http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing EssentialAfrica Drum Media en 60 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/21/business/media/at-the-ethiopian-news-agency-hope-for-freer-journalism.html Changing almost at the speed of its marathon runners, modern Ethiopia is a far cry from what it used to be. The government’s new Growth and Transformation Plan proposes to boldly remake Ethiopia into a middle-income country by 2020 and leave behind a painful history of terror, poverty and two ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10341 Mon, 21 May 2012 09:32:59 +0200 http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2012/05/20125157589127142.html After decades of state media propaganda, one man's revolution has inspired a rising wave of empowered journalists. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10339 Mon, 21 May 2012 09:31:12 +0200 http://www.cpj.org/blog/2012/05/chinas-media-footprint-in-kenya.php Will China's quickly expanding media presence in Africa result in a fresh, alternative, and balanced perspective on the continent-... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10218 Thu, 10 May 2012 16:52:32 +0200 http://www.africareview.com/News/Malagasy+journalists+set+free/-/979180/1399528/-/cowns7z/-/index.html Malagasy journalists Lalatiana Rakotondrazafy and Fidèle Razarapiera have been released from police custody http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10138 Fri, 4 May 2012 16:52:34 +0200 http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com/is-africas-negative-image-justified-eleven-viewpoints/16530/ The international media is often criticised for only reporting on the negatives of Africa, with stories focusing on poverty, famine, war and corruption. Is the media biased? http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10120 Thu, 3 May 2012 16:40:34 +0200 http://en.rsf.org/comores-minister-seizes-newspaper-s-11-04-2012,42297.html Reporters Without Borders is dismayed by Comorian interior minister Hamada Abdallah’s decision to withdraw the state daily Al Watan’s latest monthly supplement http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10111 Thu, 3 May 2012 16:30:22 +0200 http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1398526/-/avf7afz/-/ The analysis follows various incidents of journalists and media houses critical of the government being beaten and attacked by police and state officials. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10108 Thu, 3 May 2012 11:32:05 +0200 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j798a3yo2PegJun4XqOyuYeeckwQ?docId=CNG.446460332aa63f0bedcfcce309d0e1ab.711 Burundi on Wednesday blocked Human Rights Watch from holding a press conference to release a report on the country's political violence, which it blamed on state agents and armed opposition groups. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10106 Thu, 3 May 2012 11:30:52 +0200 http://www.nation.co.ke/News/africa/Eritrea+leads+world+in+press+censorship+report/-/1066/1397980/-/ovqrmvz/-/index.html Eritrea has surpassed North Korea as the world's top press censor, with Syria and Iran placing third and fourth in a new list published Wednesday by the Committee to Protect Journalists. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10103 Thu, 3 May 2012 11:21:30 +0200 http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/40648.aspx Eritrea stands at top of the list as the world's top censor, surpassing North Korea, Syria and Iran based on a study published by US-based rights group http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10095 Wed, 2 May 2012 15:46:06 +0200 http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/witness/2012/04/201243084347660868.html One innovative journalist has found a way to get daily news and information to Liberians – with the aid of a blackboard. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10094 Wed, 2 May 2012 15:45:09 +0200 http://www.africareview.com/News/Uganda+First+Lady+guards+seize+reporter/-/979180/1396648/-/10bvd1t/-/index.html A freelance reporter with Uganda's Daily Monitor, Mr Perez Rumanzi, was Sunday arrested by Special Forces Group (SFG) http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#10071 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:54:08 +0200 http://www.africareview.com/News/Jailed+Ethiopian+journalist+honoured/-/979180/1385430/-/1148e1cz/-/index.html PEN American Center has named Eskinder Nega, a journalist and dissident blogger in Ethiopia... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9869 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 11:51:00 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-03-27-mandela-archives-go-live-but-not-everyones-happy The Nelson Mandela Digital Archive went live on the internet on Tuesday, transforming the iconic former statesman's life into a free-to-access online narrative. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9652 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 12:18:09 +0200 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-03-27-swazilands-mswati-iii-cracks-the-whip-on-social-media/ Swaziland is planning a censorship law that will ban Facebook and Twitter users from criticising its autocratic ruler, King Mswati III http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9651 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:22:34 +0200 http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/167845/cnn-reporter-john-sutteron-covering-modern-day-slavery-in-mauritania-we-had-to-do-much-of-this-reporting-in-secret/ CNN’s John Sutter and Edythe McNamee spent nearly a year trying to gain entry into Mauritania, where 10 to 20 percent of the population is still enslaved. Their project, “Slavery’s Last Stronghold,” shows the effects slavery has had on this West African nation, and is part of CNN’s ongoing effort ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9640 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:19:05 +0200 http://www.africareview.com/News/Lucky+escape+for+Somali+journalist/-/979180/1373838/-/x8n6vhz/-/index.html A journalist working with the independent Shabelle broadcaster in Mogadishu, Mr Mohydin Hassan Mohamed alias Husni, was Sunday attacked by two men armed with pistols http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9614 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:24:05 +0200 http://www.africareview.com/News/Ghana+ruling+party+blacklists+media+firm/-/979180/1371560/-/wvc6ui/-/index.html Ghana’s ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party has blacklisted the independent Multimedia Company over what deputy Information minister http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9567 Fri, 23 Mar 2012 09:15:59 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Mutharika-targeting-journos-group-20120320 An international press freedom group accused Malawi's president Bingu wa Mutharika and his government on Tuesday of creating an "appalling climate" for journalists. