On Monday, October 17, 2011, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) issued a strong worded statement in Monrovia, categorically condemning all forms of attacks and threats against journalists who are performing their duty, especially during this political campaign. In the statement, the President of the PUL, Mr. Peter Quaqua, said the Union was alarmed by the Monday, October 18, 2011 morning arson attack on Love FM/TV by unknown persons in Monrovia and called on the police to launch an immediate investigation to bring the executors to book.[more]

Le Conseil supérieur de la communication (CSC) a organisé le jeudi 29 septembre 2011, un panel à l’intention des hommes des médias, de la société civile et des partis politiques à Ouagadougou. « Pluralisme et équilibre de l’information dans les médias publics », tel a été le thème du panel.[more]

Luanda – The chairman of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), Stephen Mcube, said Tuesday in Luanda it is his institution’s purpose to contribute to the creation, divulging and presentation of interconnected radio and television contents involving all countries of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).[more]

A leading South African newspaper has confirmed that deportations of Zimbabweans have resumed, after securing a copy of the directive from the country's Home Affairs department.[more]

Zimbabwe's three political parties signatory to the Global Political Agreement (GPA) have in the past months separately lodged formal complaints with the Joint Monitoring and Implementation Committee (JOMIC), raising concerned over what they view as biased reportage in the country's media.[more]

When journalist Agnes Fallah Kamara-Umunna returned to her native Liberia in 2003, she found a country that was a shell of its former self. As the nation sought to rebuild, ordinary Liberians, traumatized by the war, struggled daily to survive.[more]

A draft national security Bill could water down some of the civil liberties contained in the new Constitution if passed by parliament without amendments, security analysts warn.[more]

Sudanese security officers on Tuesday shut down the independent Al-Jarida newspaper, its editor told AFP, in what rights groups say is the latest sign of increasing political repression.[more]

Two government ministries yesterday received golden key awards for being transparent while a third received a padlock award for being secretive, based on results of research conducted by the Media Institute of Southern Africa Tanzania Chapter (MISA-TAN).[more]

THE Africa Information and Media Summit (Aims) adopted the 'African Platform for Access to Information' [APAI] in Cape Town last Monday.[more]