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IPI Blog: Chinese Media Reciprocity Act introduced before United States Congress

Reciprocation. The word means “a mutual giving and receiving” as defined by Dictionary.com. It is also the word that best defines the sentiment behind a recent bill introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives on September 11. The Chinese Media Reciprocity Act of 2011 (H.R. 2899), introduced by U.S. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of California, is intended to […]

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Nigeria newspaper bureau chief harassed

The Abuja bureau chief of the Nigerian Daily Times was harassed by police officers in the capital Abuja on Wednesday, the newspaper reported on its website. Michaela Moye was reportedly filming the demolition of “illegal” buildings when she was chased from the scene by members of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), the Daily Times […]

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Grenade attack on radio station in Puntland

Unknown assailants armed with hand grenades bombed the Radio Galkayo station in Galkayo, Puntland on 18 October, the latest in a series of attacks on journalists in the self-governing region, which is officially a part of Somalia. The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) reports that the bomb was thrown from the back fence of […]

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NTA cameraman killed in Nigeria

Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) cameraman Alhaji Zakariyya Isa was killed in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, apparently by members of the Islamist Boko Haram group, according to reports citing the Nigerian authorities. Two gunmen reportedly followed Isa, who worked as a Hausa translator and newscaster, from the mosque where he had just […]

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