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Nigerian elections: eight issues the youth want to be resolved

Rwanadan President Paul Kagame
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Black Wednesday media
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Nigerian elections: eight issues the youth want to be resolved
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Rwanadan President Paul Kagame
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Rights groups urge probe into death of Rwanda journalist

Black Wednesday media
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Campaign against journalism
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‘Campaign against journalism’: Reporters without borders blame the state

By Agence France-Presse01-07-2022 16:38

Egypt has been reportedly sponsoring ‘campaign against journalism’ by sponsoring attacks of star presenters and mass media, RSF said Thursday

surviving children
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How media failed the surviving children whose father allegedly poisoned

By Nthabiseng Madumo06-06-2022 20:07

George Kalu highlights how the media’s reporting of the story violated the rights to privacy of the surviving children.

Journalist, journalism, reporter, reports, news, world press freedom day, Sanef, South African National Editors’ Forum, South Africa
News

Sanef is ‘deeply concerned’ about the state of media in SA

By Reeshni Chaslyn Chetty03-05-2022 17:46

With 3 May being World Press Freedom Day, Sanef took time to discuss the role of media and what has happened recently.

South Africa becoming very dangerous place for journalists
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South Africa becoming very dangerous place for journalists

By Corné van Zyl20-10-2021 21:30

A journalist and camera operator were robbed by armed men outside a primary school while covering the build-up to the local elections.

Black Wednesday
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Black Wednesday: 44 years ago a dark day dawned for media in SA

By Gcina Ntsaluba20-10-2021 10:34

Media freedom, on this day 44 years ago, was threatened by the apartheid government when a newspaper editor was jailed.

MacG
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Ramaphosa reflects on SA media freedom in his weekly letter

By Storm Simpson03-05-2021 11:31

President Ramaphosa praised the media’s role in uncovering state capture but said journalists must also focus on other issues in his weekly letter on Monday.

SANEF World Press Freedom Day
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SANEF condemns political interference in news rooms

By Nokwanda Ncwane02-05-2021 22:25

SANEF has condemned news room interference by politicians and called for media freedom and independence ahead of World Press Freedom Day

Sanef calls for release of Zim
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Sanef calls for release of Zimbabwean journalist

By Thabo Baloyi10-01-2021 06:25

The South African National Editors’ Forum (Sanef) has called on Zimbabwean police to put an end to its harassment of journalist Hopewell Chin’ono, who was arrested for a third time on Friday

Cheers as UK judge blocks Assa
World News

Cheers as UK judge blocks Assange US extradition, ‘medical grounds’ rationale draws frowns

By Riyaz Patel05-01-2021 00:02

The ruling served as a face-saving exercise for all the governments involved and it’s likely that nobody will be held accountable, said the UN UN Special Rapporteur on torture, adding the “message of intimidation is upheld and maintained,” even as Assange is protected for the time being from vanishing into a US supermax prison for the rest of his life.

Worst year yet: 50 journalists
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Worst year yet: 50 journalists killed in 2020

By Riyaz Patel29-12-2020 21:41

The report notes a worrying increase in the killings of media workers in countries considered to be ‘at peace.’

‘Decade of unjust suffering’:
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‘Decade of unjust suffering’: UN Special Rapporteur on Torture urges Trump to pardon Assange

By Riyaz Patel23-12-2020 20:43

Nils Melzer, who monitors torture and other forms of inhuman treatment around the world, issued an open letter to Donald Trump ahead of a British court ruling on January 4 that will determine whether Assange will be extradited from Britain to the US.

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