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PALESTINIANS who live in Gaza, which has now been literally turned into a hellscape by the Israeli military's firepower, are experiencing untold suffering.While the media in the West calls it ...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign organisations petition Mnangagwa over Sikhala
A RECORD 18 civil society organisations from different parts of the world have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa and key figures in his government over the growing trend of judicial persecution ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa sets tone for peaceful polls, claims Church
THIS year's harmonised elections will be held in a free, fair, credible and peaceful manner, a delegation of bishops from the All-Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) who interacted with President Mna...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets bishops
President Mnangagwa has met a delegation of bishops from the All-Africa Conference of Churches (AACC) who are in the country interacting with various stakeholders ahead of this year's harmonised elect...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 17:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Two South African journalists assaulted in separate incidents
Lusaka, March 9, 2023 - South African authorities must swiftly and thoroughly investigate the recent assaults of journalists Silindelo Masikane and Gaddafi Zulu and prosecute those responsible, the Co...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 22:48hrs | 7 | by CPJ
Breaking Kazembe's hitman arrested
Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe's thug Isheanesu Chief Saunyama Dzimbiti has been arrested.Dzimbiti who is being accused of threa...Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 17:09hrs | 11 | by Paul Ndou
Police probe Kazembe's 'hitman'
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe's thug Isheanesu Aka Chief Saunyama Dzimbiti is on the run after threatening to as...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 17:39hrs | 11 | by Staff Reporter
Mduduzi Mathuthu detained, charged with insulting Mnangagwa
On Monday, police in Bulawayo in southwest Zimbabwe detained Mduduzi Mathuthu, editor of privately owned news website ZimLive, and charged him with insulting or undermining the authority of President ...Published: 07 Jun 2022 at 06:19hrs | 8 | by AJC
'Rights' groups Report Mnangagwa to UN
HUMAN rights organisations have reported President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the United Nations (UN) and the African Union (AU) for overseeing worsening gross human rights violations in the country....Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts for Mnangagwa's govt to free jailed New York Times correspondent
THE SA National Editors' Forum (SANEF) has supported a call by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) for Zimbabwean authorities to release New York Times freelance journalist Jeffrey Moyo who was...Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe among 7 African governments using Israeli cyber-espionage tools
As internet penetration and smartphone usage increases across Africa, digital spaces have become increasingly important in organising opposition movements. In response, several governments have at tim...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 20:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
African media in limbo
A lot of newsrooms have had to buckle up until the last hole due to the economic constraints that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.Although many media experts have agreed that CO...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 14:06hrs | | by Daniel Itai
Global body demands the immediate release of Zenzele Ndebele
The African desk of the Committee to Protect Journalist (CPJ) has issued a statement demanding that the Zimbabwean authorities must release journalist Zenzele Ndebele who was arrested on Thursday....Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 08:26hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
NPF: Possessed by a retrogressive agenda?
