Nigerian Al Jazeera journalists released by military

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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

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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...

World Health Day: GM Crops are ‘False Miracles,’ Warn Global Experts

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PRESS RELEASE - Nairobi/Hong Kong/Stockholm, April 1 2015 With 'Food Safety' being the theme of this year’s World Health Day on April 7, 37 laureates...

Gender parity possible-says Dr. Speciosa

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Kampala, Uganda, 31/3/2015: Former Uganda Vice President Dr. Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe has assured Ugandan women that the time is NOW to reignite processes for ensuring...

One week mark for detained Al Jazeera journalists in Nigeria

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  Al Jazeera has once again urged the Nigerian authorities to release their detained journalists in Maiduguri who have now been detained for a week...

Al Jazeera condemns attack on Sanaa bureau

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Al Jazeera Media Network condemned the invasion of Houthi rebels on its bureau in the Yemeni capital. Armed Houthis stormed the bureau in Sanaa...

Nigerian soldiers confine Al-Jazeera journalists to hotel

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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

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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...

Likud’s Victory Is Israel’s Defeat

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By Alon Ben-Meir - Mar 25, 2015 Those of us who regularly observe and try to make sense of the madness sweeping the Middle East...

In election year, Nigeria’s press feeling the pressure

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A schoolgirl walks past campaign posters for Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in Lagos. Journalists covering the election campaign say they are being attacked. (Reuters/...