Mali’s next president must seize the opportunity to improve the country’s record on press freedom, which suffered under months of political and sectarian conflict, the International Press Institute said today. Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, a Sorbonne-educated former foreign minister, is due to take office on Sept. 4. He has pledged to restore democracy and stability in […]

Liberian authorities should release the jailed newspaper editor Rodney Sieh and lift any restrictions on the publication of his newspaper, FrontPageAfrica, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Sieh, whose daily is one of the best read in Monrovia, was detained on Aug. 21 on the orders of a Supreme Court judge when he refused […]

The South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), today said it is worried about proposed changes to media law in the Republic of Macedonia (ROM) / Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). The Ministry of Transport and the Communication in Skopje have presented two draft laws that would […]

While the murder of journalists in Somalia continues unabated and a press law requiring journalists to reveal their sources and forbidding them from publishing anything deemed against Islam or Somali traditions is being considered by lawmakers, journalists in the East African country that borders Ethiopia and Kenya are proving resilient – if not cautious. Somali […]