There is incessant increase in the number of abuse of media rights on the African continent including deaths of practitioners with DR Congo, Mali, and Zimbabwe, Guinea cited among the countries censuring and flouting the purveyors’ rights to disseminate news without duress. The International Press Institute (IPI), a renowned watchdog, has
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Zambia nods ATI as campaigners lie in wait for enactment
After a 21-year-lull, advocates for the access to Information Bill can now sigh with relief after the Zambian Government committed to pushing the much heralded pledge into law-enhancing press and citizen’s unwavering freedom to information amid misinformation, disinformation and the emerging digital media. Zambia’s cabinet had during a meeting it held
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.
Zambia to expedite access to information law
Zambia’s quest to enact the ‘belated’ Access To Information (ATI) Bill has inched closer after the Government reaffirmed its commitment to actualize it into law, premised on practitioners being responsible and accountable to their role as fourth estate. Last year, Information and media minister Ms. Chushi Kasanda had assured various stakeholders
Zambia court rules liquidation of Post newspaper as illegal
After eight years of protracted legal battle between liquidators of the once famous and critical private publication-the Post, the Court in Zambia has reversed the decision, describing it illegal with calls to re-start the process. In 2016, the Post, a fiery critic of the defunct newspaper was placed under liquidation over