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Attacks on the Press 2002: Ivory Coast
Hopes were high in July that Ivory Coast’s political crisis would end after a judge in the capital, Abidjan, confirmed that former prime minister Alassane Dramane Ouattara, the leader of the opposition...
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Although the Kenya-based East African Standard, one of Africa’s oldest continuously published newspapers, marked its 100th anniversary in November, journalism remains a difficult profession on the...
View ArticleAttacks on the Press 2004: Africa Analysis
Overviewby Julia Crawford With the rule of law weak in many African countries, journalists regularly battle threats and harassment, not only from governments but also from rogue elements, such as...
View ArticleIn Namibia seal hunt, journalists said to become prey
July marks the start of seal hunting season in Namibia, where hunters will be allowed to kill more than 90,000 seals. British journalist Jim Wickens and South African cameraman Bart Smithers filmed the...
View ArticleJournalist assaulted for his work in Namibia
New York, January 14, 2010–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Namibian authorities to thoroughly investigate an alleged attack by four assailants against freelance journalist John Grobler...
View ArticleA quiet victory for The Namibian
Namibia’s information minister recently announced that a decade-long state advertising boycott of The Namibian, the country’s largest daily newspaper, would finally end. An action intended to punish...
View ArticleCPJ calls on SADC heads of state to prioritize press freedom and the safety...
August 15, 2019 Dr. Stergomena TaxSADC Executive SecretarySADC HousePlot No. 54385Central Business DistrictPrivate Bag 0095Gaborone, Botswana Sent via email and facsimile Dear Dr. Tax, I write to you...
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Iceland fishing company goes ‘guerilla’ on journalists who uncovered alleged...
When in March of this year a neighbor alerted Helgi Seljan, an investigative reporter for Iceland’s public broadcaster Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV), that she had seen someone lurking around his house, he was...
View ArticleNamibian journalists investigated for trespassing for drone journalism
On February 12, 2022, at around 5 p.m., Namibian police briefly detained freelance investigative reporters John Grobler and Nrupesh Soni for allegedly trespassing at GoHunt Namibia Safaris’ farm in...
View ArticleNamibia’s New Era newspaper suspends managing editor after editorial...
Lusaka, October 13, 2023—The management of Namibia’s New Era newspaper should immediately rescind the suspension of the paper’s managing editor Johnathan Beukes and allow the state-owned media outlet...
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