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Tunisian Journalists protest over press freedom


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Dozens of Tunisian journalists hold a demonstration outside the El Gorjani Police Research Department in Tunis in support of two journalists under investigation. The protesters including one of the summoned journalists Elyes Gharbi,…

World Press Freedom Day: Nigerian Senate President hails journalists


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President of the Nigerian Senate,  Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday hailed Nigerian journalists on the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day. Lawan in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja by his Special Adviser on Media, Mr Ola Awoniyi said…

Media Institute seeks protection of Journalists, Safeguard Democracy


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The Institute for Media and Society in Nigeria, IMS, has called for a renewed commitment to protect Journalists and promote democracy. IMS made this known in a statement on Wednesday as it joins the global community in the media and…

WHO tasks journalists, influencers with curbing disease outbreaks


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Journalists and Social media influencers have been charged to see themselves as public health ambassadors with the sole mandate of curbing the spread of outbreak diseases within the society. READ ALSO:WHO trains Adamawa journalists on…

Tax: Nigeria’s Revenue Service Blocks Leakages, Boosts Revenue with ICT


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The Federal Inland Revenue Service in Nigeria, (FIRS) has leveraged on the use of modern information and communications technology to block leakages and shore up the revenue profile of the nation to an all time high of over 10 billion naira…

Burkina Faso expels two French journalists


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Burkina Faso has expelled two French journalists working for newspapers Le Monde and Liberation, the two newspapers said on Sunday, accusing the authorities of seeking to stifle freedom of speech with an escalating crackdown on foreign…

France journalists imprisoned over blackmail against Morocco King


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Two French journalists were given a one-year suspended prison sentence and a 10,000 euro fine in Paris, found guilty of trying to blackmail the King of Morocco in 2015 by demanding money in return for the non-publication of a book. The…

AFRIMA: African tourists, journalists visit Senegal’s Gorée Island


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As part of the activities meant to commomerate the 8th edition of All-Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), African slave history was brought to the fore as some African tourists and journalists on Saturday visited the Gorée Island in Dakar,…

Senegalese journalists demonstrate over arrest


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Hundreds of journalists and political activists demonstrated, in Senegal's capital to demand the release of a Senegalese journalist and government critic detained earlier this month. Journalist union representatives marched along a…

USAID-IHP trains Journalists On Health Funding in Ebonyi State


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The United States Agency For International Development (USAID)-Integrated Health Program (IHP) in partnership with Ebonyi State Government has engaged Journalists on a-2 day training on State Health Financing Landscape. The training is to…