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Digital | | TANZANIA An Internet exchange service for Arusha
[Timothy Kasonde] The Tanzanian Internet Service Providers Association (TISPA) has launched the second Internet Exchange (IX) service in Arusha, Tanzania. The Tanzania Communicatoins Regulatory Authority (TCRA) made the IX possible by donating equipment and infrastructure to TISPA for its setup.
AFRICA ADB gives $50m loan for Africa's telecom sector
[David Muwanga] RASCOM to roll-out an earth orbiting satellite system for the African continent in an attempt to narrow the digital divide within Africa.
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Magazines | | AFRICA Les Afriques, a new financial paper
While Africa possesses an immense economic potential as a developing continent and a Diaspora that earns more than 20 billion Euros per year, over the years the availability of financial information relevant to the continent has remained scarce.
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Media | | ZIMBABWE Mugabe accuses journalists of bias
[Clarence Fernandez] Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, widely denounced for human rights abuses and economic mismanagement, berated journalists on Monday for what he called a lack of objectivity.
ZIMBABWE Fawning business leaders sing Mugabe's praises
[Kumbirai Mafunda] Zimbabwe's embattled business leaders tabled at last week's meeting with President Robert Mugabe an ambitious plan they say can bring economic stability in just three months.
ZIMBABWE Mugabe signs comms bill into law
President Robert Mugabe has signed the Interception of Communications Bill into law. The Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Misheck Sibanda announced this in a general notice issued in the Government Gazette of 3 August 2007.
MOROCCO
Right to information challenged in Morocco
In Morocco, a coalition of civil society organizations criticised public statements made by Communications Minister Nabil Benabdallah about Al-Watan Al-An editor-in-chief Abderrahim Ariri, and journalist Mustapha Hormatallah, in a case involving the leaking and publication of classified security documents.
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Mobile | | KENYA Celtel donates phones to Provincial Commissioners
[Joyce Joan Wangui] Celtel Kenya as part of its social investment strategy donates 180 mobile phone handsets worth Sh.72,000 to Provincial and District Commissioners. The move is part of the government's efforts of improving service delivery in the countryside where ICTs have become key in the development of all in the rural areas.
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Newspapers | | WEST AFRICA Guinea-Bissau's military cracks down on reporters
Coverage of drug trafficking has led the military to crack down on reporters.
EAST AFRICA Ethiopian opposition journalists jailed for up to 10 years
The Ethiopian High Court has sentenced three newspaper journalists to between four and 10 years in prison for ‘conspiracy'.
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Printing | | SOUTHERN AFRICA Tintin comic censored in SA
[Celean Jacobson] South African publishers have placed restrictions on the comic book ‘Tintin in the Congo' following complaints of racism in Britain.
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TV | | NIGERIA Feast of football for Nigerian fans
[Emeka Enyadike] SuperSport serves up English Premier League action! What Nigerian fans will watch as the English Premier League kicks off.
AFRICA Opening a new window on the Indian Ocean
[Gervais J. Henrie] Online digital partnerships for television stations on the Indian Ocean to syndicate content.
EAST AFRICA Reporters barred from travel in Comoros
Journalists in Africa's Comoros islands say they were prevented from traveling to the separatist island of Anjouan to cover Independence Day celebrations Friday, 3 August. Local reporters say travel agencies refused to sell them airline tickets.
CENTRAL AFRICA DRC reporter whipped, freed
One of several detained state TV union activists has been released after five days, but says he was whipped while in detention.
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