Mark Duncan, writing from Moscow, felt compelled to advise The Economist [Letters - A party of the people, April 14, 2018], that its belief that Russian youth post Gorbachev generation offered optimis...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
Call for fresh Gukurahundi probe
POLITICAL and human rights activists based in Matabeleland have called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently set up an independent commission of inquiry to probe all post-independence disturbanc...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Somali journalist dies after suicide bomber targets café
Nairobi - Somali broadcast journalist Abdullahi Osman Moalim died yesterday from injuries sustained on September 10 when a suicide bomber attacked a café in Beldweyne where members of the press gathe...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 16:18hrs | | by CPJ
Congolese radio journalist arrested at protest is beaten in custody
New York - Congolese authorities should immediately drop all charges against Jean Pierre Tshibitshabu, a reporter for the independent broadcaster Radio Television KADEKAS, and investigate claims that ...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by CPJ
Holding of fake elections in Zimbabwe
1. The role played by the ruling party ZANU-PF 2. The complicity of the opposition parties There have never been free, fair and credible electio...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 07:41hrs | | by Linda Tsungirirai Masarira
Nigerian police raid investigative news website's office
Lagos, Nigeria, January 19, 2017-Nigerian authorities should drop all charges against Dapo Olorunyomi, publisher of the news website Premium Times, and Evelyn Okakwu, who covers the judiciary for the ...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 00:26hrs | | by CPJ
Bulawayo journalist released after signing and cautioned statement
Bulawayo photographer Crispen Ndlovu who was arrested Wednesday for taking pictures of riot police beating activist Alfred Dzirutwe has been released from police custody after signing and cautioned st...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 13:57hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Tanzania bans two radio stations
Tanzanian authorities should immediately lift a ban on two privately owned radio stations and allow them to resume broadcasts without further harassment or censorship, the Committee to Protect Jou...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 06:53hrs | | by Committee to Protect Journalists
Nigerian military threatens journalist for not revealing sources
Abuja, Nigeria - The Nigerian military should cease threatening freelance journalist Ahmad Salkida with prosecution for not acting as an informer, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The ...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 07:43hrs | | by CPJ
Zambian editors arrested trying to enter newspaper's office amid tax dispute
The editor-in-chief of independent Zambian newspaper The Post was arrested trying to enter his newspaper's offices today, after authorities closed it in a dispute over allegedly unpaid taxes. ...Published: 29 Jun 2016 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Nigerian police detain publisher
Nigerian authorities should immediately release magazine publisher Yomi Olomofe on bail, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Police detained Olomofe early this evening in Lag...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Uganda blocks social media and mobile phone services during voting
Nairobi - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Ugandan authorities' restricting access to social media as voters went to the polls in today's presidential elections.According to press...Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 18:55hrs | | by CPJ
Guinea journalist shot dead during clash at political meeting
New York, February 5, 2016 - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the shooting in Guinea today of El-Hadj Mohamed Diallo, a reporter for the news websites Guinée7 and Afrik, and calls on aut...Published: 06 Feb 2016 at 10:02hrs | | by CPJ
Three journalists face military trial in Cameroon
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cameroonian authorities to drop all charges against three journalists for failing to disclose information to the state. The three are scheduled to stand t...Published: 31 Jan 2016 at 06:21hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Uganda forces radio station off the air ahead of elections
New York - Ugandan regulators should immediately allow the privately owned radio station Endigyito FM to resume broadcasts, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.Endigyito FM ceased ...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 07:22hrs | | by CPJ
Car bomb kills broadcast journalist in Somalia
New York, December 3, 2015 - A Somali journalist with state-run media was killed today in Mogadishu when a bomb blew up her car, according to news reports. Hindia Haji Mohamed was the widow of another...Published: 03 Dec 2015 at 22:54hrs | | by CPJ
Journalist shot dead in Mozambique
Media reports said an unidentified gunman shot dead a Mozambican journalist who was out jogging in the capital city of Maputo early on MondayPaulo Machava was the publisher of the news website...Published: 31 Aug 2015 at 15:09hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Committee hails release of Swaziland journalist
The committee to protect journmalists has welcome the release of Swaziland based journalists Bhek Makhulu and human Rights lawyer Thulani Maseko and gave support to the locked up Zimba...Published: 02 Jul 2015 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Victory for Zim Journalists
