African Media Urged to Avoid Government Control
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Text of report by Ghanaian newspaper The Accra Mail on 19 September  A stakeholder meeting on transforming public media has recommended that newspapers and news agencies, especially in Africa, should stay out of government control in order to impact meaningfully on the citizenry.
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By JOHN THORNE RABAT, Morocco - Internet users in Morocco unable to access the video-sharing Web site YouTube since last week expressed fears Tuesday that the government has stepped up its campaign to restrict independent media.
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Lack of press freedom is worst in Asia, Cuba and the Middle East, says a media watchdog report.
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Paris, Oct. 27 (NNN) : A report from media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RWB) has put Press freedom under most under threat in Asia and the Middle East.
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A press freedom group condemned the Somali government's closure of three independent broadcasters accused of supporting terrorists, saying the allegations were unproven.
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government in Nigeria in protest at the &quot;dangerous&quot; state of the country, newspapers have reported. Problem With Nigeria&quot;, rejected the award in a two-page letter addressed to President Olusegun Obasanjo.
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South Africa's African National Congress President Jacob Zuma has urged his supporters, angered by corruption charges brought against him, to avoid the kind of violence that has exploded in Kenya.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 1 -- A single bullet and a threatening note arrived in a package delivered to one of Zimbabwe's last independent newspapers in what journalists said Thursday was the latest sign of the dangers to press freedoms in that country.
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South Africa's state broadcaster goes to court to stop cinemas showing a film about President Thabo Mbeki.
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Reporters there say they face a growing threat from feuding political factions.
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S  Africa's health department is criticised for newspaper advertisements defending the minister in a court case.
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Vietnam needs to control blogs to prevent the spread of subversive and sexually explicit content, communist government officials said according to a state media report Wednesday.
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Middle Eastern bloggers tackling everything from human rights to Islam are making it harder for governments to keep their monopoly on the media. By the Associated Press.
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Text of report by Ghanaian GBC radio on 11 December  A conference on the media and national development is taking place in Accra. The participants from all over the country are deliberating on how the media can respond responsibly to the unlimited freedom they are enjoying.
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The government had tried to block news coverage of a scandal, arguing that it jeopardized the investigation.
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A watchdog group has suggested a mandatory flash on camera mobiles to avoid illicit photographs.
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Several online journalists have been arrested, raising fears of a government crackdown on internet dissidents.