African Centre for Media Excellence
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An annual worldwide report on violence and abusive treatment against journalists published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) indicates that in 2019 there was an “unprecedented fall in the number of …
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By Benjamin Rukwengye This week, Mr David Kyetume Kasanga was unveiled as the new secretary of the Media Council of Uganda, by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of ICT …
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A new study has found evidence of organized social media manipulation campaigns in 70 countries across the world. In a report titled ‘The Global Disinformation Order: 2019 Global Inventory of …
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A new Bill that seeks to regulate social media use in Kenya through a range of licensing controls has been greeted with dismay by large sections of the Kenyan public. …
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Nick Westcott, SOAS, University of London I visited Tanzania recently for the first time in five years, and the first time since John Magufuli was elected President. I have been …
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By Ivan Okuda It is a known fact, of which we take judicial notice, that the media across the world is in crisis. In the last decade, the media landscape …
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By Benjamin Rukwengye In March 2018, the governments of Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, as if acting in tandem, issued new rules requiring the licensing of social media and online content …
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By Benjamin Rukwengye The recent arrest and arraignment of journalist Erick Kabendera is the latest in what the International Press Institute has described as the ”unprecedented crisis” in media freedom …
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