Pressure on Journalists Rises Along With Africa's Prospects
February 12, 2014 2:13 AM ET
After a decade of unprecedented growth and development, the insistence on positive news remains a significant threat to press freedom in sub-Saharan Africa. By Mohamed Keita A newspaper displayed in the Ikoyi district of Lagos on September 30, 2013, tells...
Ethiopia arrests 2 journalists from independent paper
November 5, 2013 2:48 PM ET
New York, November 5, 2013--Ethiopian police have arrested without charge two editors of the leading independent Amharic weekly Ethio-Mihdar, according to local journalists. Police in the town of Legetafo, northeast of the capital Addis Ababa, on Monday arrested Getachew Worku...
Ethiopia holds reporter covering evictions in dam region
May 30, 2013 6:07 PM ET
New York, May 30, 2012--Ethiopian authorities have detained since Friday a reporter who sought to interview people evicted from their homes in a region where the government is building a contentious hydro-electric dam on the Blue Nile, according to a...