Leonard Mulamba is editor-in-chief at Radio Okapi, which was named IPI’s 2010 Free Media Pioneer.  Mr. Mulamba has worked at Radio Okapi since it was established on 25 February 2002 and has held several positions at the station since then, including Editorial Secretary and Deputy Chief Editor. Mr. Mulamba has been editor-in-chief since January 2008. IPI: […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today honoured Radio Okapi, based in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with the 2010 ‘Free Media Pioneer’ award. Radio Okapi began broadcasting on 25 February 2002 as a public service station with the aim of contributing to the building of peace in the DRC. The radio station is jointly […]

A defamation case brought against renowned Egyptian journalist Hamdi Kandil earlier this year was referred to the criminal court by the public prosecutor yesterday, according to agency news reports. On 18 May, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit filed charges of “insulting and libelling a public servant or citizen performing their work” against Kandil, for […]

Fourteen years ago, Irish crime reporter Veronica Guerin, whose investigations into Dublin’s seedy underbelly had won awards for her and the best-selling Sunday Independent, was gunned down by an unknown killer while she waited in traffic. Last week, an Irish fugitive wanted in connection with her murder was arrested in Amsterdam in a cooperative effort between […]