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African Journalists leaders summit outlines strategies to roll back impunity and defend journalists' rights2009-06-30
Federation of African Journalists (FAJ)
Leaders of the Federation of African Journalists have condemned at their biannual meeting in Djibouti on June 23rd, the unsafe and precarious working conditions of journalists in Africa.
FAJ says African journalists face series of threats ranging from safety and security, repressive laws, oppressive regimes2009-04-26
Human Rights Defenders
Journalists and media workers in Africa face series of threats ranging from safety and security, repressive laws, oppressive regimes, monopolies, bad labour practices and unfair competition.
IPS Africa Launches Reporting Gender-Based Violence Handbook2010-01-03
Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa
Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa has launched a new handbook for reporters to support sustained media coverage of gender-based violence beyond 16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children.
Sources welcomes Omar Ha-Redeye2009-01-30
Omar Ha-Redeye
Sources welcomes a new member: Omar Ha-Redeye. Omar Ha-Redeye is frequently interviewed by the media on subjects relating to health, security, law, politics, social media, disasters, minority rights a...
Sources welcomes Pearson Peacekeeping Centre2009-01-23
Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre (PPC) is a Canadian-based institution dedicated to making international peace operations more effective through research, education and training, and capacity developme...
Soutien Apport aux Pays Africains Francophones2010-02-18
Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
Le Centre Pearson pour le maintien de la paix (CPMP) a obtenu un appui financier de prs de 3,5 millions de dollars du Ministre des Affaires trangres et du Commerce international (MAECI) du Canada afi...
Support for Africa's French-Speaking Countries2010-02-18
Pearson Peacekeeping Centre
The Pearson Peacekeeping Centre has received close to $3.5 million from the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Canada (DFAIT) to execute a project, in collaboration with the Fran...
World Press Freedom Day: Statement from the Media Foundation for West Africa2009-05-02
Media Foundation for West Africa
The theme for this year's celebration of World Press Freedom Day, Media, Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, could not have been more appropriate in any other year than this one, particularly for count...
Sources Select Resources
Africa: Cultural Appropriation - When 'Borrowing' Becomes ExploitationArewa, Olufunmilayo
Article
2016
All Africa
The idea of "cultural appropriation" has recently entered mainstream debates about the ways in which African cultural creations are used, borrowed and imitated by others. In fashion, art, music and be...
Africa Topic Index in Sources Directory of ExpertsSpokespersons, Experts, and Resources
Website
Sources
A subject guide to experts and spokespersons on topics related to Africa in the Sources directory for the media.
African Awakenings: The Emerging Revolutions (Book Review)Fogel, Ben
Article
2012
Insurgent Notes
This book sets out to place the host of new movements arising across the continent in a singular socio-political context.
African Journalists leaders summit outlines strategies to roll back impunity and defend journalists' rightsSources News Release
Article
2009
Federation of African Journalists (FAJ)
Leaders of the Federation of African Journalists have condemned at their biannual meeting in Djibouti on June 23rd, the unsafe and precarious working conditions of journalists in Africa.
Chinese neocolonialism in AfricaThe Dragon eating the African Lion and Cheetah? (Part I)
Mariam, Alemayehu G.
Article
2017
Pambazuka News
China has literally invaded Africa with its investors, traders, lenders, builders, developers, labourers and who knows what else. The fancy phrase for that is win-win cooperation. The "cooperation" ha...
Connexions Library: Africa FocusWebsite
2009
Connexions Information Sharing Services
Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on Africa.
Content Magazine - Number 89September/ October 1978
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1978
A Death Sentence For AfricaThe Durban Climate Deal And Eight Corporate Media Unmentionables
Article
2011
Medialens
Carbon emissions, already at their peak, will continue to increase for at least the next eight years, pushing humanity closer to the brink of climate collapse. Rather than address the madness of a glo...
FAJ says African journalists face series of threats ranging from safety and security, repressive laws, oppressive regimesSources News Release
Article
2009
Human Rights Defenders
Journalists and media workers in Africa face series of threats ranging from safety and security, repressive laws, oppressive regimes, monopolies, bad labour practices and unfair competition.
