Tag Archives: Journalist
by Sadik When the dictators incarcerate valued and exceptional leaders without justice, it is not only to bar them from their followers, but to break their soul in irreversible manner. Today our brave Ethiopians broke the passion of the oppressor … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ethiopian, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, Journalist, Prison, Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
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Chris Okotie is the first cerebral pastor in Nigeria to make an apostolic incursion into Nigeria’s dirty presidential politics . In 2003 he contested under Justice Party, placing 8th out of 29 candidates with 119,547 votes. Okotie formed FRESH Democratic … read more »
Posted in Article, Columnist, Nigeria, Obinna Akukwe, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Chris Okotie, Courtroom, Facebook, God, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Judge, Nigeria, Nigerian, Procedural law
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Olubunmi Oke, a female journalist working with the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), Akure, has been released by her abductors. Mrs. Oke , a nursing mother, was kidnapped on Thursday by four gunmen after closing from work at Oba Ile area … read more »
Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim speaks out about experience in jail where he was lodged for interviewing alleged rape victim. Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim set free after Somalia’s attorney general says the original investigation misled the court. ( 17-Mar-2013 ) Somalia’s Supreme Court … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Letters & Interviews, Somali
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Tagged Abdiaziz Abdinur Ibrahim, Aljazeera, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Prison, Rape, Somalia, Supreme Court, Supreme Court of the United States
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Somali Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon met February 16 with the local journalist union. (NUSOJ) Spirits of journalists in Somalia, the most dangerous country in Africa to practice the profession, were lifted slightly this week after Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon made … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Mogadishu, Murder, New York Times, Prime Minister of Somalia, Somalia, Twitter
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Committee to Protect Journalists press release Nairobi — The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the revival of criminal charges against Ethiopian journalist Temesghen Desalegn today in what appears to be a politicized court hearing designed to censor one of the … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Committee to Protect Journalists, East Africa, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, latest ethiopian news, Meles Zenawi, news ethiopia
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His Excellency Abdi Farah Shirdon Prime Minister Mogadishu, Somalia Paris, 7 February 2013 Subject: Reforms needed for freedom of information in Somalia Dear Prime Minister Shirdon, Reporters Without Borders, an international organization that defends freedom of information, would like to … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Letters & Interviews, Somali
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Tagged Freedom of Information, Freedom of the press, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Mogadishu, Reporters Without Borders, Sentence (law), Somali, Somalia
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press release On-going armed conflicts and insurgency make Syria and Somalia the world’s most dangerous places for journalists, according to the annual figures on journalist deaths compiled by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA). Sixty-eight journalists and … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Press Releases, Somali
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Tagged Brazil, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, Journalist, Lebanon, Mexico, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria
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I posted an item a couple of days ago about a journalist having been arrested after interviewing a woman who claimed she was raped by Somali soldiers. Now the country’s police commissioner, General Sharif Sheikhuna Maye, has issued a statement … read more »
A woman who claimed she was raped by Somali soldiers and the journalist who was arrested for covering the story both made false allegations against the police, Police Commissioner General Sharif Sheikhuna Maye said Wednesday (January 16th). Medical examinations of … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Somali
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Tagged Burdhubo, Human Rights Watch, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Sports, Journalist, Mogadishu, Rape, Somali, Somalia
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press release . Reeyot, who wrote columns critical of the government for the now-defunct independent weekly Feteh, has been imprisoned since June 2011 on terrorism charges in a case that has aroused international indignation. In January 2012, she was sentenced … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Appeal, Appellate court, Ethiopia, Ethiopia news, ethiopian news, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Law, Reeyot Alemu, terrorism
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(CPJ) Ethiopian authorities should halt their harassment of journalists covering the country’s Muslim community and their intimidation of citizens who have tried to speak to reporters about sensitive religious, ethnic, and political issues, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. … read more »
Two Swedish journalists who have been imprisoned in Ethiopia for more than a year have been pardoned and are set to be freed at an upcoming mass amnesty ceremony, a top government official said Monday. The decision to pardon photographer … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Committee to Protect Journalists, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, List of heads of government of Ethiopia, Meles Zenawi, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Somalia
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Reporters Without Borders After several weeks of investigating reports from sources in Eritrea and from prison guards who fled the country, Reporters Without Borders has been able to confirm that three more journalists – Dawit Habtemichael, Mattewos Habteab and Wedi … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Asmara, Dahlak Archipelago, Eiraeiro, Eri-TV, Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Reporters Without Borders
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The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes today’s decision by the Ethiopian Ministry of Justice to release the editor of a leading independent weekly from jail and drop all criminal charges against him. CPJ also calls for the release of eight … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Committee to Protect Journalists, Eskinder Nega, Ethiopia, Feteh, IndepthAfrica, Indictment, Journalist, Meles Zenawi
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February 8, 2012 by benim
