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As the ANC-led South African government continues to blame the media for what is going wrong in the country, one of the vocal, young commentators asks the question: Are we really that stupid?
Source: The Daily Maverick
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The media and the growing citizen journalism via mobile phone technology.
Source: News from Africa
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Finally some good news on media freedom out of Aafrica!
Source: Reuters
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The Boston Globe calls a spade a spade as it adds its voice of concern to the ANC's plans to regulate the media in South Africa.
Source: The Boston Globe
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The New York Times enters the debate on threats to media freedom in South Africa.
Source: The New York Times
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The region of Puntland, in northeastern Somalia, has banned journalists from interviewing al-Qaida-linked rebels currently battling the semi-autonomous state, claiming the restriction is necessary for the region's security, media rights groups have however condemned the ban as an attack on press freedom.
Source: Voice of America
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The United States' ambassador to South Africa has spoken out against plans to curb media freedom in the country.
Source: The Daily Maverick
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Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland has jailed a journalist for interviewing a rebel leader who claims links to al Qaeda-inspired Islamist militants.
Source: Reuters Africa
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Police in Swaziland have arrested a man for making photocopies of a newspaper article that detailed a royal sex scandal.
Source: Daily Nation
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Why Swaziland's Media had to keep quiet about the Royal Sex Scandal.
Source: http://www.allafrica.com
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/11/
Apart from being the next chapter in the bizarre Royal Swazi Sex Scandal, the banning of City Press sounds yet another alarm bell for media freedom in the Southern African region.
Source: City Press
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Overview of Internews' programs in South Africa and how they used the 2010 FIFA World Cup to teach girls the power of the media and how to become journalists.
Source: Internews
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Here’s what we would know of the United States over the last decade. That in 2000 there were fiercely disputed elections in which the presidency was seized by the candidate who won fewer votes than his rival. That a year later, one of the country’s major cities was rocked by a devastating terror attack, costing thousands of lives...
Source: Africa is a country / The Guardian
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