Fighting the poachers on Africa's thin green lineSmith, David
Article
2013
Guardian Weekly
Underpaid, ill-equipped and outnumbered, park rangers fight a one-sided war against vicious gangs of poachers. Hundreds have been murdered in the defence of endangered wildlife, and their deaths leave...
IPS Africa Launches Reporting Gender-Based Violence HandbookSources News Release
Article
2010
Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa
Inter Press Service (IPS) Africa has launched a new handbook for reporters to support sustained media coverage of gender-based violence beyond 16 Days of No Violence Against Women and Children.
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics... and U.S. Africa Command Turse, Nick
Article
2016
TomDispatch.com
One of the strangest news developments of our time is the way the media now focus for days, if not weeks, 24/7, on a single event and its ramifications. Omar Mateen's slaughter of 49 people at the Pul...
Line in the sand: Africa's 'green wall' aims to stop desert's growthVillagers will help establish 15km-wide swath of trees as a nature reserve
Caramel, Laurence
Article
2011
The Guardian
The Great Green Wall is a pan-African plan to halt desertification through reforestation.
Live News AfricaA Survival Guide for Journalists
Article
2007
International News Safety Institute, International Federation of Journalist
Provides practical information for journalists who plan to travel to Africa for on site work including circumstances of danger specific to the country and then possible consequences a journalist may...
A Marxist History of the World part 26: Africa: cattle-herders, iron-masters, and trading statesFaulkner, Neil
Article
2011
Counterfire
Neil Faulkner looks at the early civilisations in Africa and how geography ensured the continent would develop differently from Eurasia.
A Marxist History of the World part 62: The Scramble for AfricaFaulkner, Neil
Article
2012
Counterfire
The imperial competition to control Africa spawned a predatory colonialism of mines, plantations, and machine-guns and propelled humanity towards industrialised world war writes Neil Faulkner.
Media Alert West Africa2006-2007: Annual State of the Media Report
Book
2008
Media Foundation for West Africa
An annual publication on the poltiical, economic and social conditions of the media in West Africa published by the Media Foundation for West Africa.
Slavery in modern AfricaSources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
Slavery in Africa continues today. Slavery existed in Africa before the arrival of Europeans - as did a slave trade that exported millions of Africans to North Africa, the Middle East, and the Persian...
Why we must stop this gay witch-hunt nowMakori, Henry
Article
2014
Pambazuka
President Yoweri Museveni has done it. Against widespread expectation raised by his earlier pledge, the Ugandan leader turned around this week and signed into law the contentious Anti-Homosexuality Bi...
World Press Freedom Day: Statement from the Media Foundation for West AfricaSources News Release
Article
2009
Media Foundation for West Africa
The theme for this year's celebration of World Press Freedom Day, Media, Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, could not have been more appropriate in any other year than this one, particularly for count...
Sources Bookshelf
Content Magazine - Number 89September/ October 1978
Serial Publication (Periodical)
1978
Mass Communications and American EmpireSchiller, Herbert I.
Book
1971
An in-depth look at international and domestic media, and the effect of capitalism on mass communications.
Media Alert West Africa2006-2007: Annual State of the Media Report
Book
2008
An annual publication on the poltiical, economic and social conditions of the media in West Africa published by the Media Foundation for West Africa.
Anglican JournalNational news magazine of the Anglican Church of Canada. Covering issues of importance to Anglicans.
Labour, Capital and SocietyAn interdisciplinary, bilingual, refereed journal on labour issues concerning the regions of Africa, Asia, Latin America, Caribbean and Middle East.
New InternationalistNew Internationalist reports on issues of world poverty and inequality. We focus attention on the unjust relationship between the powerful and the powerless worldwide in the fight for global justice.
Government Ministries & Agencies
Canadian International Development AgencyMandate: "Supporting sustainable development, reducing poverty and providing humanitarian assistance in order to promote a more secure, equitable and prosperous world."
Foreign Affairs And International Trade CanadaMedia Relations Office
The Media Relations Office maintains an ongoing working relationship with Canadian and foreign journalists in Canada. It is the departmental contact point for requests coming f...
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