14th January 2021
Serious concerns for transparency and journalist safety during Uganda’s general election
Uganda’s general election takes place amid significant threats to independent media.
23rd July 2018
Silencing the Twitter-Chatter
Legislation to fight ‘fake news’ and cyber-crimes across Sub-Saharan Africa endangers press freedom
3rd September 2013
BBC confirms Africa venture and China deal
The broadcaster sets itself up to tell the African economic story, and builds on its natural history programming alliance with Chinese state TV
28th March 2013
Rwanda’s state broadcaster to go independent
Under planned legal reforms, the Rwanda Bureau of Information and Broadcasting will be renamed and government oversight removed