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» 12.02.2008 - Court rejects Kaka's release
» 11.02.2008 - Insecurity engulfs Chad media
» 01.02.2008 - Publisher escapes death trap
» 30.01.2008 - Editors petition Kenya leaders
» 29.01.2008 - Blast kills Somali journalist
» 24.01.2008 - Court backs Zambian satirist
» 22.01.2008 - Gambia suspends RFI
» 21.01.2008 - Editors' forum scolds Zuma
» 18.01.2008 - Banned Zim paper invited
» 14.01.2008 - Gambia gets alternative media
» 09.01.2008 - Landmine kills media chief
» 04.01.2008 - 51 Egypt websites escape ban
» 02.01.2008 - AU mediates Kenya unrest
» 31.12.2007 - Kibaki's win heightens chaos
» 19.12.2007 - Somalia kidnapping damned
» 17.12.2007 - Slapped Kenya MC sacked
» 17.12.2007 - Editor's killers still at large
» 14.12.2007 - Zambia bans radio calls
» 13.12.2007 - Kenya's 1st lady at it again
» 12.12.2007 - Journalists attract solidarity
» 07.12.2007 - Journalists expose threats
» 06.12.2007 - Zambia leader hails Zim progress
» 06.12.2007 - Tunisia journalists cry foul
» 28.11.2007 - Gambia sued over torture
» 28.11.2007 - Somalia mayor grilled
» 27.11.2007 - Niger court snubs illegal evidence
» 26.11.2007 - Moroccan agent: "Plans to assassinate Lmrabet"
» 23.11.2007 - Gambia judgment rescheduled
» 20.11.2007 - MFWA petitions bulldozers
» 15.11.2007 - African journalists federate
» 13.11.2007 - Rwanda journalist acquitted of genocide
» 12.11.2007 - Gambia leader awaits indictment
» 31.10.2007 - DRC bans 38 broadcasters
» 26.10.2007 - Mbeki misses deadline again
» 24.10.2007 - Liberia media confronts threats
» 24.10.2007 - Gambian journalist missing
» 19.10.2007 - Cry for Ugandan gays
» 16.10.2007 - Eritrea: Worst press freedom abuser
» 12.10.2007 - Egypt: Anti-torture activists detained
» 12.10.2007 - Gambia frees AI officials
» 11.10.2007 - Gabon newspapers suspended
» 11.10.2007 - Senegal editor abducted, beaten
» 10.10.2007 - Gambia seizes AI officials’ passports
» 08.10.2007 - Gambian security detains AI officials
» 05.09.2007 - 30 Somali journalists flee
» 04.09.2007 - Bissau: “Allow drugs reporting”
» 03.09.2007 - Ghana cleric draws sword at journalists
» 30.08.2007 - Libyan leader sues Niger newspapers
» 28.08.2007 - Rwandan editor faces "dubious" rape charges
» 24.08.2007 - Mugabe pressurised on reforms
» 17.08.2007 - Bissau journalists forced into hiding
» 10.08.2007 - Senegalese newsroom records minister’s arsenals
» 09.08.2007 - ECOWAS warns against poll violence in Sierra Leone
» 08.08.2007 - Moroccan weeklies in trouble for “disrespecting king”
» 03.08.2007 - More Ethiopian journalists behind bars
» 31.07.2007 - Egypt poet refuses to pay court fine
» 30.07.2007 - Missing Gambian journalist hospitalised for high blood
» 26.07.2007 - Zimbabwean editor shot in South Africa
» 19.07.2007 - Bissau police gets tough on journalists
» 18.07.2007 - Congolese editor's killers confessed
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» 16.07.2007 - Editor killed in bid to flee Eritrea
» 13.07.2007 - Niger media punished for rebel coverage
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» 19.06.2007 - Gambia sued over "missing journalist"
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» 13.06.2007 - African media found itself between two hammers
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