https://www.bizcommunity.com/zamediafreedom Rest of Africa Media Freedom & Right to Know | Bizcommunity news 15 Media Freedom news - Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/zamediafreedom en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:24:59 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/censorship-concerns-rise-as-uganda-blocks-live-coverage-of-election-protests-950444a Uganda's government said on Monday it was banning live broadcasts of riots, "unlawful processions" and other violent incidents ahead of an election in which President Yoweri Museveni is seeking to extend his 40-year rule. 1-264584 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media Freedom Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/466/197772.html The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has issued a global safety advisory for journalists regarding the use of Pegasus spyware to target the media. The spyware gives the attacker the ability to monitor, record, and collect existing and future data from mobile phones. 1-197772 Mon, 11 Nov 2019 15:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media Freedom Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/466/197340.html Hamza Idris, an editor with the Nigerian Daily Trust, was at the newspaper's central office on January 6 when the military arrived looking for him. Soldiers with AK47s walked between the newsroom desks repeating his name, he told CPJ. It was the second raid on the paper that day; the first hit the bureau based in the northeastern city of Maiduguri, where Idris had worked for years. 1-197340 Wed, 30 Oct 2019 17:50:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media Freedom Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/65/466/196763.html Egyptian authorities must immediately release imprisoned journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah, drop all charges against her, and investigate allegations that she was physically abused in state custody, the Committee to Protect Journalists said. 1-196763 Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:16:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media Freedom Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/669/195463.html Activists who use digital media are protected by international law and protocols that guarantee freedom of expression. 1-195463 Tue, 10 Sep 2019 16:06:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media Freedom Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/15/195114.html One of the least enviable tasks of journalists in the US must be reporting on how the public trusts their work less and less. A 2018 study found that only about four in 10 Americans had at least a "fair" amount of trust in the media. Also, in a June 2019 survey, a full third of respondents agreed with President Donald Trump that the news media are "the enemy of the people." 1-195114 Mon, 02 Sep 2019 17:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media Freedom Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/209/466/194118.html Prosecutors in Tanzania today charged freelance journalist Erick Kabendera with money laundering, tax evasion, and assisting an organized crime racket, according to a copy of the charge sheet. When he was detained on July 29, the Dar es Salaam police chief said at a press conference that police were investigating Kabendera's citizenship status. 1-194118 Wed, 07 Aug 2019 14:15:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media Freedom Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/209/466/193792.html The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned for the safety of investigative reporter Erick Kabendera who was forcefully removed from his home yesterday, and called on Tanzanian police to disclose whether they have him in custody. 1-193792 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media Freedom Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/68/466/191995.html The Committee to Protect Journalists and 29 other civil society organisations yesterday sent a letter to members of the United Nations Human Rights Council urging them to continue to scrutinise the human rights situation in Eritrea. 1-191995 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 08:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media Freedom Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/466/191283.html A federal court today charged Jones Abiri, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Weekly Source, under Nigeria's cybercrimes act, anti-sabotage act, and terrorism prevention act for crimes allegedly carried out in 2016, and ordered the journalist to be detained, according to his lawyer, Samuel Ogala, and charge documents seen by CPJ. 1-191283 Mon, 27 May 2019 14:39:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Media Freedom Rest of Africa