Burkina Faso expels reporters from two French newspapers
Le Monde and Libération correspondents sent home in junta’s latest move against media from former colonial power Burkina Faso has expelled correspondents from Le Monde...
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Canada’s approval of major telecoms takeover condemned as ‘dark day’
Anti-monopoly consumer groups slam multibillion-takeover of Shaw by Rogers that will create a media and sports behemoth Canada has approved a major telecoms takeover that...
Rupert Murdoch has fuelled polarisation of society, Barack Obama says
Former US president tells Sydney audience that media coverage has helped exacerbate divisions and that we no longer have a ‘shared story’ The former US...
TikTok unveils European data security plan amid calls for US ban
Move comes as White House backs bill that could give it power to ban Chinese-owned app nationwide TikTok has announced a data security regime for...
Political aides hacked by ‘Team Jorge’ in run-up to Kenyan election
Revelation shows dangers posed by bad actors and paid operatives in democratic systems across Africa Revealed: the hacking and disinformation team meddling in elections An...
Rwandan court fines speeding driver $920 over death of campaigning journalist
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter after his car hit motorcycle carrying John Williams Ntwali A Rwandan driver has been fined 1 million Rwandan francs ($920)...
‘Suspicious death’ of Rwandan journalist prompts calls for investigation
Two weeks on from the death of government critic John Williams Ntwali, police have failed to answer questions over the alleged road accident in which...
More journalists killed in Latin America and Caribbean than Ukraine in 2022
Committee to Protect Journalist reports region accounted for almost half of the 67 deaths worldwide More journalists were killed in Latin America and the Caribbean...
Prominent Cameroon journalist found dead after abduction
Martinez Zogo’s kidnapping is the latest in a string of attacks against journalists in the African country The mutilated body of a prominent Cameroonian journalist...
As independent media blossoms in Cuba, journalists face a crackdown
‘Chilling’ new criminal law penalizing internationally funded journalism comes as repression in the country is on the rise Since graduating from the University of Havana’s...
