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   EAST AFRICA VOA news broadcasts jammed in Ethiopia
EAST AFRICA Live streaming of FIFA media briefing on security
EAST AFRICA Free digital radio shows for March - 1Africa RadioBecome a 1Africa Affiliate and gain access to their library of free specialist programming for rebroadcast. All you need is a satellite dish and decoder and to contact them to register! You can also keep up to date with the latest shows released each month, advertised in the newsletter as well as on the website. 1 Mar 2010 12:21 EAST AFRICA Al-Shabaab arrests Somali radio journalistMOGADISHU: The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) has announced its concern about the arrest of a radio journalist in Wanlaweyn district of lower Shabelle region on Sunday, 21 February 2010. 23 Feb 2010 08:59 EAST AFRICA African media awards extend categories
EAST AFRICA African Journalist Awards names co-host
EAST AFRICA Radio summit for programme and station managers in Africa - 1Africa RadioCVC Media Africa invites fellow broadcasters to attend the first annual African Media Summit, taking place in Cape Town next year. 20 Nov 2009 14:19 EAST AFRICA 1Africa offers free quality radio content to radio stations across Africa - 1Africa Radio
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 Baidoa radio station shut down[Naomi Hunt] VIENNA: Al-Shabab militants in the Somali town of Baidoa, late last week, shut down privately-owned Radio Warsan, and took the station's director and news editor into custody. According to the National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ), al-Shabab forces in Baidoa entered the station's premises on 30 September 2009 at 4pm, and demanded that the FM station stop broadcasting. 6 Oct 2009 08:26 EAST AFRICA Government suspends VOA service in PuntlandNEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned the suspension on Thursday, 1 October 2009, of three Voice of America (VOA) reporters in the semi-autonomous region of Puntland in north-eastern Somalia. Puntland's deputy minister of information, Abdishakur Mire Adan, issued a letter suspending all three VOA correspondents and any other VOA journalist from reporting in the region. 5 Oct 2009 08:49 EAST AFRICA Radio One tops Uganda's Superbrands[Walter Wafula] Radio One a local FM station, has been named the leading brand in Uganda according to a Survey carried out by brand analysis company Superbrands East Africa, a division of Superbrands United Kingdom. 9 Jun 2009 11:42 EAST AFRICA Ethiopia: New 'reality radio' show reaches out to youthADDIS ABABA: Yehualshet Getu, 22, excitedly freshens up and changes his clothes: today is a big day. "I have a first date with a girl I've known for a long time at school," he tells his best friend. "After I talk to her for a while I will kiss her." 4 Feb 2009 12:04 Latest jobs | Ad showcase |
ADDIS ABABA: Voice of America (VOA) reported on Friday, 5 March 2010, that its transmissions to Ethiopia are being electronically jammed. The Ethiopian government denied responsibility. 
The media press conference, scheduled for 1pm on Friday, 5 March 2010, will be streamed live on FIFA.com and, roughly 90 minutes after the conference, VNR material will be made available for editorial usage for broadcasters via satellite feed. 
The 2010 Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards have added sector-specific categories to reflect the important role that various industries play in economic development. Entries are free and can be on any platform - online, print, broadcast. The closing date for entries is 26 March 2010, with the awards ceremony being held on 1 July 2010 in Central London. 
Isha Sesay, who hosts Inside Africa, CNN International's weekly look at political, economic, social and cultural affairs and trends in Africa, will co-host the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, to be held in Kampala Uganda on 29 May 2010. 
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