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Home > Africa: Five decades after independence, journalists still seeking freedom

Contributor [1]
Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - 03:00
Categories: 
Media & freedom of expression [2]
Issue Number: 
501 [3]
Article-Summary: 

With many African countries marking the 50th anniversary of their independence, 2010 should have been a year of celebration but the continent’s journalists were not invited to the party. The Horn of Africa continues to be the region with the least press freedom but there were disturbing reverses in the Great Lakes region and East Africa.

Category: 
ICT, Media & Security [4]
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http://www.pambazuka.org/en/category.php/media/67929 [5]

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