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Comoros: Private TV station vandalized by goons

May 27, 2010 (05:24:49)
(19 May 2010) The private radio and TV station, CRTV, was on Tuesday, 18 May 2010 vandalised in a raid by militias suspected to be acting at the behest of rival politicians. The television channel belongs to the leader of the RIDJA party, the French-Comoros lawyer, Said Larifou, who has been very critical of the system and a fierce critic of President Ahmed Sambi Read More...
Rwanda: Appeals trial for Editor adjourned

Apr 01, 2010 (09:15:00)
The appeals trial in the case involving the Editor in Chief of Umuvugizi newspaper, Jean Bosco Gasasira was on 25th March 2010 adjourned to 23rd April 2010 when the presiding judge will rule on whether witnesses should be called. Gasasira is appealing against a defamation conviction after being sued by a prosecutor Jean Bosco Muntangana and the head of National Women’s council Dr Read More...
Tanzania: Media censured over gender bias

Mar 24, 2010 (16:34:00)
(23 March 2010) TANZANIAN media have been urged to change their attitude towards gender and women issues and to keep abreast with their colleagues in other parts of the world in order to ensure equality in society. Ichikaeli Maro, a seasoned journalist and gender activist claimed that stereotyping was rampant in the media, with women receiving negative coverage Read More...
Somalia: Journalist banished after being released

Mar 22, 2010 (12:21:44)
(22 March 2010) Journalist, Mohamed Salad Abdulle of Somali Broadcasting Corporation, was today, 22 March 2010, released by the Al-Shabaab but ordered to leave the Juba region of southern Somalia with immediate effect. Abdulle who also works as the Kismayo correspondent with Markabley radio has been in the custody of the Al-Shabaab administration in the area since 16 March, 2010 Read More...
Somalia: Journalist released, another still in custody in Southern Somalia

Mar 24, 2010 (13:13:00)
(20 March 2010) Journalist Mohamed Abdikarim, a correspondent with both HornAfrik and Markabley radio stations, who was arrested by the Al-Shabaab militia on 16 March, 2010, was on Saturday morning, 20 March 2010, released after spending three days in detention center in Balat-Hawo town Read More...

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