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West African journalists fight back

(Courtesy La Vérité)This week marks a significant change in the press freedom climate for journalists in West Africa: Journalists, media organizations, and activists in the region fought back against attacks and censorship against the press, in contrast to a decade ago, when the media was too oppressed and scared to speak out. In Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Nigeria, they rallied to defend media outlets, showing that they will no longer stand by and watch these abuses continue unchecked. On...

Four media workers kidnapped in Somalia

New York, August 25, 2008—The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the safety of three journalists and their driver who were abducted by an unknown armed group two days ago. Somali photojournalist Abdifatah Mohamed Elmi and two foreign freelance journalists, Canadian Amanda Lindhout and Australian Nigel Brennan, along with a driver identified only as Mahad, were kidnapped along the Afgoye-Mogadishu Road , roughly 11 miles (17 kilometers) north of the capital, Mogadishu ,...

DETENTION OF GAMBIAN JOURNALIST EBRIMA MANNEH

Here is a verbatim report of an American Senator Durbin who is calling for release of our Gambian journalist Chief Ebrima Manneh who has been missing for two years now. Senator has not only limited to the case of Manneh but many others in the world. Here goes the call.    Mr. DURBIN. Madam President, America has long been a champion and source of hope around the world for those suffering human rights violations--those holed up in dictators' prisons, those fighting for press and political...

Man of Year by Swaebou Objected

Re: Awarding a man of the year, 2007 to President Yahya Jammeh: We the members of the United Democratic Party {UDP} New York, U.S.A. Branch strongly object to your Magazine’s decision to award a MAN OF THE YEAR, 2007 to President Yahya Jammeh of the Republic of The Gambia. Mr. Conateh, you are a living witness since day one of the so call July 22, revolution of AFPRC Junta now transformed to APRC which is regarded as a...