Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) cameraman Alhaji Zakariyya Isa was killed in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, apparently by members of the Islamist Boko Haram group, according to reports citing the Nigerian authorities. Two gunmen reportedly followed Isa, who worked as a Hausa translator and newscaster, from the mosque where he had just […]

Egyptian elections are coming up, Tunisia has voted for its new constitutional assembly, and Libya’s transitional government declared the country free this week.  But in Yemen, the struggle is far from over.  Protestors continue to demonstrate against the regime of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, who has repeatedly refused to concede to opposition demands and leave […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today urged Ukrainian authorities to determine who shot a local reporter in the head this week, leaving him in critical condition, and to bring the assailant to justice. The website novosti-N.mk.ua reported that the journalist, Oleksandr Vlaschenko, who also reports for the Nash Gorod Nikolaev newspaper, was attacked Sunday night in a […]

Gérard Davet, an investigative journalist with French daily newspaper Le Monde, is currently at the centre of a scandal that has led to criminal charges against the head of the country’s domestic intelligence agency for allegedly misusing security services to uncover Davet’s sources. Davet – who uncovered allegations that L’Oreal heiress and billionaire Liliane Bettencourt […]