The junta justified the takeover on security grounds, arguing that Damiba had failed to contain the Islamist insurgency.
As violence persists in Africa, the traumatic experience has broken the peace of homes and disintegrated families
Press freedom is entering a terminal phase in the Sahel
Despite CBN’s accessibility rule issued in 2010, most ATMs still lack features that enable independent use for people with visual impairments
This underscores how war and political instability continue to make journalism one of the world’s most dangerous professions.
A pervasive culture of impunity continues to undermine the media, with 48 percent of participants raising journalist safety as a primary concern.
The most prevalent form of the attacks was arrest and detention of journalists and citizens, which accounted for 44 percent of all documented incidents.
Red Sea tensions put the Horn of Africa on the edge of a new conflict.
In Africa, the irresistible search for fair judgment continues to push Africans to courts abroad.
Africa’s press freedom is deteriorating, with many countries experiencing increased repression, violence, and state-sanctioned media manipulation against journalists.
The student journalist had come to cover the inauguration of UI’s newly elected Student Union executives and its legislative arm, Student Representative Council (SRC) members.
Recently, citizens in East African Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania dubbed the region ‘Abductistan,’ a colloquial reference to the growing trend of forced disappearances.
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