
Is Traditional Media Losing Its Grip?
Younger audiences across Africa are turning to social video and influencers for news, while trust in traditional media remains stable as concerns over misinformation grow.
Younger audiences across Africa are turning to social video and influencers for news, while trust in traditional media remains stable as concerns over misinformation grow.
A firsthand account of press intimidation and the shrinking space for liberty in Zambia.
Recently, headlines spotlighted how Africans lost over €60 million in 2024 alone to rejected Schengen visa applications. But beyond the outrage over wasted money lies the systematic shutting out of African talents and opportunities from the global stage.
In the routine of signing out, the faculty, clinic, library, students’ affairs, bursary, and the student union will have to sign the documents before a student can scale through to collect notification of the result.
While over 70 percent of Africans support multi-party elections and presidential term limits, trust in electoral processes has weakened. Only 58 percent believe their most recent election was free and fair, down from 66 percent in 2014, and 48 percent say votes are not counted fairly.
In Africa, the irresistible search for fair judgment continues to push Africans to courts abroad.
According to the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), PHCs are expected to offer 24-hour services, be fenced, and have staff quarters or accommodation for the workers within the community.
When The Liberalist visited the facility in March this year, the staff quarters were in a state of total abandonment and disrepair, reflecting the broader neglect that plagues the facility.
Africa’s press freedom is deteriorating, with many countries experiencing increased repression, violence, and state-sanctioned media manipulation against journalists.
Rather than imposing more taxes, the government should reduce barriers to digital access.
The continent’s largest economy on board means the vision of a unified African free trade area just got brighter.
Across Sokoto state, remote communities are grappling with a silent crisis: poor access to healthcare services, abandoned facilities, and severe shortages of medical personnel and equipment.
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