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mc:africa media news
dec 30, 2002 – jan 8, 2003
UGANDA:
Media To File Suit Over Ban Of Live Radio Talk Shows
January 8,
New Vision (Kampala)
via allAfrica.com
Also see:
• Dec. 30: Gov't Bans Live Radio Talk Shows
INTERNATIONAL:
How The West Reported Kenya's Election
January 6,
The East African (Nairobi)
via allAfrica.com
FRANCE:
Malian Journalists Arrested For Filming French Deportation (PRESS RELEASE)
January 6,
Reporters sans frontières
via International Freedom of Expression Exchange
ZIMBABWE:
City Council Threatens Newspaper With Suit Over "False And Malicious" Coverage Of Water Supply Issues
January 7,
The Daily News (Harare)
via allAfrica.com
UGANDA:
Editor Jailed For Kony War Stories
January 7,
New Vision (Kampala)
via allAfrica.com
KENYA:
New Gov't Says Freeing The Airwaves Will Be First Priority
January 6,
The Nation (Nairobi)
via allAfrica.com
NIGERIA:
Focused On Politics, Media Are Neglecting Critical Social Issues, UNICEF Warns Press
January 6,
Vanguard (Lagos)
via allAfrica.com
ZIMBABWE:
Persecuted Daily News Editor Says He Was Forced Out For Political Punishment
January 6,
Zimbabwe Standard
via allAfrica.com
Also see:
• Farewell To Nyarota's Daily News
ZIMBABWE:
Some Hail New Law Mandating 75% Airtime For Local Artists, But Music Industry Still Flawed (COMMENTARY)
January 4,
The Herald (Harare)
via allAfrica.com
UGANDA:
Gov't Should Not Ban Public Debates On Radio (COMMENTARY)
January 6,
New Vision (Kampala)
via allAfrica.com
ZIMBABWE:
Editor Arrested Over Newspaper Article (PRESS RELEASE)
January 6,
Media Institute of Southern Africa
via International Freedom of Expression Exchange
LIBERIA:
After Arranging Release Of Tortured Journalist, U.S. Ambassador Pushes Liberia To Release Other Prisoners
January 3,
The NEWS (Monrovia)
via allAfrica.com
UGANDA:
Government Vows To Enforce All Media Laws
January 3,
New Vision (Kampala)
Also see:
• Gov't Moves To Vet Qualifications Of Journalists
KENYA:
Wireless In Kenya Takes A Village
January 2,
Wired News
INTERNATIONAL:
Crises In Africa And Elsewhere Ignored By U.S. Media In 2002, Warns Report
December 30,
OneWorld US
Also see:
• "Let Them Eat Cake: TV Blames Africans For Famine"
ZIMBABWE:
Gov't Fires New Shots In War On Press Freedom (COMMENTARY)
January 2,
MediaGuardian.co.uk
Also see:
• Licenses for Journalists to Be Ready By Next Week
• Leading Independent Newspaper Daily News Back On The Streets
UGANDA:
Gov't Bans Live Radio Talk Shows
December 30,
The Monitor (Kampala)
via allAfrica.com
Also see:
• Ebimeeza To Ignore Broadcast Ban
SUDAN:
Daily Newspaper Banned, Editions Of Two Others Fail To Appear (PRESS RELEASE)
December 31,
Reporters sans frontières (RSF)
via International Freedom of Expression Exchange
MOROCCO:
Gov't Readies To Authorize Private TV Channels, Radio Stations
December 27,
ArabicNews.com
via Yahoo Full Coverage
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