The Kenyan Army launched its war on Al Shabaab, the Somali terror group linked to Al Qaeda, on the basis of a “threat to national security and disruption of economic activity especially tourists in northern and coastal Kenya,” according to ministers who announced the incursion in October.[more]

Reports yesterday that the House of Assembly was almost reduced into a boxing arena as Honourable Members threw brickbats at each other over the issue of the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) brings back to the fore the sensitive issue of media freedom in Zimbabwe.[more]

It has been an interesting week. First, President Museveni attacked the 1995 Constitution, saying the oversight powers it gives Parliament over the Executive undermines his efforts to defeat poverty, darkness, corruption, diseases, unemployment etc. Secondly, for the fifth straight year, this week, we received awful news that Uganda continued to score badly on corruption, according to the latest world ranking on perception of graft levels in countries around the globe.[more]

Dreadful grief was an understatement at the funeral service of the Rwandan journalist Charles Ingabire yesterday afternoon. It was more like the shroud on his death had descended on family members, friends and well-wishers bidding him final respects.[more]

The editor of Rwanda’s Inyenyeri news, Charles Ingabire who had sought refugee in Uganda for political reasons, has been shot dead at a Kampala pub. Ingabire was shot dead past midnight on November 30 at Makies 2 Bar in Bukesa-Kikoni Makerere in Kampala. Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson, Mr Ibin Ssenkumbi confirmed the murder of the journalist. Two people have so far been arrested to help the police investigate the killing.[more]

Médias camerounais: Conflits d'intérêts entre journalistes et patrons de presse

C’est l’un des constats contenus dans l’édition camerounaise du baromètre des médias africains présenté jeudi dernier à Yaoundé.[more]

Mac Maharaj, President Jacob Zuma's spokesperson, has refused during an on-camera interview to deny lying to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), and taking bribes. [more]

Grâce à la contribution du Japon, la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI), et le Programme des Nations unies pour le développement (PNUD), organise depuis jeudi à Kinshasa, une session de renforcement des capacités des professionnels des médias accrédités auprès de la commission. Les participants au nombre d'une trentaine échangent autour du thème : « Médias et élections apaisées en RDC ».[more]

Dans un communiqué de presse paru jeudi 17 novembre, la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (Ceni) a annoncé qu’elle prolongeait d’une semaine l’opération d’accréditation des témoins, journalistes et observateurs sur toute l’étendue dela Républiquedémocratique du Congo (RDC).[more]

Years ago, when I was a (very) junior reporter, I was approached after a court case by a man who had been fined for a comparatively minor offence.[more]