Media Practitioners and Associations in Cote d’Ivoire on Monday adopted a new Code of Ethics for journalists at a forum in Abidjan.[more]

Zimbabwe’s major opposition party, the Morgan Tsvangirai-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has urged Zimbabweans to use social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube as platforms to express themselves in a country that has failed to satisfactorily diversify its media. [more]

As the dust settles after last month's Press Freedom Commission hearings, major questions persist about the ANC's proposed media appeals tribunal, designed to render the print media more "accountable". [more]

The National Union of Somali Journalists, while saddened by the killing of the Somaliweyn Radio director condemns the strongest terms possible to the shooting to death of the media director in Mogadishu in a month.[more]

Forget all the emotive arguments for and against self-regulation of the media. The numbers alone paint a clear picture: 70% of the top 50 countries in the Reporters Without Borders and Freedom House press-freedom rankings practice self-regulation.[more]

Zimbabwe Newspapers (1980) Ltd, the country’s largest media house, is set to introduce a gender policy in a bid to address gender disparities and improve its news content.[more]

The 7th regional African Caribbean and Pacific-European Union (ACP-EU) Joint Parliamentary Assembly has affirmed free media as a prerequisite to development and critical “in the promotion of democracy, human rights and good governance.” [more]

The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) is disturbed by the increased violations against the journalists in Somaliland and Central Somalia regions.[more]

Le tribunal de première instance de Tunis a reporté, le 23 février 2012, le procès de Nasreddine Ben Saïda au 8 mars prochain. Le directeur d’Attounissia, interpellé pour avoir publié la photo d’un footballeur enlaçant une mannequin nue, a été libéré après avoir passé plus d’une semaine en prison et entamé une grève de la faim. [more]

MMPZ [Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe] welcomes the decision by Alpha Media Holdings (AMH), publishers of NewsDay, the Zimbabwe Independent and The Standard, to appoint retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Ahmed Ebrahim, to act as its public ombudsman with immediate effect.[more]