Media

Limits on Freedom of the Press

By Ralph Gregory Elliot, USA. The First Amendment of the United States Constitution states with majestic simplicity: “Congress shall make no (...)

| May 2009 | 50206 views

"Le Repere" reporter faces prison sentence

Country/Topic: Côte d’Ivoire Date: 31 March 2009 Source: Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) Person(s): Nanankoua Gnamanteh, Eddy Pehe Targe

| April 2009 | 1222 views

Guinea: Journalist attacked by presidential guard

Lansana Babara Camara, a reporter of "La Guinée Actuelle", a privately-owned newspaper, was violently assaulted on 24 August 2008 by a member of the Autonomous Pr

| September 2008 | 1949 views

(Pod)Casting Aspersions on Ghana’s Media

By E.K.Bensah II Quite a number of Ghanaian media outlets, both print and otherwise, own websites. Rare is the website that provides the possibility of (...)

| March 2008 | 30171 views

Attacks on media escalate in Somalia

Reporters Without Borders Press release SOMALIA Army unit raids privately-owned radio station, orders its immediate closure. Reporters Without (...)

| November 2007 | 1902 views