Independent Editors Charged With Sedition
Mwenda, Bichachi in trouble over Museveni cartoonTwo editors of Uganda’s weekly newsmagazine, The Independent, were arrested, charged with sedit...
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Uganda Press Under Attack
“Very soon there will be more editors at Police and in courts of law than they are in the Ugandan newsrooms.” That is how Charles Mwanguhy...
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Kalundi Serumaga Banned
For 44-year old Kalundi Serumaga, Friday, September 11 may be his last appearance on the electronic media in Uganda. He is the journalist who suffered...
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Talk shows banned, journalist detained
The Broadcasting Council was almost issuing a decree every 12 hours. ...
Read more...State shuts down Uganda's biggest FM radio
The media and freedom of information suffered heavily as the government shut down two more radio stations on the second day of unrest in Uganda....
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Shame of journalists lured by M7 cash
Last June, President Museveni honoured his May 3 pledge of Shs150 million (about $70,000) to Uganda Journalists Association (UJA). This was surprising...
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Mengi, Sakina fall out
Sakina Datoo, once a trusted insider of IPP Media chairman Reginald Mengii, made work easier for her boss when she opted to resign. Mengi swiftly acce...
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Kenya Times: The last kicks of a dying horse?
For the umpteenth time, Kenya Times is again on the death bed, and it is unclear whether it will ever rise. But the long, winding and adventurou...
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- One station re-opened, no word on others
- Serumaga charged with sedition, released
- Serumaga charge sheet
- A letter to The President of The Republic of Uganda
- State terror against media in Uganda
- Talk shows banned, journalist detained
- Kalundi Serumaga Banned
- Uganda Press Under Attack
- State shuts down Uganda's biggest FM radio
- Kenya: Govt now starts own national newspaper
- Uganda: Broadcast regulations target 2011 elections
- Nairobi: FM stations reap from matatus
- Team to review Zanzibar media laws
- Tales of horror for Somali journalists
- Rwandan Senators endorse new law
- Rwanda parliament goes live, too
- ACTIVISM ONLINE, Internet freeing up democratic space
- Baglo roots for strong journalists unions
- Mwananchi purges 30 as finacial crisis bites
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Kenya
 | Migrations have continue in the Kenyan media and, as is to be expected, some lost and others gained. |
Uganda
 | Broadcast regulations target 2011 elections The Uganda Broadcasting Council has issued new stringent regulations for radio owners and those seeking to join the industry. |
Rwanda
 | Relief as state drafts information bill Access to information remains a contentious issue in Rwanda even when government maintains there are provisions for freedom of speech..More> |
Tanzania
 Bid to nationalise mediaReading between the lines, the government of Tanzania’s recently proposed information broadcasting policy aimed at, among other things, |
The Arts
 Boom in local programmes as TV stations scramble for Kenyan content. A sudden explosion has accured on local TV stations that has seen an upsurge in local programmes and rapid easing out of the once ubiquitous American and Mexican content. |
Book Review
 Traitor in our midst: Book exposes media’s conspiracy against democracy The media in Kenya has failed to defend democracy and has instead taken sides with the country’s political elite,..More> |
