The IPI global network expresses its condolences to the family and colleagues of Arshad Sharif, prominent Pakistani journalist who was shot and killed by law enforcement in Kenya on October 24. We call for an independent and transparent investigation in order to determine the circumstances of his death.  Sharif, a former anchor with Pakistan’s ARY […]

Stephen Gitagama, Group CEO of Nation Media Group, was elected as a member of the International Press Institute (IPI)’s global Executive Board earlier this month at IPI’s World Congress in Geneva. With publications in Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda, the Nation Media Group is the largest independent media house in East Africa. During the Congress, […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) announced today that award-winning Palestinian journalist Daoud Kuttab and Miami Herald World Editor John Yearwood were elected to the IPI Executive Board during IPI’s 62nd General Assembly, held on Monday in Amman, Jordan. Previously elected as chair of IPI’s North American Committee, Yearwood assumed the board seat of Ryan Blethen, […]

The year 2018 was a difficult one for press freedom in Kenya. Physical and verbal attacks against journalists increased. At the end of January, the government temporarily shut down several independent TV stations. Journalists, human rights organizations and the Media Council of Kenya repeatedly expressed their concerns over the deteriorating state of press freedom. One […]