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9527 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 15:29:38 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Journos-held-in-Libya-arrive-in-UK-20120320 Two British journalists detained in Libya while working for an Iranian broadcaster have arrived back in Britain following their release at the weekend, the Foreign Office said on Tuesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9526 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:18:47 +0100 http://www.sudantribune.com/Sudan-warns-journalists-against,41964 The speaker of Sudan’s National Assembly, Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Tahir, has accused journalists who contact rebel leaders of committing “high-treason,” stressing the need to bar publishing of rebels’ viewpoints in local newspapers. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9524 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:23:07 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/News/Detained-UK-journos-handed-over-to-Libya-govt-20120314 Two British journalists detained by a Libyan militia on suspicion of spying have been transferred to the custody of the government, deputy interior minister Omar al-Khadrawi said on Wednesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9433 Wed, 14 Mar 2012 14:41:47 +0100 http://www.voanews.com/english/news/africa/Butty-Liberia-Freedom-of-Information-Kamara-13march12-142429015.html Tom Kamara, managing editor of the New Democrat newspaper asks for financial information of three Liberian public corporations http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9413 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:02:33 +0100 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17257864 Gunmen in Somalia have shot dead a journalist - the third such killing this year. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9294 Mon, 5 Mar 2012 15:17:21 +0100 http://sunatimes.com/view.php?id=1719 Nowadays, the so-called government of Somaliland has silenced the media and news sources in Somaliland. It has become a crime to criticize the Government and its unfortunate support of suppression of free speech. Many news writers and journalists are under censorship and cannot freely report on the injustices and crimes ... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9216 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:33:13 +0100 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE81G00E20120217 Three Tunisian journalists face trial on morality charges after publishing a photograph of a footballer frolicking with a nude woman http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9107 Fri, 17 Feb 2012 07:16:54 +0100 http://www.africareview.com/News/Ethiopia+backed+into+a+corner+over+jailed+journalists/-/979180/1328580/-/dd27f3z/-/index.html Tense negotiations are underway for the release of two Swedish journalists jailed by Ethiopia on terrorism charges in September. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9102 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:19:17 +0100 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/3-tunisian-journalists-arrested-for-printing-photo-of-sports-figure-with-nude-woman/2012/02/15/gIQAZCrKGR_story.html The head of a Tunisian newspaper and two of its editors were arrested Wednesday for violating public morals, the Justice Ministry said, after the publishing of a photo of a sports figure with a nude woman. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9090 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:01:42 +0100 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE8180CT20120209 Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has asked the United Nations to investigate the disappearance of several journalists http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#9029 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:11:31 +0100 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-02-03-zimbabwe-cracks-down-on-sa-uk-newspapers/ Several top South African publications circulating in Zimbabwe face a ban from the country, along with the UK-published Zimbabwean, unless they register their operations, the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) head, Godfrey Majonga, said on Friday http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8927 Sat, 4 Feb 2012 11:35:23 +0100 http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=106610&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter There is a tension resonating through Ghana’s airwaves,... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8884 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:04:52 +0100 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/new-hope-for-pioneering-egyptian-journalist/2012/01/25/gIQASxhAhQ_story.html?wprss=rss_middle-east A little over a year ago, on the eve of the revolution that ousted Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak, Hisham Kassem was poised to launch... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8883 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:01:00 +0100 http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/new-hope-for-pioneering-egyptian-journalist/2012/01/25/gIQASxhAhQ_story.html?wprss=rss_middle-east A little over a year ago, on the eve of the revolution that ousted Egyptian autocrat Hosni Mubarak, Hisham Kassem was poised to launch... