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Journalists' trauma book launched in Kenya

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:32:00 +0200

The Kenya Correspondent's Association (KCA) and Kenya Association of Photographers, Illustrators and Designers (KAPIDE) launched a journalist's trauma booklet, The Healing Messenger, on 26 June 2009. The booklet is published by the International Media Support (IMS), and provides insight into the trauma experienced by journalists covering the post-election violence in Kenya in early 2008.
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Africa Business Reporting Awards 2009 winners announced

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:04:00 +0200

Diageo announced the winners of the 6th Africa Business Reporting Awards at a gala ceremony at Sheraton Park Lane, Piccadilly, London last night, 2 July 2009. Xan Rice from The Guardian and the New Statesman won the award for Journalist of the Year 2009.
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CPJ urges Nigeria to probe police harassment, assault

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:35:00 +0200

NEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on national police Inspector General Mike Okiro to investigate reports that Delta state police harassed six journalists and attacked at least three of them last week.
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FAJ, IFJ outline strategies to defend journalists' rights

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:20:00 +0200

Leaders of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the African regional organisation of the International Federation of Journalists, strongly condemned at their biannual meeting in Djibouti on 23 June 2009, the unsafe and precarious working conditions of journalists in Africa.
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IFJ calls for Somali media protection

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:51:00 +0200

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged the international community to help stop violence against media in Somalia after the murder of Muktar Mohamed Hirabe, director of Radio Shabelle in Mogadishu, who was shot dead by gunmen in the war ravaged Somali capital on Sunday, 7 June 2009.
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IFJ consults on future of journalism

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:12:00 +0200

The IFJ is carrying out a review of changing conditions in journalism. It has a daily monitoring service and is planning a conference on the challenges facing journalism unions later this year.
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Telkom to improve business in Nigeria

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:40:00 +0200

JOHANNESBURG: The number one priority of Telkom is to improve business in Nigeria, the telecommunications giant said on Tuesday, 23 June 2009.
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Stop sensationalising crime - Jordaan

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:02:00 +0200

JOHANNESBURG: Local Organising Committee chief executive officer, Danny Jordaan, has urged the international media to stop sensationalising the issue of theft and security during the FIFA Confederations Cup.
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Malawi parliament sets tough media conditions

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 11:55:00 +0200

With a new parliament poised to meet for the first time today, 22 June 2009, new tough media conditions have been set up and the Media Council of Malawi has since given the new set of rules its seal of approval.
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Gambian journalists charged with sedition

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:42:00 +0200

NEW YORK: A magistrate in the Gambian capital, Banjul, on Thursday, 18 June 2009 charged seven journalists with sedition for criticising President Yahya Jammeh's televised comments about the unsolved 2004 murder of editor Deyda Hydara, their defense lawyer said.
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