MASERU - The Lesotho Court of Appeal has overturned a High Court ruling that had banned three journalists from practising their profession and publishing their own newspaper, The Post.In March...Published: 27 Oct 2014 at 12:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Editor and lawyer convicted of contempt of court
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns today's convictions for contempt of court of an editor and lawyer in Swaziland.The Swaziland High Court convicted Bheki Makhubu, editor of the ind...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 21:43hrs | | by cpj
Journalists are not above the law
Journalism is one of the noblest professions in the world in my view and I am proud to be one. My heart bleeds however at an emerging crop of journalists who no longer value the ethics of ...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 07:16hrs | | by Nicole Hondo
Zim should drop charges against 'Baba Jukwa' suspect - CPJ
Cape Town - Zimbabwean authorities should drop charges against the editor of the state-controlled Sunday Mail and release him immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....Published: 24 Jun 2014 at 07:34hrs | | by CPJ
Tuku not one of the Wealthiest African musician for 2014
African musicians are fast becoming internationally sought after and here is the full list of the Wealthiest African Artist as stated by source MTV Base.1. Youssou N'Dour - The Senegalese ...Published: 04 May 2014 at 15:14hrs | | by Arts reporter
Egyptian court bans Al-Jazeera TV affiliate
Cairo - An Egyptian court on Tuesday ordered Al-Jazeera's local affiliate and three other stations to stop broadcasting, part of an expanding government crackdown against media seen as supporting the ...Published: 04 Sep 2013 at 00:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Who wrote the MDC-T Manifesto? - video
Zanu-PF released a video asking the above question.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xn6CPj1mp6c ...Published: 13 Jul 2013 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim journalists targeted amid pre-election tension
Cape Town, South Africa - All parties in Zimbabwe's government of national unity must respect the responsibility of journalists to document events and report the views of citizens, especially in t...Published: 18 Jun 2013 at 19:23hrs | | by CPJ
Reporter arrested after covering evictions in Ethiopia dam region
NEW YORK - Ethiopian authorities have detained since Friday a reporter who sought to interview people evicted from their homes in a region where the government is building a contentious hydro-elec...Published: 31 May 2013 at 07:10hrs | | by APO
CPJ calls on African Union to uphold press freedom
New York, May 2, 2013-The Committee to Protect Journalists asks Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairperson of the African Union, to uphold press freedom by calling for justice in journalist murders in Africa...Published: 03 May 2013 at 06:08hrs | 1 | by CPJ
Zim should heed rule of law in Beatrice Mtetwa case
New York - CPJ writes to the minister of Justice of Zimbabwe, Hon. Patrick Chinamasa, expressing concern about the arrest on Sunday of award-winning human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa and her subsequ...Published: 21 Mar 2013 at 22:07hrs | | by CPJ
Journalist jail for interviewing 'gang-rape' victim, freed
Mogadishu - A Somali judge on Sunday freed a journalist who was jailed last month for interviewing an alleged gang-rape victim in a case that sparked international condemnation over how Somali authori...Published: 17 Mar 2013 at 15:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mali: journalist stabbed for his critical reporting
NEW YORK - Authorities in Mali must investigate an attack on a critical radio journalist that came two weeks after he received threats warning him to resign from the station, the Committee to Protect ...Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 07:01hrs | | by CPJ
Police raid station studios, detain journalist
Authoritie have stepped up their crackdown on independent news coverage in the country by raiding the production studios of a radio station and confiscating radios distributed by nongovernmental organ...Published: 01 Mar 2013 at 18:33hrs | | by CPJ
DR Congo soldiers attack Radio Tujenge Kabambare
NEW YORK - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should bring to account soldiers involved in a raid on a radio station in the eastern town of Kabambare, and the arbitrary detention and beat...Published: 10 Jan 2013 at 06:54hrs | | by CPJ | APO
In Zambia, musician accused in attack on photographer
NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Zambia to thoroughly investigate accusations that a well-known rhumba musician attacked a freelance photographer on Friday a...Published: 03 Jan 2013 at 05:53hrs | | by CPJ/APO
Nigerian journalists freed, but equipment still held
NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Nigeria's State Security Service (SSS) to return laptops and cell phones confiscated from two journalists who were illegally detained fo...Published: 03 Jan 2013 at 04:46hrs | | by CPJ/APO
Gabon suspends 2 newspapers critical of government
NEW YORK - The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Friday's decision by Gabon's state-run media regulator to suspend two private newspapers for six months over criticism of top officials. In a ...Published: 07 Aug 2012 at 10:12hrs | | by APO | CPJ
Mozambican journalist sentenced in criminal libel case
NEW YORK - An appeals court in the Mozambican city of Beira should reverse the criminal libel conviction of a journalist who wrote about a disagreement between a private school and the family of a dis...Published: 03 Aug 2012 at 03:54hrs | | by CPJ
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