How precious freedom is can better be explained by those who have suffered and struggled for it. This is what my personal experience dictates. On September 4, 2010, I was abducted. Before that, I was a free man roaming around without any care or caution. Even that fateful night, I was laughing in the company […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of publishers, editors and leading journalists, condemned in the strongest possible terms today’s bomb attacks on Nigerian newspaper buildings. A suicide bomber in an explosives-laden car drove into the offices of ThisDay newspaper in Abuja, killing at least six people, while a bomb was thrown at a […]

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), on Wednesday released its report on the media situation in Kosovo. A SEEMO-led press freedom mission delegation visited Pristina, Kosovo’s capital, from Nov. 23 to 25, 2011. The delegation met: President Atifete Jahjaga; Prime Minister Hashim Thaci; International Civilian […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) has announced the winners of its 2012 News Innovation Contest, sponsored by Google Inc. The projects will collectively enhance online journalism and innovation efforts via news platforms and training across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The fourteen projects selected this year will be awarded more than $1.7 million. In […]