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Libya
Free Libya's first newspaper hits the street

afrol News, 24 February - The Arabic language '17 February Revolution' newspaper today was sold in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi as the first independent media in the country. The main headline is "The revolution lives on".
Libya
Nascent Libya protests spark enthusiasm

afrol News, 16 February - Today's pro-democracy protests in Libya's second city Benghazi, one day ahead of the announced 17 February day of rage, were met with great enthusiasm and unprecedented attention world-wide.
Ghana
Google to compete with Ghana media

afrol News, 2 December - Internet giant Google today launched a new "marketplace" product exclusively in Ghana. If successful, it could seriously threaten Ghanaian media's main revenue source.
Africa
Press Freedom Index for Africa "a joke"

afrol News editorial, 20 October - The reputable press freedom organisation Reporters Sans Frontières today presented its annual "Press Freedom Index". For Africa, the listing "cannot be taken seriously," the afrol News editor holds, adding that "methods are totally flawed."
Liberia
Liberia President named "friend of the media"

afrol News, 11 October - After Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf last week signed off the wide-ranging Freedom of Information Act, African editors have decided to award her with a "friend of the media" title.
South Africa
SA press digs into Zuma's sex life

afrol News, 4 June - South Africa is an exception in Africa. Nowhere else could the national press dig into sex affairs of its President and his family. But reports of the President's wife having an affair spur a discussion of media ethics.
Angola | Mozambique
Plans for Playboy launch in Angola, Mozambique

afrol News, 23 April - The notorious US soft porn magazine 'Playboy' plans to launch its Angola edition later this year, also considering a Mozambican edition. In Angola, reactions so far are positive.
Ethiopia
Virus attack on Ethiopian websites

afrol News, 22 March - Several government and pro-government Ethiopian websites are being attacked by viruses, making them unsafe to accede. It remains unclear whether this is anti-government sabotage or a result of poor virus protection in Ethiopia.
Africa | World
Africa media development projects awarded funding

afrol News, 4 March - At least thirty-three media projects in Africa have been approved for funding by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for the new budget year.
Sierra Leone
UN partners media to fight sexual violence in S/Leone

afrol News, 15 February - With not a single conviction resulting from the thousands of sexual violence cases reported last year in Sierra Leone, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is hoping the media can be a power ally in spotlighting how these offences go unpunished in the West African nation.
» 08.01.2010 - Libyan Journal of Medicine joins mainstream publishing
» 09.12.2009 - Kenya goes digital
» 10.11.2009 - Uganda partners with media to fight HIV/AIDS
» 22.10.2009 - SA govt to subsidise poor TV owners go digital
» 21.10.2009 - Eritrea is the bottom last in Press Freedom Index 2009
» 29.09.2009 - UN hails Sudanese order to lift censorship
» 09.09.2009 - Swaziland media urged to speed up self-regulation process
» 24.08.2009 - African journalists join the climate change campaign
» 31.07.2009 - Positive reforms as Zim lifts media restrictions
» 28.07.2009 - Dow Jones wins SA tourism 2010 contract
» 21.05.2009 - Sahrawis launch national television
» 14.05.2009 - Tanzanian newspaper faces closure from harsh court decision
» 14.05.2009 - Kenya to dispel repressive clause in media law
» 27.04.2009 - Rwanda suspends BBC broadcast for being bias
» 12.01.2009 - RSF condemns sentencing of Cameroonian editor
» 26.11.2008 - Moroccan-Saharawi soap opera in Denmark
» 19.11.2008 - Rwandan media denounce Kabuye's indictment
» 08.10.2008 - Kenyan ex-journalist detained for "spreading false information"
» 07.10.2008 - MISA Zimbabwe acknowledges proposed ICT bill
» 25.09.2008 - Zambia calls off live radio phone-in programmes
» 17.09.2008 - Swaziland frees airwaves
» 13.06.2008 - Egypt meets software piracy head on
» 23.05.2008 - Morocco "winning Sahara propaganda war"
» 02.05.2008 - 'Kenya's coalition is united'
» 01.04.2008 - Media stimulates development
» 07.03.2008 - Kenya wants lost glory back
» 14.01.2008 - Gambia gets alternative media
» 12.11.2007 - African editors set for AU
» 21.08.2007 - Senegal radio wins broadcast rights
» 05.06.2007 - Mandela shares wisdom with journalists
» 05.06.2007 - Golden Pen given jailed Chinese journalist in SA
» 25.05.2007 - WAN congress gets major business support
» 11.05.2007 - Senegal erects multi-million dollar press house
» 15.03.2007 - Mauritania state media praised for election coverage
» 20.02.2007 - 6 African journalists honoured
» 29.01.2007 - South Africa's gays give media failing grade
» 26.01.2007 - Kenya journalists in labour conflict
» 18.01.2007 - Nigeria tops "press predator" list
» 24.11.2006 - Homosexuality now debated all over Africa
» 31.10.2006 - Selling sex, crime & soccer to South Africans
» 19.10.2006 - South Africans celebrate media freedom
» 05.10.2006 - Mauritania liberalises media law and broadcasting
» 26.05.2006 - Africans on the Internet: Maghreb most sex obsessed
» 12.07.2005 - Nigeria's media consolidating position
» 23.05.2005 - West African media network to be established by afrol News Canarias
» 13.05.2005 - Zimbabwe journalists go underground
» 18.04.2005 - Liberian editors study post-war survival in Uganda
» 18.04.2005 - Newspaper launched to advocate Zambia media reform
» 02.03.2005 - Sierra Leone press still weakened by war years
» 31.01.2005 - Zimbabwe Diaspora to launch weekly newspaper
» 21.01.2005 - New journalism school in Mozambique successful
» 19.10.2004 - Press in Mozambique still struggling
» 09.08.2004 - Infighting in Lesotho media environment
» 30.06.2004 - Zimbabwe-Namibia pro-govt paper in legal battle
» 03.06.2004 - Launch of new independent media in Gabon
» 29.04.2004 - Lesotho private media trapped between court and spies
» 05.01.2004 - Malawi 'Chronicle' 10 years: "It is tough being nr 1"
» 26.11.2003 - Algerian media create training network
» 12.11.2003 - Prominent Sudanese journalist flees country
» 06.11.2003 - Mauritian 'Express' lives to become 40
» 23.06.2003 - South African govt urged to allow community radio
» 13.06.2003 - New Angolan media law to enhance press freedom
» 04.06.2003 - 'New York Times' on Africa:
A tradition of pessimism continues

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