The Ivorian National Press Council (CNP) has banned the publication of opinion polls conducted on presidential candidates for the forthcoming election.[more]

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has advised the executive to work with the National Assembly to ensure the immediate withdrawal of the anti-media bill recently initiated by Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa of the House of Representatives.[more]

A news report on Thursday quoted Welshman Ncube saying that the talks which began on Monday focused on “western sanctions against Zimbabwe, pirate radio stations and government appointments including those of the attorney general and reserve bank governor”. While another report said ZANU PF wants ‘the MDC to rein in its supporters in western capitals running “pirate” radio stations’.[more]

SUUBI FM, one of the four Ugandan FM stations closed during the September riots in the central region (Buganda), has sacked four presenters in an attempt to persuade the government to reopen it, writes Dennis Itumbi for journalism.co.za. [more]

Last Wednesday, the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) disseminated the findings of its study titled Monitoring Media Reportage on Corruption. The study was conducted by the astute media lecturer, Dr Audrey S. Gadzekpo, Director, School of Communication, University of Ghana, Legon. [more]

Kampala — Over the last twenty years, President Yoweri Museveni has baffled observers with his relations with the Ugandan media. He has simultaneously been the strongest promoter of press freedom and its biggest threat. He has jailed and prosecuted as many journalists as he has dined with.[more]

The Newspaper Proprietors Association of Nigeria has declared that the country is sliding back to the dark ages and an era of government control of the media with the proposed Press Council Bill.[more]

South African newspapers are showing the strain being experienced by media globally . Prof Anton Harber, head of the University of the Witwatersrand's department of journalism , described the figures as the worst he can remember.[more]

The report, titled 'Public Broadcast Services in Africa Series, On Air', the report highlights the problems caused by the state's stranglehold on broadcasting which has resulted in the state-controlled Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings (ZBH) enjoying a monopoly.[more]

The government should not control the media, Zimbabwean Prime Minister (PM) Morgan Tsvangirai has said, adding that the media should regulate itself the same way other professions do.[more]