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   WEST AFRICA New law threatens freedom of expression in Togo - IFJ
WEST AFRICA Niger editor arrested for defamationThe director of a weekly news magazine in Niger is being held by Nigerian authorities and faces charges of defamation. Journalist Ibrahim Gaoh was arrested on Sunday and could face several months in jail. 25 Sep 2009 09:22 WEST AFRICA Nigerian journalist shot deadA journalist at a Nigerian daily newspaper has been shot dead by gunmen at his home in Lagos. Bayo Ohu, an assistant news editor at The Guardian, was shot earlier this week. 23 Sep 2009 07:42 WEST AFRICA Gambia: journalists freedSix Gambian journalists who had been convicted of defamation and sedition were pardoned and released last week. They had been sentenced to two years in prison in August 2009 after calling on President Yahya Jammeh to recognise his government's responsibility for the unresolved murder in 2004 of journalist Deyda Hydara, an outspoken critic of Gambian media laws. 8 Sep 2009 08:00 WEST AFRICA Nigeria hosts journalism and new media conference[Dan Oshodin] Registration has commenced for the forthcoming Conference on Journalism and New Media Technologies in Africa organised by the School of Media and Communication of the Pan African University in Lagos, Nigeria. The conference is scheduled in Lagos from 23 - 27 August 2009 at the Honeywell Group Auditorium of the Pan African University's Lekki, Lagos campus. 4 Aug 2009 10:43 WEST AFRICA The media: partnering for civil society - Quo Vadis Communications
WEST AFRICA Recognition for West African journalistsJournalists from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Mauritania can apply for a prize that aims to promote investigation and research of political, economic, social and cultural issues. 27 Jul 2009 10:02 WEST AFRICA Niger strike over press freedomJournalists in Niger have begun a one-week strike to protest against restrictions on the media. Radio stations and media houses accuse President Mamadou Tandja of stifling press freedom and democracy after he made a decree which empowers the head of the regulatory High Communications Council to take decisions independently. 23 Jul 2009 15:54 WEST AFRICA CPJ urges Nigeria to probe police harassment, assaultNEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on national police Inspector General Mike Okiro to investigate reports that Delta state police harassed six journalists and attacked at least three of them last week. 30 Jun 2009 09:35 WEST AFRICA Telkom to improve business in Nigeria
WEST AFRICA Gambian journalists charged with seditionNEW YORK: A magistrate in the Gambian capital, Banjul, on Thursday, 18 June 2009 charged seven journalists with sedition for criticising President Yahya Jammeh's televised comments about the unsolved 2004 murder of editor Deyda Hydara, their defense lawyer said. 19 Jun 2009 09:42 WEST AFRICA Seven Gambian press leaders arrested over Hydara reactionNEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Tuesday, 16 June 2009, for Gambia's national security agency to release seven journalists it arrested on Monday, 15 June. The detainees include leaders of the country's press union and editors of newspapers that published a union press release criticising President Yahya Jammeh's recent comments about the unsolved 2004 murder of editor Deyda Hydara. 17 Jun 2009 10:46 WEST AFRICA From Women's Desk to energy issues, a Nigerian journalist's storyMany African women journalists are constrained to working at the Women's Desk, where they cover light issues such as entertainment or home affairs. A rare exception is Nigerian journalist Clara Nwachukwu, who worked her way from the Women's Desk to becoming one of the few women who report on business and energy issues for national daily newspapers. 5 Jun 2009 12:05 Latest jobs | Ad showcase |
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) denounced yesterday, 5 November 2009, the vote on Friday, 30 October 2009 by the National Assembly of a legislation reinforcing the powers of the High Authority of Audio-visual and Communication (HAAC) which allegedly threatens press freedom and freedom of expression in Togo. 
Although they need each other, the relationship between the media and civil society has not been at its best in post-apartheid South Africa, and both parties would do well to cultivate a more professional and respectful relationship. 
JOHANNESBURG: The number one priority of Telkom is to improve business in Nigeria, the telecommunications giant said on Tuesday, 23 June 2009. 
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