(CPJ) – Nairobi, December 18, 2020 – Ethiopian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release journalist Dawit Kebede and stop harassing members of the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. On November 30, federal […]
(Daily Monitor) – The National Unity Platform (NUP) presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Tuesday arrived at the Electoral Commission after he was summoned over “persistent breach of Covid-19 SOPs”. However, there was an unusual security deployment […]
By: Xiaochen Su* African citizens are a rare breed in contemporary Japan, despite the rapid internationalization of the country’s population. While foreign workers in Japan exceeded 1.5 million in 2018, tripling in one decade, government figures show that less […]
Influential speakers discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the media industry and the trends that will help encourage progress during a time of immense disruption December 11, 2020 — Media, technology, business, government and community […]
Ghanaians set to elect the new parliament and president in a race dubbed ‘the battle of two giants’. (Aljazeera) Ghanaians have voted in presidential and parliamentary elections, with the race for the top job expected […]
Eight journalists, Lade Bonuola, founding mesmber and pioneer Associate Editor of The Guardian newspaper, and Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, will be honoured at the award presentation event of the 15th Wole Soyinka Award for […]
By Irene Ovonji-Odida * For African countries the impact of changes in US administrations are not always self-evident. However, as with other developing countries, there are prospects of Africa benefitting from renewed multilateralism, not only […]
By Paul Ejime* Not even his harshest critics would begrudge Flt. Lt. John Jerry Rawlings – the late Ghanaian President his place in history as an influential, courageous, tough-talking, bold, impactful leader and charismatic Statesman […]
(DW) – The 73-year-old died after a short illness, according to Ghanaian media. He served as president of the country for roughly two decades up to 2001. The former president of Ghana, Jerry John Rawlings, […]
A football pitch in a village was reportedly turned into an “execution ground”, where the militants decapitated and chopped bodies. Islamist militants beheaded more than 50 people in northern Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province, state media […]