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» No newspapers on sale in Côte d'Ivoire
» Protest concerns spark Angola arrest wave
» Zim treason charges for viewing Egypt on TV
» Free Libya's first newspaper hits the street
» Nascent Libya protests spark enthusiasm
» Equatorial Guinea prohibits Egypt revolt reports
» Google to compete with Ghana media
» Press Freedom Index for Africa "a joke"
» Uganda tabloid urges "hanging of homos"
» Liberia President named "friend of the media"
» Equatorial Guinea propaganda now reaches all homes
» ECOWAS torture case against The Gambia nears an end
Côte d'Ivoire
No newspapers on sale in Côte d'Ivoire

afrol News, 11 March - No newspapers were distributed today in Côte d'Ivoire, after pro-Gbagbo troops raided the country's sole newspaper distributor. Journalists and media are increasingly targeted.
Angola
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.
Zimbabwe
Zim treason charges for viewing Egypt on TV

afrol News, 4 March - Zimbabwe is charging 45 persons with treason for having viewed TV reports about North African and Middle East protests.
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.
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea prohibits Egypt revolt reports

afrol News, 11 February - No talk of a Tunisia or Egypt-style revolutions in Equatorial Guinea. These were the orders given to media in the country, which all are controlled by the state or the family of President Teodoro Obiang Ngeuma.
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."
Uganda
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.
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.
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea propaganda now reaches all homes

afrol News, 23 September - With new technology, the monopolist state media, often describing Dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema as "God", now reaches every angle of the country. The technology provider is strongly criticised.
Gambia
ECOWAS torture case against The Gambia nears an end

afrol News, 22 September - The torture case against the government of The Gambia, held at the regional ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja, Nigeria, is nearing an end, with a possible last round of evidence proving torture being discussed.
Rwanda
Arrests follow Rwanda editor's killing

afrol News, 28 June - Two persons have been arrested following last week's assassination of Rwandan dissident editor Jean Léonard Rugambage in Kigali. Authorities deny any involvement in the killing.
Chad
Chad parliament stops harsh press law

afrol News, 8 June - The parliament of Chad this week voted against government's proposed media law, which would have included prison terms for journalists "insulting the President."
Zambia
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.
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.
Zimbabwe
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.
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea "trying to bribe UNESCO"

afrol News, 20 May - Media organisations are furious over a US$ 3 million personal donation by Equatoguinean dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema to the UN culture agency UNESCO. The donation is to co-finance a press freedom award.
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.
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.
Sudan
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.
Rwanda
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.
South Africa
SA media challenges ban in Terreblanche's case

afrol News, 13 April - South African media associations are challenging the decision by the Prosecution to have the hearing of the murder of the right wing leader, Eugene Terreblanche, in camera. Limited media coverage could lead to speculations.
Eritrea
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.
Somalia
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.
» 30.03.2010 - Niger moves towards press freedom
» 22.03.2010 - Virus attack on Ethiopian websites
» 22.03.2010 - Sudan "repression in north and south"
» 12.03.2010 - Swaziland to get broadcasting bill
» 10.03.2010 - Ethiopian media get record fines
» 09.03.2010 - Egypt releases blogger facing military trial
» 04.03.2010 - Africa media development projects awarded funding
» 03.03.2010 - Cameroonian journos tortured
» 24.02.2010 - Three slapped with jail terms
» 23.02.2010 - Journalist abducted in Somalia

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