By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah The facade of press freedom in Tanzania was exposed on Wednesday November 7 following the arrest of two journalists and press freedom campaigners, Angela Quintal and Muthoki Mumo of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Quintal and Mumo were detained yesterday at their hotel in Dar es Salaam by […]
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A Somali radio journalist, Abdullahi Mire Hashi has been killed by two unidentified gunmen in the town of Elasha Biyaha, some 17km from the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Reports say Abdullahi, the producer and host of a daily show broadcast on the privately owned radio station Darul Sunnah, was shot after attending afternoon prayers at a mosque near
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By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah Authorities in Cameroon have been asked to immediately release Michel Biem Tong, editor of the privately owned Hurinews website, who was detained on October 23, 2018 after being summoned to the State Secretariat for Defense in the capital, Yaoundé. Prior to his arrest, Tong had published articles criticizing the Cameroonian government’s handling
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By Maruff Shaw A new research presented at the HIV Drug Therapy Conference in Glasgow today shows that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could be given to millions of people worldwide with no increased risk of safety issues during treatment. PrEP is a combination of two drugs that people can take before sex to prevent HIV infection.
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By Aissatou Diallo World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has revealed that African leaders have approached him requesting more support to provide baseload power in their countries. Kim, who was speaking at the recently concluded World Bank meeting held in Bali in mid October this year, disclosed that African leaders resent being instructed by international financial institutions,
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By Abubakar Ahmadu Maishanu A statement issued by the Nigerian presidency on Tuesday October 23 has confirmed the re-appearance of the Nigerian separatist leader, Nnamdi Kanu who was rumored to have been killed. A media aide to the Nigerian president, Garba Shehu told the BBC’s Hausa Service that Kanu, the controversial leader of the Indigenous People
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By Simon Ateba When a major contract between DP World Limited and the Republic of Djibouti was signed, everyone seemed to be happy and satisfied with the business deal. Both sides pledged to respect the terms of the agreement, and it seemed back then, that Djibouti, a tiny but important country located in the Horn of Africa,
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By Karen Mazzoli Mike King, a multi-award-winning journalist, and shipping and logistics consultant has been announced today as the winner of the 2018 IRU Media Prize on the future of transport and trade from the Swiss-based International Road Transport Organization (IRU). The IRU, founded in 1948, is the world’s leading road transport organization, promoting economic growth,
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York has issued a statement asking authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to immediately reopen two opposition radio stations, Radio Liberté Lisala and Radio Mwana Mboka (Rammbo), closed down by authorities a week ago. The two radio stations, all operated by opposition politicians, were forcefully taken
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A female journalist Sylvanie Kiaku has been detained in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on charges of criminal defamation. Kiaku, the editor of the privately owned weekly newspaper, La Percée was arrested on October 10, 2018 on her way home from work by officers of Kinshasa’s judicial police after an arrest warrant was issued
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