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8882 Wed, 1 Feb 2012 15:00:47 +0100 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-01-30-jailed-rwanda-journalists-launch-supreme-court-appeal/ Two Rwandan journalists imprisoned for insulting President Paul Kagame .. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8828 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:29:42 +0100 http://www.journalism.co.za/tv-reporter-gunned-down-in-kano.html A television reporter covering the aftermath of coordinated terrorist attacks.... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8732 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:50:34 +0100 http://www.news24.com/Africa/Zimbabwe/Zim-bookshop-raided-over-Tsvangirai-book-20120121 A bookshop owner in the resort town of Victoria Falls has been arrested for selling Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's new autobiography, the premier's party said on Saturday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8708 Sun, 22 Jan 2012 07:06:08 +0100 http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-17-police-charge-gambian-reporter-with-libel When Daily News journalist Mamodou S Jallow reported allegations by farmers against... http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8630 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:48:38 +0100 http://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE80F01Z20120116 Somaliland has shut down a private television station it accuses of airing anti-government propaganda, and arrested 13 journalists as they held a protest against the move, a minister said on Sunday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8600 Mon, 16 Jan 2012 08:43:42 +0100 http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/Social-media-widens-scope-of-Nigerian-strike-20120114 As a nationwide strike and demonstrations unleash years of pent-up frustrations in Nigeria over its leaders, the rage burns even hotter across social media. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8586 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:33:25 +0100 http://mg.co.za/article/2012-01-14-google-mortified-by-dodgy-practice-reports Google's sub-Saharan Africa office has reacted with dismay to allegations of fraud by its Kenyan operations, vowing to get to the bottom of the matter. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8585 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:30:14 +0100 http://www.postzambia.com:3128/post-read_article.php?articleId=24694 THE government should provide for a system where public media boards will be appointed through an open process, says PAZA president Andrew Sakala. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8554 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:49:29 +0100 http://freeafricanmedia.com/article/2012-01-10-gabon-gags-media-over-coverage-of-fake-president The elected President of Gabon, Ali Bongo Odimba, doesn't like it when the self-proclaimed president, André Mba Obame, receives media coverage about his claim. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8528 Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:59:46 +0100 http://af.reuters.com/article/ethiopiaNews/idAFL6E8CA1NL20120110 The two Swedish journalists sentenced by an Ethiopian court to 11 years in prison for entering the country illegally and aiding a rebel group have decided to seek clemency rather than appeal, they were quoted as saying on Tuesday. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8509 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:07:46 +0100 http://www.rhodawilson.com/news-stories.php?nID=42 The Chairman of African Upstream Services, Rajiv Saigal meets Rhoda Wilson on The Rhoda Wilson Show broadcast on the first Saturday of 2012. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8475 Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:50:03 +0100 http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/09/business/media/in-south-sudan-a-rough-start-to-press-freedom.html?_r=1&smid=tw-nytimes&seid=auto Making a newspaper anywhere these days is not easy; making a daily newspaper in South Sudan can seem nearly impossible. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8473 Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:46:14 +0100 http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1302254/-/b23aj2z/-/index.html At least 10 radio stations, including BBC Radio and Radio France International (local relay channels), have been taken off the air by the police in an on-going crackdown over the alleged illegal use of equipment and facilities belonging to state broadcaster, Uganda Broadcasting Corporation (UBC). http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8472 Mon, 9 Jan 2012 10:10:03 +0100 http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/579001 The Egyptian Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has denied reports that Egypt's Nilesat satellite network was broadcasting Jamahiriya, Libya's state channel. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8370 Mon, 2 Jan 2012 06:55:46 +0100 http://www.voanews.com/zimbabwe/news/Zimbabwe-Media-Reform-Battle-Headed-For-Courts-136325843.html In a two-pronged approach, the MDC has also taken the matter up with Parliament seeking to nullify authority board appointments by Information Minister Webster Shamu of President Mugabe's ZANU-PF party http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8302 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:08:16 +0100 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16337291 Two Swedish journalists have been jailed for 11 years in Ethiopia for entering the country illegally and supporting terrorism http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8298 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:51:51 +0100 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16337291 Two Swedish journalists have been jailed for 11 years in Ethiopia for entering the country illegally and supporting terrorism. http://www.essentialafrica.com/ea-drum-it/drum-media-publishing#8280 Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:22:21 +0100