The staff of the SABC investigative unit, Special Assignment, are being subjected to office raids and are being demanded to take lie detector tests, as the public broadcaster continues its hunt for the person who leaked a programme on political satire it refused to air, according to a media release from the Media Institute of Southern Africa.[more]

The Kenyan government and media are locked in yet another showdown, this time round on the issue of frequencies and the role of the Media Council in self-regulation, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za.[more]

Sudan says it is withdrawing official censorship of the media, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za.[more]