Journalists Stories
In its annual report, the Paris-based media freedom NGO says the Israeli army is responsible for over 43 per cent, nearly half of the crimes committed...
The Commission reiterated that the State, as primary duty bearer, is obliged to respect, protect, promote and fulfil all rights and fundamental freedo...
According to organisers, the 2026 IGAD Media Awards will be hosted in Uganda, continuing the tradition of rotating the ceremony across member states.
He further revealed plans to split public and commercial broadcasting, so that public broadcasting is financed by the Treasury as 'the rest finances i...
Samuel Peter Oyay, a vocal critic of President Salva Kiir, was seized from his Dubai home after publishing articles exposing alleged corruption and po...
Human rights groups and media organisations have called for stronger protections, expressing concern over rising threats against reporters, particular...
The four-day public session at Istanbul University marks the culmination of a year-long effort by international jurists, scholars, and civil society f...
AI chatbots such as ChatGPT and Copilot routinely distort the news and struggle to distinguish facts from opinion. That's according to a major new stu...
Although he sometimes called out bias in the media, he frequently defended journalists and the industry whenever it came under political attack. He ra...
According to earlier figures from the syndicate, approximately 150 journalists have relocated from Khartoum to other regions, while around 70 have fle...
Collins Kweyu had been arrested earlier today and detained at the Station in Nairobi for following up on a graft story involving a Migori-based judge.
He told colleagues he was investigating claims that the magistrate in question had received a bribe to rule in favour of one of the parties in a case...
According to the report, press freedom fell most sharply in Afghanistan, Burkina Faso and Myanmar, which are all in a state of war and unrest.
From the first days of the occupation in 1967, Israel has tried to keep a tight grip on media reporting, building a legal and military architecture th...
The Committee to Protect Journalists, which has tracked journalist deaths globally since 1992, has counted a staggering 189 Palestinian journalists ki...
Using the Russia-Ukraine conflict as an example, panellists showed how structured storytelling timelines, actors, data can “inoculate” audiences. Stil...
The goons pelted stones towards Gachagua's motorcade as it made its way out of JKIA, allegedly in a bid to block its entry to the CBD.
The children’s ward at Nasser was full of malnourished patients, she added, and even injured adults were “extremely frail, extremely thin and very, ve...
Glory Kathambi, Head of Programmes and Advocacy at the Alliance, said the training was organised to equip media practitioners with the skills needed t...
With Israel barring foreign media from entering Gaza, local reporters have shouldered the entire burden of documenting the war, often without protecti...
The alliance noted that this style of storytelling could encourage more follow-up reporting, which in turn would pressure public institutions mandated...
The stakeholders said the proposed code had undergone intensive public participation and received overwhelming support from practitioners.
At the same time, Ethekon made a strong appeal to the media to support IEBC’s efforts in rebuilding public confidence in Kenya’s elections. He said th...
Photographer Reziq Abdul Jawad, a father of three, moves through war zones with his camera as his only protection, whispering, "I carry my camera like...
KEG President Zubeidah Kananu appealed to the government to stop intimidating media houses and allow journalists to operate freely.
Young people, mostly from Gen Z (born in the late 1990s to early 2010s), have grown increasingly alienated from the government as confrontations escal...
The MCK cautioned both police and protesters against targeting journalists, stressing that they play a vital role in informing the public and must be...
They warn that its vague definitions and broad provisions may be misused to target journalists, whistleblowers, and ordinary citizens engaging in civi...
Omwoyo criticised the hostile treatment of the journalists, saying it undermines the constitutional right to media freedom. He added that the journali...
Reports indicate that at least four journalists sustained injuries, while many others lost valuables as the hostile environment unfolded during the ev...
