May 2, 2021 | Media law and policy
by Nhlanhla Ngwenya African media and press freedom advocates have every reason to celebrate this year, as the world returns to the continent to commemorate the adoption of a landmark covenant – the Windhoek Declaration on promoting press freedom. The...
May 1, 2021 | Media law and policy
A human rights based approach to social media regulation In 2018, then UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, submitted a report on social media regulation and content moderation to the UN...
May 1, 2021 | Media law and policy
by Farhia Mohamed Kheyre Somalia is experiencing a turbulent political process with seemingly no end in sight. The anticipated parliamentary and presidential elections, planned for December 2020 and February 2021 respectively, did not take place, putting the country...
May 1, 2021 | Media law and policy
By Henock Fente Ethiopia’s media reform process could serve as a replicable model for other African countries, writes Henok Fente, an Ethiopian journalist and media educator who was involved in the drafting of three major media related laws. However, the author...
May 1, 2021 | Media law and policy
By Saikou Jammeh “There was dictatorship, yes, but at least at some point we had some good writers. Now, everyone is talking about press freedom. There is progress, much progress and commendable so, but what is the essence of press freedom if there is no good...
Apr 27, 2021 | Media law and policy
by Fatima el Issawi The struggle between autocratic structures and democratic change took place in the media landscape as much as it developed in the political arena in post Arab uprisings. The nascent agency developed by journalists transformed them into full...
