From the death of a leading gay rights campaigner, to a season of general elections and the resulting protests, international media had their eyes wide open. In the end, 2011 has been a year when Uganda’s name tripped international media’s radar for mainly the bad and ugly and very rarely for any good.[more]

La Radiotélévision Debout Kasaï (RTDK) de Mbuji-Mayi (Kasaï-Oriental) a déposé plainte jeudi 29 décembre au Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel et de la communication (CSAC) contre un groupe de six personnes armées en tenue civile qui ont attaqué ses installations dans la nuit de vendredi 23 décembre.[more]

Journalism isn't a profession you get into if you want an easy ride. This has certainly proven true for journalists covering Africa in 2011, many of whom paid with their lives. Challenges in 2012 include covering ongoing conflict zones, election periods, and continuing the fight for access to information. [more]

''Sawtu Jam Jamanu'' en abrégé SJJ, telle est la dénomination de la nouvelle radio communautaire qui vient d’être créée à Banyo chef lieu du département du Mayo-Banyo, non loin de N’gaoundéré, la capitale régionale de l’Adamaoua. Ses premiers signaux ont été émis le 29 Décembre 2011.[more]

Drama ensued on Saturday after the State Minister for Disaster Preparedness, Mr Musa Ecweru, reportedly stormed a community radio station in Soroti and allegedly ordered the arrest of talk show panelists, accusing them of defaming him.[more]

Yellowed cover pages of South Africa's iconic Drum magazine evoke a 1950s black fashion and jazz culture which perished when apartheid forces razed Sophiatown, a racially-mixed Johannesburg suburb.[more]

The Gambia and Nigeria are two examples of countries where the public media were used and abused in recent elections and where the electoral commissions have flouted their own guidelines for fair coverage in the use of the state media. Sadly, too, the private media have faced many obstacles and challenges when it comes to performing its traditional role of informing the electorates.[more]

Le président de l'Association des éditeurs du Sénégal, Madieyna Ndiaye, a invité mardi les autorités sénégalaises à ratifier la Convention UNESCO de Florence et le protocole de Nairobi, deux instruments destinés à faciliter l'importation d'objets à caractère éducatif, scientifique ou culturel.[more]

The Somali Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has condemned the killing of Horn Cable TV reporter in Mogadishu.

Mr Abdisalam Sheikh Hassan, alias Heis, was on Sunday afternoon shot by an armed man in Somali army uniform, occasioning him serious injuries.[more]

Prison sentence reduced after re-trial for Maikel Nabil, prominent blogger charged with insulting the military.[more]