The new year brought bad news for press freedom on the African continent with the brutal murder of one journalist and the suspicious death of another. Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Africa program head Angela Quintal said that to start the year with the death of at least two top journalists
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Online female journalist bullying escalates in Africa
Women, media practitioners too, are now victims of online abuses and blackmail through con-consensual sharing of personal information since the advent of digital technologies, contrasting the United Nations’ call for global attainment of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5. The Goal endeavors to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.