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Burkina Faso suspends more foreign media over killings coverage

Alessandra Prentice 29 Apr 2024

Uganda in talks with Chinese credit agency to fund pipeline

Infrastructure & Utilities

Uganda in talks with Chinese credit agency to fund pipeline

Elias Biryabarema 26 Sep 2023

Media Freedom

Congolese government will closely follow case of detained journalist -spokesperson

Alessandra Prentice 15 Sep 2023

Media Freedom

Congo journalist detained regarding Jeune Afrique article, magazine says

13 Sep 2023

Ugandan legislators participate in the debate of the Anti-Homosexuality bill, which proposes tough new penalties for same-sex relations during a sitting at the Parliament building in Kampala, Uganda 21 March 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa

Legislation

Uganda passes a law making it a crime to identify as LGBTQ

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Dynamic podcast aimed at empowering Mzansi's youth wins international award

Radio & Audio

Dynamic podcast aimed at empowering Mzansi's youth wins international award

Issued by Jacaranda FM 22 Feb 2023

Media

John Williams Ntwali, Rwandan journalist critical of government has died

23 Jan 2023

Cyber Law

India's proposed Data Protection Bill fosters state surveillance; fails to protect privacy of children

30 Dec 2022

Media Freedom

Saudi woman sentenced to 34 years in prison for tweets

26 Aug 2022

Source: © IOL eSwatini has recently been rocked by pro-democracy protests which have steadily intensified

Media Freedom

Media freedom in Esawtini declines further as Swaziland News and editor announced as terrorists

Aphiwe Kunene 25 Jul 2022

Many Zimbabweans may find themselves unlawfully in the country from 1 January 2023, unless the Helen Suzman Foundation wins a case it has launched. Archive photo: Joseph Chirume / GroundUp

Immigration & Citizenship Law

Understanding the Zimbabwean permit case

Tania Broughton 20 Jun 2022

Activists publish list of Ukrainian civilians abducted by Russian forces as part of campaign to free 'The Taken'

PR & Communications

Activists publish list of Ukrainian civilians abducted by Russian forces as part of campaign to free 'The Taken'

Issued by Irvine Partners 29 Mar 2022

Ukraine considers switching grain export to railroads

Agro-processing

Ukraine considers switching grain export to railroads

25 Mar 2022

Kenya plan to help Covid-hit poor plagued by irregularities - rights group

Health & Welfare

Kenya plan to help Covid-hit poor plagued by irregularities - rights group

George Obulutsa 22 Jul 2021

Gender-based violence has always been the 'first pandemic' for Vodacom

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Gender-based violence has always been the 'first pandemic' for Vodacom

Issued by Trialogue 14 Jun 2021

Ondela Mlandu, head of media at Positive Dialogue

Youth Month

#YouthMatters: Ondela Mlandu speaks passion, learning and thriving

Emily Stander 23 Jun 2021

Media

Controls to manage fake news in Africa are affecting freedom of expression

Ashwanee Budoo 18 May 2020

Image: Internetgeography.com

Mining

The human cost of mining in the Amazon rainforest

JP Casey 12 Dec 2019

Jamal Khashoggi awarded Golden Pen of Freedom

Media Freedom

Jamal Khashoggi awarded Golden Pen of Freedom

3 Jun 2019

Traffic flows in Mogadishu's Hodan district in 2018. On March 30, 2019 armed men raided the offices of Somalia's Universal TV station. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Feisal Omar.

Media Freedom

Armed men raid Somalia's Universal TV, fire guns in station

15 Apr 2019

Security is tight in Rwanda’s authoritarian state. Charles Shoemaker/EPA

Markets & Investment

Rwanda's economic growth could be derailed by its autocratic regime

Noel Twagiramungu & Joseph Sebarenzi 9 Apr 2019

Bauxite mining boom in Guinea threatens locals

Mining

Bauxite mining boom in Guinea threatens locals

17 Oct 2018

Blind SA launches R1m fundraising campaign to #GiveWordsWings

Education & Skills Development

Blind SA launches R1m fundraising campaign to #GiveWordsWings

13 Sep 2018

Egypt extends detention period for four journalists held as part of mass trial

Media

Egypt extends detention period for four journalists held as part of mass trial

23 Aug 2018

An alleged arson attack on Cameroon's Sky FM gutted the private community radio station in the Northwest Region town of Ndu destroying equipment, furniture, and the studio. Credit: Barnard Tata Gibip/CPJ Africa.

Radio & Audio

Cameroon community radio destroyed in alleged arson attack

14 Aug 2018

Why the US left the UN Human Rights Council - and why it matters

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

Why the US left the UN Human Rights Council - and why it matters

Rosa Freedman 21 Jun 2018

It's time for Malawi to quit tobacco

Agriculture

It's time for Malawi to quit tobacco

Julia Smith 4 Jun 2018

Photo by Aman Bhargava on

Fishing

When big data meets overfishing

Thin Lei Win 18 May 2018

Photo: The Herald

Mining

Protect livelihoods when mines move in

Katharina Rall 9 Apr 2018

is an Eritrean journalist and human rights activist.

Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice

'Economic migrants are not refugees and the two should not be confused' - Meron Estefanos

Danette Breitenbach 30 Mar 2018

Hundreds protest Morocco trial of journalists

Media

Hundreds protest Morocco trial of journalists

29 Jan 2018

Why release of two journalists in Ethiopia does not signal end to press crackdown

Media

Why release of two journalists in Ethiopia does not signal end to press crackdown

Muthoki Mumo and Jonathan Rozen 26 Jan 2018

Media threats increase in Kenya

Media

Media threats increase in Kenya

30 May 2017

Ethiopian journalist jailed for talking to dissident

Media

Ethiopian journalist jailed for talking to dissident

29 May 2017

Ugandan academic charged over Museveni 'buttocks' jibe

Social Media

Ugandan academic charged over Museveni 'buttocks' jibe

11 Apr 2017

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output

Infrastructure & Utilities

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output

20 Dec 2016

Media

Algerian blogger jailed over Facebook poem dies

14 Dec 2016

Angola: new media law threatens free speech

Media

Angola: new media law threatens free speech

1 Dec 2016

Gambia: three journalists arrested as election campaign begins

Media

Gambia: three journalists arrested as election campaign begins

17 Nov 2016

Photo: Lauren Clifford-Holmes

Mining

Communities at risk in Malawi's mining push

24 Oct 2016

Source: Disrupt Africa

Marketing & Media

8 African startups awarded grant funding from HiiL

Tom Jackson 21 Oct 2016

Gap becomes latest to reveal its supplier factories

Retailers

Gap becomes latest to reveal its supplier factories

9 Sep 2016

Media

Algeria urged to free blogger jailed over Facebook poem

5 Sep 2016

Source: The Herald/AllAfrica

Media

Zimbabwe: Govt blocks internet amid police crackdown

Dewa Mavhinga 7 Jul 2016

Media Freedom

Uganda must investigate human rights violations

28 Jun 2016

Uganda moves to tighten control of social media

Social Media

Uganda moves to tighten control of social media

14 Mar 2016

Zimbabwe seizes unlicensed diamond mines

Mining

Zimbabwe seizes unlicensed diamond mines

23 Feb 2016

Uganda media intimidated ahead of presidential polls: HRW

Media

Uganda media intimidated ahead of presidential polls: HRW

11 Jan 2016

Pakistan cyber bill threatens free speech, privacy: rights groups

Media Freedom

Pakistan cyber bill threatens free speech, privacy: rights groups

21 Apr 2015

Media Freedom

Criminal libel has no place in law books

Anton Harber 20 Mar 2015