Image by Khalfan Said/ AP Internet users across Tanzania have reported that some social media sites, including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Twitter, are being restricted as millions of people vote in the country’s general election. However, evidence gathered by the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI) suggests that Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook messenger, and Telegram have […]
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By Raymond Mpubani and Clare Muhindo The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has doubled down on the registration of news websites and online broadcasters, requiring all providers of such services to register by 5 October, 2020. The target services are blogs, online televisions, online radios, online newspapers, internet-based radios and TV stations, streaming radio and TV providers, and […]
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This story by Pernille Baerendtsen and Amanda Lichtenstein originally appeared on Global Voices on 14 August, 2020. When a major earthquake of 6.0 on the Richter scale shook coastal East Africa at around 8:15 on August 12, Tanzanians quickly took to Twitter to report on the unusual natural event that momentarily swayed chandeliers, shattered windows and […]
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The Uganda Police Force remains the leading perpetrator of violent crimes against journalists according to the Uganda Press Freedom Index released on Thursday by the Human Rights Network for Journalists- Uganda (HRNJ-U). This is the seventh time in eleven years that the police are topping the list of violators of press freedom. The report titled […]
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NEWS RELEASE 29 July 2020, Kampala African Centre for Media Excellence condemns the spiralling threats to media practitioners and artistes in Uganda. Over the last six days, at least eight people have been arrested, interrogated and/or detained on charges including offensive communication, promoting sectarianism, and inciting violence. On Thursday, 23 July 2020, security forces arrested Twahir […]
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Aimé-Jules Bizimana, Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) and Oumar Kane, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) The general and presidential elections of May 2020, followed by the death of President Pierre Nkurunziza, put the international media spotlight on Burundi. The country is now facing one of the darkest times in its history since the […]
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Security officials raided Radio Simba in Kampala on Friday 24 July, arresting four staff members who allegedly recorded a video accusing the government of tribalism. In a statement shared on Facebook, Radio Simba said those detailed were Julius Sserwanja also known as Kidomoole, Mbabaali Maliseeri aka Uncle Luyuguumo, Sssaabakaaki Peter aka Omuzinyuuzi and Gold Ki […]
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Julie Reid, University of South Africa This is an edited extract from Tell Our Story: Multiplying Voices in the News Media by Dale McKinley and Julie Reid. “If journalism is a force of immense influence – and I think it is, and should be – then it surely deserves scrutiny.” These are the words of […]
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