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   EAST AFRICA Somali journalists launch NUSOJ Kenya branchNAIROBI: The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) launched on Saturday, 17 October 2009, its Kenyan branch in the capital Nairobi to take care of the interests and welfare of its members who have fled and are now living as exiles. The branch, which was launched at Stanley Hotel, will also serve NUSOJ members who are working in Nairobi for the international media outlets. 20 Oct 2009 09:33 EAST AFRICA Somali journalist awarded International Press Freedom AwardMOGADISHU: Mustafa Haji Abdinur, an Agence France Press (AFP) correspondent in Mogadishu and editor-in-chief of independent radio station Radio Simba, has won the International Press Freedom Award, administered by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). 13 Oct 2009 07:17 EAST AFRICA IFJ concerned by degradation of freedom of expression in Somaliland
EAST AFRICA Media censorship denounced in UgandaInternational media rights groups have condemned the Ugandan government's actions against the press after last week's riots in Kampala. Four radio stations were closed and all live debate programmes were banned. 15 Sep 2009 09:52 EAST AFRICA Financial journalists urged to be pro-active[Walter Wafula] Ugandan journalists have been urged to be more pro-active to increase the level of awareness and deepen the understanding of events at home and worldwide. David Sseppuuya, a former editor-in-chief of the New Vision called on business and financial journalists to lay a foundation for economic financial reporting by being more analytical. 7 Sep 2009 09:45 EAST AFRICA Ugandan editors held over cartoonThree editors from a Ugandan magazine were questioned yesterday over a cartoon criticising President Yoweri Museveni. The Criminal Investigations Directorate is investigating reports of sedition after a caricature of the president appeared in The Independent magazine last week. 2 Sep 2009 06:56 EAST AFRICA Press freedom threat in DRCThe assassination of a journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo has increased concerns among media activists about press freedom in the country. An investigation has been launched into the murder of Bruno Chirambiza, a reporter from Radio Star in the Bukavu district, who was stabbed by eight men in an apparently premeditated attack on Saturday, 22 August 2009. 28 Aug 2009 09:56 EAST AFRICA NUSOJ condemns media rights violations in SomaliaMOGADISHU: The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has strongly condemned mounting suppression and violation of media rights in Gedo region of southwestern Somalia by the Al-Shabaab Islamic group. 27 Aug 2009 11:03 EAST AFRICA UNESCO continues to support East African mediaPARIS: Over the last 29 years UNESCO's International Programme for the Development of Communication (IPDC) has been providing support to developing countries for projects related to freedom of expression, media pluralism and community media. The number of applications for IPDC funding from East African countries has increased since the last two years. 21 Aug 2009 10:39 EAST AFRICA IFJ condemns harassment against female journalist in Sudan
EAST AFRICA Kenya: Video game fights for behaviour changeNAIROBI: At the community centre in Mukuru, a slum in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, teenagers spend hours engrossed in a video game, but they are not battling other-worldly forces with super-human weapons; instead, they are finding their way through a familiar-looking city, trying to negotiate real-life situations and learn how to avoid HIV infection. 31 Jul 2009 08:49 EAST AFRICA The media: partnering for civil society - Quo Vadis Communications
EAST AFRICA Somaliland government increases attacks on pressNEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the government's growing crackdown on the independent press in the northern breakaway republic of Somaliland as September presidential elections near. 23 Jul 2009 09:31 Latest jobs | Ad showcase |
MOGADISHU: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), late last week, expressed its concern over the continuous degradation of freedom of expression in Somaliland, following the publication of a new report by the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), an IFJ affiliate, on the state of freedom of expression and cases of violations of media freedom in Somaliland. 
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), earlier this week, condemned the charges brought by Sudanese authorities against Amal Habani, a female journalist and editor of the column "Tiny Issues" in Ajrass Al Horreya newspaper for having denounced the prosecution of Sudanese women who wear trousers. 
Although they need each other, the relationship between the media and civil society has not been at its best in post-apartheid South Africa, and both parties would do well to cultivate a more professional and respectful relationship. 
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