Current media events

Thursday 04 March 2010

Plan of Action to Advance the Right of Access to Information in Africa Released

 

Participants from the African Regional Conference on the Right of Access to Information today released the Regional Findings and Plan of Action to advance the right in Africa. The conference found that while access to information is a fundamental human right, political and institutional constraints in Africa have limited the opportunities to exercise the right. [more]

Tuesday 02 March 2010

Second round for African Media Barometer (AMB) in Uganda

 
Facilitator Hendrik Bussiek comments on the scoring

On February 12, a panel of local experts met in Entebbe for two days to debate the current developments in the country’s media scene within the framework of the African Media Barometer (AMB).[more]