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Festival of Media Awards 2010 call for entries
The fourth annual Festival of Media Awards, organised in association with Advertising Age is open for entries. The winners of the 2010 event will be announced at the awards gala dinner on Tuesday, 20 April 2010 in Valencia.
EAST AFRICA
IFJ condemns attacks against media in Somalia

MOGADISHU: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the upsurge of attacks against journalists and news media organisations in Somalia. 17 Nov 2009 10:32


EAST AFRICA
Young Achievers Awards draws 13 business journalists

[Walter Wafula] Thirteen Ugandan business journalists have been nominated for the first Young Achievers Awards that aims to recognise the efforts of excellent and innovative Ugandan citizens. 10 Nov 2009 07:22




EAST AFRICA
Somali journalists launch NUSOJ Kenya branch

NAIROBI: 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 Award

MOGADISHU: 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

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. 28 Sep 2009 07:11




EAST AFRICA
Media censorship denounced in Uganda

International 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 cartoon

Three 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 DRC

The 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 Somalia

MOGADISHU: 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 media

PARIS: 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

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. 6 Aug 2009 09:55


EAST AFRICA
Kenya: Video game fights for behaviour change

NAIROBI: 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


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