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Gambia: Journalists threaten hunger strike over arrest of colleagues

Journalists in the Gambia have threatened to embark on a hunger strike as they push for the release of some of their colleagues arrested by...

Fighting sexual harassment in African media houses

A multimedia campaign on sexual harassment in media houses across Africa dubbed #TimesUpAfriMedia has been launched by a group of media organizations. The campaign is...

Burundi: 4 journalists charged with undermining state security

Burundian authorities have charged four journalists on Saturday with a crime of undermining state security. The journalists were arrested this week as Burundi’s government continues...

Sierra Leone: President’s bodyguards attack Journalists

Sierra Leone's government has said it will be constituting a committee to investigate the alleged attack on three local journalists. The journalists were “beaten” by...

The Gambian media; what’s changed after Jammeh’s exit

The Gambian media for 22 years experienced all forms of harassment, abuses and threats to their work and all took place during the tenure...

New York Times editor apologizes for controversial job ad

New York Times international editor Michael Slackman has offered an apology for a controversial job advert for an Africa correspondent. Slackman on Twitter apologized and...

Ghana: How two journalists were ‘tortured’ after arrest

Two Ghanaian journalists working for a local online news portal, ModernGhana.com have given a vivid account of how they were allegedly tortured by security...

Ghana arrests journalists accused of ‘plotting cyber attacks’

Ghanaian security operatives have arrested some journalists working for a local news portal called Modern Ghana. According to another local news outlet Joy FM, the...

Ghanaian journalists facing increasing death threats

Ghana has always performed better on the World Press Freedom Index and in 2018 towered over all other African countries. But that enviable feat is...

WAMECA 2019: Call for Entries

The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is calling for submissions for the third edition of the West Africa Media Excellence Conference and Awards...

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Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
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