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Wednesday Ethiopia could pardon politicians and journalists arrested under a 2009 anti-terrorism law, but dismissed opposition criticism he was using the law to clamp down on dissent. Rights groups say the government has used … read more »
PARIS, France, January 20, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Reporters Without Borders is providing temporary financial assistance to Awa Ehoura, a journalist who presented the 8 p.m. news programme on state-owned Radio-Télévision Ivoirienne (RTI) when Laurent Gbagbo was president. Like … read more »
Two Swedish journalists sentenced to prison in Ethiopia on terrorism charges have decided to seek clemency rather than file an appeal. Ethiopia’s federal high court is currently hearing three other terrorism trials involving journalists and opposition politicians. Journalists Martin Schibbye … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Meles Zenawi, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Revolutionary Democratic Front, Somali Region, Sweden, terrorism
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Two Swedish journalists face up to 11 years in prison after a court in Ethiopia convicted them of supporting terrorism and entering the East African nation illegally. The case has attracted international attention and condemnation from human rights and free … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Ethiopia, Ethiopian government, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, Swedes, terrorism, United States
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An Ethiopian court sentenced two Swedish journalists on Tuesday to 11 years in prison for helping and promoting the outlawed Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebel group and entering the country illegally, a judge said. Reporter Martin Schibbye and photographer … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, News
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Tagged Ethiopia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Ogaden, Ogaden National Liberation Front, ONLF, Somalia, Sweden
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Mogadishu – The director of a Somali news station says a journalist has been shot dead in the capital of Mogadishu. Abdisalan Sheik Hassan had been receiving death threats before he was killed on Sunday. It’s unclear if the threats … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Death Threat, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Journalist, Mogadishu, Puntland, Somali, somali government, Somalia
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CNN’s Matthew Chance reports that he and other hostage reporters at the Rixos Hotel Hotel faced extremely difficult conditions while they were trapped there for days. “Gunmen kicked down doors, rifled through our things,” he said. Chance described how he … read more »
Kampala – A Ugandan journalist was arrested on Tuesday and charged with libelling President Yoweri Museveni after he accused him of being behind bombings that killed 79 in capital Kampala last July, his lawyer said. The twin suicide blasts at … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Uganda
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Journalist, Kampala, Kizza Besigye, North Africa, Pan African News, President of Uganda, Reuters, Somalia, Southern Africa, Uganda, West Africa, Yoweri Museveni
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – A journalist from Connecticut detained in Libya for six weeks said Tuesday she was fired upon and then beaten when she was captured but later treated better as she was moved from prison to a luxurious … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, AK-47, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Connecticut, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, James Foley, Journalist, Libya, North Africa, Pan African News, Saadi, South Africa, Southern Africa, United States, West Africa
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Harare – The European Union says six Zimbabwean state-media journalists are on a sanctions list because they incite hatred in their reporting. EU Ambassador Aldo Dell’Ariccia said on Wednesday the journalists’ work could be seen as an “incitement to hatred”. … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ariccia, breaking news, European Union, Hate speech, IndepthAfrica, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthWorldIndepthNigeria, Journalist, map of africa, News local news, newspapers, Robert Mugabe, State media, United States, World news, Zimbabwe
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Kinshasa – Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo jailed 12 journalists between January and April, a rights group said on Tuesday, reporting 35 attacks on media freedom in the country in this period. “Since the beginning of this year, … read more »
Posted in DR Congo, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, breaking news, Committee to Protect Journalists, Democratic Republic of Congo, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthWorldIndepthNigeria, JED, Journalist, map of africa, media, News local news, newspapers, press freedom, World news, World Press Freedom Day
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The mother of a Libyan woman who said she had been raped by pro-government militiamen said she had been asked to convince her daughter to retract the allegations in return for her freedom and cash or a new home. Eman … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Associated Press, breaking news, CNN, Embassies and Consulates, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Journalist, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Television in the United Kingdom, Tripoli, World news
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Tripoli – A woman who rushed into a hotel to tell foreign reporters that Libyan troops had raped her is free and with her family, the government said on Sunday. Iman al-Obeidi was tackled by waitresses and government minders as … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, Associated Press, breaking news, CNN, Embassies and Consulates, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Journalist, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Television in the United Kingdom, Tripoli, World news
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has ordered the release of three journalists missing in Libya, including two working with Agence France-Presse and a Getty Images photographer, Getty said on Tuesday. “We at Getty Images are delighted to learn that Libyan leader … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, African tribes, Agence France-Presse, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Getty Images, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, Journalist, Libya, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nairobi, New York Times, News local news, newspapers, Nigeria, Paris, World news
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Benghazi – Al-Jazeera says a cameraman for the pan-Arab satellite station has been killed near the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi. It was the first death of a journalist since the Libyan uprising began on January 15. The station identified … read more »
Posted in Conflict/Tragedy, Libya, News, North Africa
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