Somaliland:My visit to the Smiley coast of Africa
(Part 1)
I had the opportunity to visit Gambia for the second time in a year as an International Programmes Officer responsible for monitoring orphan...
Nigerian Al Jazeera journalists released by military
Al Jazeera has confirmed that its two journalists held by the Nigerian military since 24 March 2015 have been released.
Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustapha were...
Court action taken to free Al Jazeera¹s Nigerian journalists
Legal action has been taken to declare the Nigerian military’s detention of two Al Jazeera journalists as “illegal and unconstitutional.”
The Motion on Notice filed...
One week mark for detained Al Jazeera journalists in Nigeria
Al Jazeera has once again urged the Nigerian authorities to release their detained journalists in Maiduguri who have now been detained for a week...
Nigerian soldiers confine Al-Jazeera journalists to hotel
Abuja, Nigeria, March 26, 2015--Nigerian military authorities on Tuesday confined two Al-Jazeera journalists to their hotel room and have forbidden them from leaving, according...
Angolan journalist slapped with 15 new criminal defamation charges
New York March 25, 2015-The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Angolan authorities to drop all charges against journalist Rafael Marques de Morais.
Marques de...
In election year, Nigeria’s press feeling the pressure
A schoolgirl walks past campaign posters for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in Lagos. Journalists covering the election campaign say they are being attacked. (Reuters/...
Remembering the Sharpeville Massacre in South Africa
South Africa, 1960
On March 21, 1960, exactly 55 years ago today, a crowd estimated at five thousand (according to apartheid police 20 thousand, inflated...
18th COMESA Summit under theme “inclusive and sustainable industrialization”, 20-31 March, Addis Ababa
By Mekki Elmograbi
The summit of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) scheduled from 20-31 March, 2015 has started in Addis Ababa...
Sisi slammed over Al Jazeera claims
Al Jazeera has condemned a claim by President Sisi that its journalists are activists rather than impartial observers. The network has also strongly defended...
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