Prison authorities in Burundi yesterday transferred Hassan Ruvakuki, a journalist working for Bonesha FM radio, who is also a correspondent for Radio France International (RFI), to another prison facility –Muramvya, in Central Burundi in a move that has sparked off protests from his lawyers and the Union of Burundi Journalists (UBJ). [..]
EAJA condemns detention of 25 journalists in Somaliland, calls for their release
SOMALIA
16 January 2012
Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA) has condemned the arrest and detention of 25 journalists by the authorities in Somaliland and called for their immediate release. EAJA President Dr. Muheldin Ahmed Idris described the move as “cruel and uncalled for assault on the media by security guards”. [..]
Sudanese Security Service on Thursday January 14, 2012 shut down Alwan, an Arabic daily based in Khartoum, a day after the security officers confiscated all the copies due for distribution. [..]
COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE EMERGENCY MEETING OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF EAJA NAIROBI, KENYA, 28 FEBRUARY 2011
Summary Burundi is a country composed of a very vibrant media landscape, mostly privately owned. [..]
The second congress of the Federation of African Journalists in Harare has been dubbed the biggest gathering of African journalists at a transcontinental conference. Soon after its first working congress in Nairobi, the Federation made giant steps to become the most authoritative voice of journalists in the continent. [..]