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UGANDA
Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony’s War
By Andrew Green*
GULU, Uganda - Radio Mega FM’s transmission tower rises from the centre of Gulu town, transmitting talk shows and the latest Ugandan radio hits to listeners across the district. But it also serves as something of an informal memorial to community radio-driven peace efforts during the Lord’s Resistance Army’s destruction of northern Uganda.
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SOUTH AFRICA
"Secrecy Bill" Step Backwards for Africa
By Terna Gyuse*
CAPE TOWN - Critics call it "the Secrecy Bill". And it comes at a time when several African countries are adopting promising new legislation on access to information. But campaigners say South Africa's draft Protection of Information Bill represents a step backwards.
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SWAZILAND
Impossible for Children to Access Public Information
By Mantoe Phakathi
MBABANE - Many public officials in Swaziland do not think that access to information is a public right, but rather a privilege – which can be withdrawn at anytime.
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SOMALIA
Will the Prime Minister Uphold Media Freedom?
By Abdurrahman Warsameh
MOGADISHU - The appointment of a new prime minister in Somalia amid protests and a media crackdown will do nothing to resolve the country’s problems of corruption and cronyism, political analysts say. But they hope the new appointee may be able to do something about media freedom in the country.
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Manufacturing Côte d'Ivoire's 'Good Guy'
Analysis by Tendai Marima *
LONDON - As Côte d'Ivoire's bloody leadership contest draws to a close and the surrender of Laurent Gbagbo, the incumbent president, seems imminent, a long list of atrocities and electoral irregularities mark the records of both him and his opponent, Alassane Ouattara.
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Q&A
"Gender Not a Limiting Factor in Politics"
Marshall Patsanza interviews THEMBENI MADLOPHA-MTHETHWA, the female mayor of a rural town in northern KwaZulu Natal.
JOHANNESBURG - In the rural KwaZulu Natal town of Jozini, Thembeni Madlopha-Mthethwa has been the town’s mayor for a decade. And in contrast to the rest of the country, which has experienced numerous civil strikes and service delivery complaints, Jozini has rarely had any such problems.
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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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