We have been informed that one Patrick K. Muana, a senior policy adviser to the President of Sierra Leone and director of strategic communication, and a few other Bio administration employees are now claiming that Mark Feldman of the Africanist Press has not been working with Africanist Press for over a year now. This is …
Sierra Leone: President’s Policy Adviser Spreads Lies Against Africanist Press Read More »
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on Ugandan authorities to ensure that members of the press can freely cover the country’s national elections scheduled on January 14, 2021. On December 10, 2020 the Media Council of Uganda, a statutory body, said that local and foreign journalists would be barred from covering electoral events …
Journalists in Uganda face accreditation hurdles ahead of election Read More »
Chadian authorities should refrain from conducting police raids on news outlets and should thoroughly investigate allegations that journalist Blaise Noubarassem was assaulted by police and intimidated by a government official, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On November 27, in Chad’s capital, N’Djamena, police raided the office of privately owned broadcaster Radio FM Liberté …
Zimbabwean authorities have again detained award-winning anti-corruption journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, the recent in a spate of arrests and strings of trials in recent months. Chin’ono’s recent detention follows the decision on Thursday by magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa to deny the journalist bail on a charge of defeating or obstructing justice. The Harare magistrate court claims that …
Media freedom groups are calling on Angolan police to stop arresting and assaulting journalists who are covering protest across the country. At least six journalists and one media worker were arrested – with four held for more than two days – and another was harassed while covering anti-government protests by civil society groups and opposition parties …
Angolan police detain journalists covering protests Read More »
Human rights groups have called on South African authorities to conduct a swift investigation into the beating of journalist Paul Nthoba and drop all charges against him. On May 15, at least four police officers in Meqheleng, in Free State province, beat Nthoba, the owner and editor of the weekly Mohokare News local newspaper, who had photographed …
South African police assault journalist Paul Nthoba Read More »
By Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Matthew Anderson, & Mark Feldman On March 1 of this year, Africanist Press released the first article in our ongoing investigative series on corruption within the government of Sierra Leone in the two years since Julius Maada Bio assumed power. The first and second installments of our investigation series highlighted …
Coronavirus and the Crisis of Democracy in Sierra Leone: An Editorial Position Read More »
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has called on authorities in Sierra Leone to immediately drop all charges against journalist Fayia Amara Fayia and ensure those responsible for the attacks against him are held accountable. On April 1, 2020 in Sierra Leone’s eastern Kenema city, a group of at least 10 soldiers attacked …
Security forces attack, charge Sierra Leone journalist covering COVID-19 Read More »
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York and eighty-one other human rights and media groups have issued a letter to African heads of state demanding the release of all journalists detained across African prisons. The letter, addressed to Abdelmadjid Tebboune of Algeria, Benin’s Patrice Talon, Burundi ‘s Pierre Nkurunziza, Cameroon’s Paul Biya, Chad’s …
CPJ demands release of jailed African journalists Read More »
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has expressed concern over newly passed regulations in South Africa that criminalize “disinformation” about the COVID-19 pandemic. CPJ says South Africa’s action could potentially prompt other countries in Africa to adopt more repressive rules and censorship against the press. CPJ’s statement follows the South African government’s decision …
South Africa enacts regulations criminalizing ‘disinformation’ on coronavirus outbreak Read More »
