As protests grow in Egypt, with a reported million protestors calling on President Hosni Mubarak to cede power on Tuesday, journalists are reporting that citizens on the ground have found novel ways to circumvent the government-ordered communications crackdown. Egypt has shut down Internet access in the country, and mobile telephone networks have been severely disrupted. […]

The Association of Caribbean Media Workers (ACM) is saddened by the announcement by the British Broadcasting Corporation that its popular Caribbean Service is to be closed. The ACM wishes to pay tribute to the West Indian men and women and their British counterparts who strove for more than 40 years, and more recently, in more […]

IPI condemns the violence directed against journalists in the recent demonstrations in Egypt and calls for the release of arrested media personnel. Since Tuesday, during the largest anti-government protests Egypt has seen in several years, over 10 journalists have been beaten by security forces while others were detained. By Friday most Internet service across the […]

The Gambian authorities closed independent Teranga FM 97.5 on 13 January, for reasons that are yet unclear. Managing director Ismaila Sisay was reportedly also called in for questioning. The station, opened in 2009, was popular among Gambians. Teranga FM reportedly broadcast in the local languages of Wollof and Mandinka, local journalists told IPI. One IPI […]