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afrol News, 1 September - Three Mozambican journalists were last Friday sentenced to six months imprisonment for libeling prime minister Luis Diogo, but the sentence was converted into a fine though the three will not pay a penny in damages.

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Lesotho
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afrol News, 29 July - Media watchdogs express shock over a decision by the Lesotho Communications Authority (LCA) to suspend the private radio broadcaster 'Harvest FM'. It was the first-ever drastic measure against a privately-owned station taken by the Lesotho government, local analysts told afrol News.

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Eritrea
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afrol News, 21 July - President Isaias Afewerki, who in 2001 had exterminated all free media in Eritrea, now wants to recruit the remaining state media to wage an increased propaganda "war" internationally. The campaign is to legitimise the continued lack of elections.

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» 20.06.2008 - Morocco bans official truth commission quotes
» 18.06.2008 - Gambia's ex-minister becomes media manager
» 16.05.2008 - Lesotho media consider acting against govt
» 06.05.2008 - SABC suspends news chief
» 02.05.2008 - 'Kenya's coalition is united'
» 01.04.2008 - Media stimulates development
» 17.03.2008 - Spy reporters await arrest
» 07.03.2008 - Kenya wants lost glory back
» 25.02.2008 - One year since Swaziland's "Afrol affair"
» 20.02.2008 - Africa needs value-based journalism
» 21.01.2008 - Editors' forum scolds Zuma
» 18.01.2008 - Banned Zim paper invited
» 04.01.2008 - 51 Egypt websites escape ban
» 17.12.2007 - Editor's killers still at large
» 14.12.2007 - Zambia bans radio calls
» 31.10.2007 - DRC bans 38 broadcasters
» 03.09.2007 - Row over South African minister’s health turns sour
» 05.06.2007 - "Avoid negative type-casting Africa"
» 08.05.2007 - Banned Liberian paper denies seeking state pardon
» 04.05.2007 - In South Africa, women still are underdogs in the media
» 26.04.2007 - Angry family threatens Namibian paper
» 11.04.2007 - Tunisia blocks video-sharing web
» 02.04.2007 - Obasanjo urged to approve Nigerian freedom bills
» 28.03.2007 - Gambia's free press exterminated 1 year ago
» 23.03.2007 - Failed Mauritanian candidate threatens press
» 15.03.2007 - Mauritania state media praised for election coverage
» 07.03.2007 - Kenyan editor jailed for libel
» 28.02.2007 - AU chief supports press freedom
» 23.02.2007 - Egypt's jailing of Islam-insulting blogger causes uproar
» 26.01.2007 - Zimbabwe publisher wins in citizenship fight
» 12.01.2007 - Senegal asked to secure journalists as elections gear up
» 04.01.2007 - Zimbabwe's last free newspapers under fire
» 28.11.2006 - Zimbabwe begs African Commission to defer its case
» 22.11.2006 - "Terror reigns again among journalists in Eritrea"
» 15.11.2006 - Three journalists "killed in Eritrean prison"
» 10.11.2006 - Aiming at revival of African media self-regulation
» 06.11.2006 - Media harassment undermining Sudan peace
» 02.11.2006 - Mozambique press concerned over new media law
» 30.10.2006 - Senegal increases subsidies for private media
» 26.10.2006 - Botswana state media "muzzled" in San expulsion affair
» 19.10.2006 - South Africans celebrate media freedom
» 18.10.2006 - Ugandan media chief forced to resign
» 18.10.2006 - Senegalese Press Union cries foul
» 16.10.2006 - Islamists burn Somaliland newspaper
» 13.10.2006 - SABC blamed for hiding "blacklist" report
» 11.10.2006 - Somali Islamists urged to respect press freedom
» 06.10.2006 - Suspension for Guinean state journalists
» 05.10.2006 - Mauritania liberalises media law and broadcasting
» 11.09.2006 - Mogadishu Islamic courts crack down on press
» 08.09.2006 - Ugandan media's gay outing could trigger crackdown
» 07.06.2006 - Swazi press may cover serial murder trial
» 06.06.2006 - Swazi press told not to cover serial murder trial
» 26.05.2006 - "Self-censorship increasing in South Africa"
» 05.05.2006 - Criminal case against Senegalese editor dropped
» 25.04.2006 - President "insulted" by Brazzaville editor
» 12.04.2006 - Botswana moves forward with controversial media law
» 05.04.2006 - Niger government blocks reporting on hunger
» 29.03.2006 - Second Cameroon editor sentenced over "gay lists"
» 22.03.2006 - Media in Botswana assured of further freedom
» 02.03.2006 - Shock over raids against Kenya press
» 27.02.2006 - Muslims vandalise Mozambican weekly over cartoons
» 21.02.2006 - Cameroon papers outing gays called "hate media"
» 10.02.2006 - Egyptian paper published cartoons in October
» 09.02.2006 - New hope for Zimbabwe's Daily News
» 07.02.2006 - Cartoon protests spread to Niger, Nigeria, Somalia
» 07.02.2006 - Editorial: Banning blasphemy would be an insult to Islam
» 02.02.2006 - The Prophet and the limits of the freedom of expression
» 01.02.2006 - Rwanda journalists "need ideology review", police
» 30.11.2005 - Sierra Leone editor finally freed
» 11.11.2005 - Morocco's freest newspaper under siege
» 10.11.2005 - State media gave Egypt ruling party up to 95% coverage
» 08.11.2005 - Mauritanian press in limbo
» 31.10.2005 - African editors feared for life of Gambian colleague
» 07.09.2005 - Basic freedoms being restored in Mauritania
» 28.07.2005 - No progress for press freedom in Togo
» 28.07.2005 - Swaziland may introduce repressive media law
» 21.07.2005 - New setback for Zimbabwe's free media
» 03.05.2005 - "Cape Verde enjoys press freedom"
» 02.05.2005 - "Zimbabwe media silenced, Swaziland next"
» 21.04.2005 - New Botswana media bill to curb biased reporting
» 18.04.2005 - Newspaper launched to advocate Zambia media reform
» 15.03.2005 - Zimbabwe court upholds repressive media law
» 03.03.2005 - "Greater pressure on Madagascar's media"
» 25.02.2005 - Draconian Gambia press code kept secret
» 17.01.2005 - Airwaves to be liberalised in Guinea
» 14.01.2005 - First case of press intimidation by Kenya govt
» 12.01.2005 - New Zimbabwe newspaper faces govt ban
» 11.01.2005 - Mugabe signs Zimbabwe's repressive media law
» 03.01.2005 - Congo journalists not let to publish Rwanda interviews
» 21.12.2004 - Zimbabwe opposition barred from advertising
» 15.12.2004 - Gambia to harden press offence punishment
» 09.12.2004 - Seychelles' main free media threatened
» 07.12.2004 - Ivorian President Gbagbo "ordered media hijack"
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