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Elon Musk wants to remove the block option on Twitter, now X

21 Aug 2023

Source: © African Development Bank Group Harare, Zimbabwe. Sanef has joined the global media community of journalists, expressing their concern on media freedom in the run-up to the Zimbabwe elections

Sanef joins international call for media freedom in run up to Zimbabwe elections

21 Aug 2023

Source: © Wikimedia Zimbabwean authorities on Thursday deported four regional democracy activists on arrival at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport

Zimbabwe elections: Journalists barred and democracy activists deported

18 Aug 2023

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Calls for applications: Sanef announces international mentorship programme

18 Aug 2023

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Algeria bans Barbie movie, media and official source say

15 Aug 2023

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Senegal blocks TikTok in widening clampdown on dissent

Ngouda Dione and Joel Kouam 3 Aug 2023

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Wan-Ifra and Reporters Without Borders form committee to develop AI Media Charter

28 Jul 2023

Source: © The Reading List The cover of Freedom Writer: My Life and Times, the autobiography of legendary journalist Juby Mayet

Sanef fund to fight misinformation on journalism

Danette Breitenbach 27 Jun 2023

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24 Jun 2023

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Tunisian journalist detained after criticising president

Tarek Amara, Stephen Coates 21 Jun 2023

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'Outright lie': India denies Dorsey's claims it threatened to shut down Twitter

Kanishka Singh, Shilpa Jamkhandikar, Aditya Kalra, Simon Cameron-Moore, Raju Gopalakrishnan 13 Jun 2023

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Transparency triumphs as Concourt rules sections of PAIA, Tax Admin Act unconstitutional

31 May 2023

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Lesotho imposes nationwide curfew on residents after journalist killed

19 May 2023

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Tunisia police to investigate 2 top journalists, radio station says

Tarek Amara, Sonali Paul 19 May 2023

Both the Constitution and legal precedent allow journalists to publish information that is in the public interest, even if that information was obtained unlawfully. Illustration: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp

Can journalists publish "stolen" information?

Jacques Louw 18 May 2023

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Montana set to be first US state to ban TikTok on personal devices

18 May 2023

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Tunisia detains 2 students over satirical song criticising police

Tarek Amara, Angus MacSwan 17 May 2023

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Gunmen kill journalist in restive northwest Cameroon, says union

Amindeh Blaise Atabong 8 May 2023

Source: © Unesco The 2023 Unesco / Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize has been awarded to three imprisoned Iranian women journalists

Unesco/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize awarded to 3 imprisoned Iranian women journalists

3 May 2023

Source: United Nations The Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards spotlight the continent and African journalists

Open the Knowledge Journalism Awards to spotlight the continent and African journalists

3 May 2023

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Al Jazeera journalist freed from pretrial detention in Egypt

Farah Saafan, Nick Macfie 2 May 2023

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From advertising blackmail to physical threats, Kenya's journalists are under attack - but they must also regain public trust

George Ogola 17 Apr 2023

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Burkina Faso expels 2 French journalists

Thiam Ndiaga, Alessandra Prentice, Raissa Kasolowsky 3 Apr 2023

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Russia arrests The Wallstreet Journal reporter on spying charge

31 Mar 2023

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French journalist Dubois freed in Mali

Lucien Libert, Elizabeth Pineau, John Irish, GV De Clercq and Kevin Liffey 22 Mar 2023

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Sanef pickets with Karyn Maughan as she challenges private prosecution

22 Mar 2023

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Joe Biden takes further steps to ban TikTok in US

8 Mar 2023

Former Chief Operating Officer of the National Lotteries Commission (NLC), Phillemon Letwaba has been ordered to pay punitive legal costs to veteran freelance journalist Raymond Joseph (pictured above) / GroundUp

Court orders former Lottery boss to pay punitive legal costs to journalist

Tania Broughton 1 Mar 2023

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Reporters from independent Egyptian news outlet referred to trial

Aidan Lewis, Marguerita Choy 1 Mar 2023

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Tributes pour in for late journalist and apartheid activist Rafiq Rohan

28 Feb 2023

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