Africa Media Development Foundation condemns the continuous attack and intimidation of journalists in Somalia. Local reports on July 5th say armed police attacked and blocked journalists from the Universal TV,…
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Mozambican authorities should allow Omardine Omar to seek appeal without interference. Omardine, a reporter for the privately owned news website ‘Carta de Moçambique’, was convicted on charges of civil disobedience…
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Botswana authorities must drop all charges against journalist David Baaitse and Kenneth Mosekiemang. The Bostwanan journalists who were accused of taking pictures of an unmarked building allegedly belonging to the…
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Africa Media Development Foundation expresses concern over the arrest and sentence of Algerian journalist Ali Djamel Toubal on June 17th, by Algerian authorities. Colleagues and members of Journalists’ Corporation of…
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Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) is calling on Egyptian authorities to immediately release arrested journalist, Mohamed Monir and drop all charges against him. The journalist is said to have…
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As the world celebrates the International Women’s Day, it provides an opportunity to recognise the achievements and contributions of women. Thus, Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) celebrates Amal Khalifa Idris…
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New York, March 5, 2020 — Authorities in Cameroon should not contest journalist Adalbert Hiol’s appeal of a false news and defamation conviction and should let his newspaper publish freely,…
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Personnel of the Department of State Services are currently laying siege to the office of Premium Times, an online newspaper, in Abuja. Officials of the agency also took strategic positions…
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Cross River Watch Publisher, Agba Jalingo, on Monday, February 17, 2020, regained his freedom after perfecting his bail conditions. Having spent over five months in prison, Justice Sule Shuaibu of a Federal…
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The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, until March 11, 12 and 13, 2020 due to lack of…
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