Danesious Marteh, a sports’ reporter with privately-owned Frontpage Africa newspaper was on September 2, 2010 assaulted by three foreign-based players of the national soccer team for photographing them.

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Sports Journalist Attacked By Three Members of the National Soccer Team

There has been much noise and fury recently across a range of news outlets in this country about press freedom. “We want a free press” – you hear the journalists cry, and surely you think to yourself that is an entirely reasonable request of any administration, in any civilised country

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Press Freedom – Do We Really Understand What This Means?

There has been much noise and fury recently across a range of news outlets in this country about press freedom.

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Press Freedom – Do We Really Understand What This Means?

For the past years, your reputed newspaper carried a number of articles of my fellow youth, comrades and indeed revolutionaries with the correct view. All these youth vigorously and consistently debated free tertiary education.

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Free Tertiary Education a Big Solution

For the past years, your reputed newspaper carried a number of articles of my fellow youth, comrades and indeed revolutionaries with the correct view. All these youth vigorously and consistently debated free tertiary education.

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Free Tertiary Education a Big Solution

The recent fire damage to Ultima Studios’ in Nigeria (see Broadcast News below) and the 2008 fire in Universal Studios’ video vault underline the importance of holding a back-up and making a proper archive of work. Balancing Act’s Sylvain Beletre looks at what the practice in Africa has been so far and suggests some easy ways to overcome the problem.

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Do African Producers Save Copies of Their Video Work?

The recent fire damage to Ultima Studios’ in Nigeria (see Broadcast News below) and the 2008 fire in Universal Studios’ video vault underline the importance of holding a back-up and making a proper archive of work. Balancing Act’s Sylvain Beletre looks at what the practice in Africa has been so far and suggests some easy ways to overcome the problem.

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Do African Producers Save Copies of Their Video Work?

Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika last week threatened to shut down newspapers that “tarnish” his government’s image, according to news reports.

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President Threatens to Close Newspapers That ‘Lie’

Lagos State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Olasupo Sasore, has denied reported deals with the Presidency for the release of Hamza Al-Mustapha, the former Chief Security Officer to late General Sani Abacha and others who have been in detention over an alleged murder attempt on publisher of The Guardian Newspaper, Chief Alex Ibru.

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No Plan to Release Al-Mustapha, Lagos Govt Says

The Nation Media Group (NMG) a media conglomerate of regional newspapers and broadcast facilities across the region, has officially applied to the Capital Markets Advisory Council (CMAC) for a possible cross-listing of its shares to regional investors.

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NMG Officially Applies to Cross-List On Rwanda’s Bourse