Africa Media Development Foundation condemns the attack and harassment of Friday Otabor, a reporter with Nigeria’s “The Nation Newspaper”. Otabor was at the International Conference Centre, Akure, the capital of…
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Zimbabwean authorities should drop incitement charges against investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono. Reports say Chin’ono was arrested on Monday 20th July by police officers ahead of anti government protests planned for…
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Kaduna, Nigeria (16th July, 2020) – Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF) condemns strongly the attack on journalists and media houses by demonstrators and law enforcement officers last weekend in Mali.…
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Africa Media Development Foundation congratulates Dapo Olorunyomi, the CEO, and publisher of Premium Times on his international press freedom award by international press freedom watchdog, Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).…
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The Content Committee of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) should review and lift the suspension on Kawanza Online TV. Local reports say on July 2, the contents committee of…
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By Martin Siele Former Citizen TV news anchor Terryanne Chebet on Sunday, July 5, opened up on her experience with job loss as she sought to advice Kenyan journalists currently…
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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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