are using YouTube to ridicule politicians and educate voters

Doreen Rumbidzai Tivenga 24 Aug 2023

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Somalia bans TikTok, Telegram and 1XBet over 'horrific' content, misinformation

Abdi Sheikh 21 Aug 2023

Source: © African Development Bank Group Harare, Zimbabwe. Sanef has joined the global media community of journalists, expressing their concern on media freedom in the run-up to the Zimbabwe elections

Sanef joins international call for media freedom in run up to Zimbabwe elections

21 Aug 2023

Source: © Wikimedia Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday deported four regional democracy activists on arrival at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport

Zimbabwe elections: Journalists barred and democracy activists deported

18 Aug 2023

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Algeria bans Barbie movie, media and official source say

15 Aug 2023

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Senegal blocks TikTok in widening clampdown on dissent

Ngouda Dione and Joel Kouam 3 Aug 2023

Image supplied. A media training workshop on violence against women in elections (VAWIE) was hosted by The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN)

Zimbawe media workshop on violence against women in elections

6 Jul 2023

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Tunisian journalist detained after criticising president

Tarek Amara, Stephen Coates 21 Jun 2023

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Lesotho imposes nationwide curfew on residents after journalist killed

19 May 2023

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Tunisia police to investigate 2 top journalists, radio station says

Tarek Amara, Sonali Paul 19 May 2023

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Tunisia detains 2 students over satirical song criticising police

Tarek Amara, Angus MacSwan 17 May 2023

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Gunmen kill journalist in restive northwest Cameroon, says union

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 8 May 2023

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Al Jazeera journalist freed from pretrial detention in Egypt

Farah Saafan, Nick Macfie 2 May 2023

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From advertising blackmail to physical threats, Kenya's journalists are under attack - but they must also regain public trust

George Ogola 17 Apr 2023

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Burkina Faso expels 2 French journalists

Thiam Ndiaga, Alessandra Prentice, Raissa Kasolowsky 3 Apr 2023

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French journalist Dubois freed in Mali

Lucien Libert, Elizabeth Pineau, John Irish, GV De Clercq and Kevin Liffey 22 Mar 2023

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Joe Biden takes further steps to ban TikTok in US

8 Mar 2023