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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On September 7, police in the central Iringa region arrested Atilio, a former reporter for Radio Maria Tanzania and Key FM Tanzania, over his posts in the Mufindi Media Group, …
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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 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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Jeff Conroy-Krutz, Michigan State University One of the least enviable tasks of journalists in the US must be reporting on how the public trusts their work less and less. A …
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A new UK aid package is to help promote media freedom in developing countries around the world, International Development Minister Harriet Baldwin announced on 10 July, 2019. One programme will …
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A group of 33 press freedom and media development organisations, meeting in London ahead of the Global Media Freedom Conference this week, have called on all participating States to ensure …
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Incidents of violence and abuse against the media increased in 2018, according to a newly-released Press Freedom Index. The Human Rights Network for Journalists-Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda) in its 10th edition of …
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