Angola
Democracy - Dictatorship | Expression | Oppression
Protest concerns spark Angola arrest wave
afrol News, 9 March - Responding to a possible wave of pro-democracy protests, the government of Angola not only organised a large pro-regime march, but also is arresting journalists and harassing media.
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Libya
Democracy - Dictatorship | Development | War & Peace
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".
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Libya
Democracy - Dictatorship | Development | Development | War & Peace
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.
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Ghana
Development | Development | Trade
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.
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Africa
Development | Social sciences
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."
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Uganda
Persecution | Policy
Uganda tabloid urges "hanging of homos"
afrol News, 15 October - A Ugandan tabloid has published photos of 100 allegedly homosexual men, including their addresses and workplaces, calling for their hanging. The weekly was sold freely around the country.
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Zambia
Law | Policy
Protests over harsh Zambian sentence
afrol News, 7 June - Fred M'membe, editor and owner of Zambia's independent newspaper 'The Post', has been sentences to a four-month prison sentence with hard labour over "contempt of court", causing colleagues to protest the "harsh" ruling.
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South Africa
Affairs | Development | People
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.
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Zimbabwe
Democracy - Dictatorship | Expression | Oppression | Policy | Policy
Zimbabwe's main free newspapers re-licensed
afrol News, 27 May - Four new independent daily newspapers have been licensed to publish in Zimbabwe in a move that is expected to herald a new era after a decade of media censorship. The famous 'Daily News' is being re-launched.
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Africa
afrol News attacked by hackers
afrol News, 12 May - Online services of afrol News have experienced serious problems last weeks following an attack by hackers. "We will not be gagged," the afrol News editor promises, after new security tools were implemented.
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Sudan
Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Oppression
Sudan election results censored
afrol News, 21 April - As election observers report large irregularities in Sudan's first multi-party polls in 24 years, civil society groups are being blocked away from their internet tool monitoring the elections and their result.
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Rwanda
Democracy - Dictatorship | Elections | Oppression
Rwanda press gagged in run-up to polls
afrol News, 14 April - Government has suspended two of Rwanda's most outspoken newspapers for six months as the country gears up for presidential elections in August. The two weeklies are critical of the ruling party.
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Eritrea
Expression | Oppression | Violence
Journalists still locked away in Eritrea
afrol News, 9 April - In the reclusive Red Sea nation of Eritrea, the fate of 10 journalists who disappeared in secret prisons following a September 2001 government crackdown has been a virtual state secret - only occasionally pierced by shreds of often unverifiable, secondhand information smuggled out of the country by defectors or others fleeing into exile.
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Somalia
Music | Oppression | Policy | Religion
Music again banned in Mogadishu
afrol News, 9 April - The Somali insurgent group, Hisbul Islam, this week imposed oppressive edicts on the radio stations in Mogadishu, especially those based in the areas under their control. Music has again been banned.
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