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Fears for South Africa's Press Freedom
By Chris Stein
JOHANNESBURG - International media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranks South Africa's press as among the freest on the continent. Two proposed new measures are drawing unfavourable comparisons to repressive laws in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia.
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Broken Promises on Zimbabwe Press Freedom
By Busani Bafana
BULAWAYO - Fourteen months after Zimbabwe's government of national unity was formed, harassment, arbitrary arrest and general intimidation of journalists remains common.
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UGANDA
Government Pushes Ahead With Repressive Media Law
By Joshua Kyalimpa
KAMPALA - The proposed media law is a monster, says Dr George Lugalambi, chair of a coalition fighting to preserve press freedom in Uganda. Publishers and journalists would have to apply annually for a licence, which could be revoked at will in the interests of "national security, stability and unity," or if coverage was deemed to be "economic sabotage."

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RIGHTS-SIERRA LEONE
Journalists Under Attack
By Mohamed Fofanah
FREETOWN - Sierra Leone has become a place of torment for journalists practicing their profession.
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RIGHTS-ZIMBABWE
New Threats to Media Freedom
By Ephraim Nsingo
HARARE - Death threats allegedly made by a senior police officer to a journalist and the arrest of a photographer, all in the space of a few days, have heightened fears of a new onslaught on the country’s media.
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RIGHTS-ZAMBIA
‘Justice Prevailed’ – Says News Editor Acquitted of False Charges
By Kelvin Kachingwe
LUSAKA - Chansa Kabwela faced a five-year jail sentence when she sent photographs of a woman giving birth, without medical assistance while in the country’s largest hospital, to government officials.
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SIERRA LEONE
Mixed Reactions to Libel Laws Ruling
By Mohamed Fofanah
FREETOWN - Journalists in Sierra Leone can still be arrested and jailed for writing material considered "libel" regardless if what they published is true or not.
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SOUTH SUDAN
Media Give Us a Fair Deal - Women
By Miriam Gathigah
JUBA, South Sudan - The guns have gone silent – except for sporadic conflict in parts of the vast South Sudan region, such as the Eastern Equatoria State. It may not be the absolute end of the conflict in the region, but it is a reason for renewed hope.
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SIERRA LEONE
Claims Presidency Interferes with Judiciary
By Lansana Fofana
FREETOWN - It may be seven years after the country’s civil war, but Sierra Leone is still battling to obtain an independent judiciary.
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ZAMBIA
Media Face Beatings and Attacks
By Kelvin Kachingwe
LUSAKA - When journalists were beaten by political supporters for covering the president’s return trip from abroad, and cabinet ministers and police officers looked on without stopping it, it seemed to be the last straw in the victimisation of the media. But it was not.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA
Baganda Fight for Their Heritage
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
KAMPALA - Specioza Nakabugo (63) sits on a mat under a mango tree on a well-mowed grass patch, her expression a blend of boredom and gloom.
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RIGHTS-UGANDA
Colliding with the Fourth Estate
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
KAMPALA - Charles Odobo Bichachi, editor of the Independent Newspaper has in a span of a year, been summoned to the police several times accused of publishing seditious statements. And just last month, Bichachi fell into trouble again: this time over a cartoon.
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AFRICA
Counting on Media for Good Governance
By Charles Mpaka
LILONGWE - While campaigning in the last election, Margaret Roka Mauwa, Member of the Malawian Parliament, did not promise her voters that when she won she would buy them coffins.
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UGANDA
The Media is Not Free
By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi
KAMPALA - Every Saturday afternoon at a public house in the capital city, Lynne Anite, a journalism student at Makerere University, would join senior government officials, academics, and even business people to debate about current affairs.
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