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   AFRICA Journalists' trauma book launched in Kenya
AFRICA CPJ urges Nigeria to probe police harassment, assaultNEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists has called on national police Inspector General Mike Okiro to investigate reports that Delta state police harassed six journalists and attacked at least three of them last week. 30 Jun 2009 09:35 AFRICA FAJ, IFJ outline strategies to defend journalists' rights
AFRICA IFJ calls for Somali media protection
AFRICA IFJ consults on future of journalism
AFRICA Telkom to improve business in Nigeria
AFRICA Stop sensationalising crime - Jordaan
AFRICA Malawi parliament sets tough media conditions[Gregory Gondwe] With a new parliament poised to meet for the first time today, 22 June 2009, new tough media conditions have been set up and the Media Council of Malawi has since given the new set of rules its seal of approval. 22 Jun 2009 11:55 AFRICA Gambian journalists charged with seditionNEW YORK: A magistrate in the Gambian capital, Banjul, on Thursday, 18 June 2009 charged seven journalists with sedition for criticising President Yahya Jammeh's televised comments about the unsolved 2004 murder of editor Deyda Hydara, their defense lawyer said. 19 Jun 2009 09:42 AFRICA Call to enter Bastiat prizes for journalism, online journalism
AFRICA Seven Gambian press leaders arrested over Hydara reactionNEW YORK: The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Tuesday, 16 June 2009, for Gambia's national security agency to release seven journalists it arrested on Monday, 15 June. The detainees include leaders of the country's press union and editors of newspapers that published a union press release criticising President Yahya Jammeh's recent comments about the unsolved 2004 murder of editor Deyda Hydara. 17 Jun 2009 10:46 AFRICA Zim to have new media commission[Dumisani Ndlela] Zimbabwe's parliament has begun the process of establishing the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), days after the High Court declared the Media and Information Commission (MIC) defunct and ordered that it stop accrediting of journalists. 12 Jun 2009 10:14 Latest jobs | Ad showcase Momentum   3 of 9  |
The Kenya Correspondent's Association (KCA) and Kenya Association of Photographers, Illustrators and Designers (KAPIDE) launched a journalist's trauma booklet, The Healing Messenger, on 26 June 2009. The booklet is published by the International Media Support (IMS), and provides insight into the trauma experienced by journalists covering the post-election violence in Kenya in early 2008. 
Leaders of the Federation of African Journalists (FAJ), the African regional organisation of the International Federation of Journalists, strongly condemned at their biannual meeting in Djibouti on 23 June 2009, the unsafe and precarious working conditions of journalists in Africa. 
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has urged the international community to help stop violence against media in Somalia after the murder of Muktar Mohamed Hirabe, director of Radio Shabelle in Mogadishu, who was shot dead by gunmen in the war ravaged Somali capital on Sunday, 7 June 2009. 
The IFJ is carrying out a review of changing conditions in journalism. It has a daily monitoring service and is planning a conference on the challenges facing journalism unions later this year. 
JOHANNESBURG: The number one priority of Telkom is to improve business in Nigeria, the telecommunications giant said on Tuesday, 23 June 2009. 
The International Policy Network (IPN) announced Wednesday, 17 June 2009, that entries are open for its annual Bastiat Prize for Journalism, but that the deadline for entries is 30 June 2009. 
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