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Powerful: Electricity pylons in Kibuye, Rwanda, part of the KivuWatt power plant, which produces electricity from gas trapped in the depths of Lake Kivu. Photo: Luke Dray/Getty Images

Why the allure of the ‘Rwanda Model’ is misplaced

Dropping democracy for aspirant autocrats who will put everything in order with a big stick might not be all it’s cracked up to be

MTN has announced that it is exiting Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry in a bid to leave some markets in West Africa. (Supplied)

MTN increases its support for media industry after devastation of Covid-19

The telecommunications giant has donated a further R800 000 to help the independent media stay afloat

Unless journalism is holistic and includes aspects such as politics and business, even the best health journalism won’t cut the mustard in the long run.

Making media freedom in ESwatini is more than a dream

Magazine editor Bheki Makhubu, in spite of harassment from King Mswati and his cronies, is undeterred in his bid to expose the regime’s wrongdoings

Journalists throughout Southern and East Africa are harassed, detained mostly through the use of criminal law. Photo: File

Free press development impeded by crackdowns

Governments and civil societies need to be vigilant in supporting a free press, even while it is still developing

Ghanaian Investigative journalist Anas Aremeyaw Anas prays alongside colleagues and friends for slain investigative journalist Ahmed Husein Suale on January 18 2019. (Ruth McDowall/AFP/Getty Images)

Journalist killed in Ghana, home to Africa’s freest press

2019’s first recorded death of a journalist happened in Accra in mid-January

Journalist Carlos Cardoso was killed in 2000 after exposing the theft of $14-million from state bank BCM. On the 10th anniversary of his murder, his son Ibo (above) visited the site where he was gunned down in Maputo. (Benoit Marquet/AFP)

Mozambique’s brutal war on free speech

Proposed high fees will make it impossible for those reporting at grassroots level to continue

Four journos arrested in Zim

Four journos arrested in Zim

Zimbabwean police have arrested four journalists while they were covering the eviction of a police officer from government lodging.