EAST AFRICAKenyan President deals blow to press freedom - RSB
NAIROBI: President Mwai Kibaki signed the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill 2008 into law on 3 January 2009 and was noted by Reporters without Borders as shocking. 5 Jan 2009 14:04

EAST AFRICAKenya: Government proposes draconian media law - MISA
MISA believes that a new law, if passed, will allow the Kenyan government to determine the content, style, manner and schedule of broadcasting. The proposition has drawn fierce resistance from the media industry. 3 Dec 2008 11:39

EAST AFRICAEastern African Media - more focus on gender issues
ETHIOPIA: Media will not grow unless they give serious attention to gender issues, said secretary general of Eastern African Journalists Association, Omar Faruk on the first regional conference on gender held late last month at the Sudanese Journalist's Union (SJU) in Khartoum. 10 Nov 2008 12:15

EAST AFRICATanzania: Media march for press freedom
Tanzania's journalists took to the streets of Dar es Salaam last week to protest against the three-month banning of a newspaper that exposed official corruption. According to the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA), it was the first time in Tanzania's history that journalists marched against the government, accusing it of trying to stifle media freedom. 10 Nov 2008 09:12

EAST AFRICATanzania urged to implement e-policy for the disabled
Tanzania has been urged to develop a strategy to enable disabled people to access information locally and globally. 25 Sep 2008 11:11

EAST AFRICACPJ to honour Ugandan journalist
[Walter Wafula] Andrew Mwenda, a founder and managing editor of The Independent magazine in Uganda, will be one of the five courageous journalists who will be honoured with awards by the Committee to Protect Journalists in November 2008. 17 Sep 2008 14:44

EAST AFRICAEastern African media institutions collaborate for journalistic freedoms
The Eastern Africa Journalists Association (EAJA), in collaboration with the American Centre for International Labour Solidarity and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), organised a regional conference on "Challenges and Obstacles of Practicing Journalism in Eastern Africa" in Djibouti last month. 17 Sep 2008 10:29

EAST AFRICAKenya: Fourth estate dances with double-edged sword
[Carole Kimutai] Love them or hate them, journalists are here to stay. Yesterday they were your best friends because they published an excellent review of the new product you just launched. Today they are your enemy; they published a story that you think was not well-balanced. So, to whose tune should the scribes dance to? 12 Sep 2008 11:02

EAST AFRICASA vlogger takes Highway Africa Digital Journalism award
[Simone Puterman] BREAKING NEWS: Khaya Dlanga, YouTube vlogger, Thoughtleader blogger and MetropolitanRepublic Johannesburg creative, has scooped the SABC-Highway Africa New Media Award in the Student/Individual category, it was announced this evening, Tuesday, 9 September 2007, at the awards ceremony at the 1820 Settlers' Monument in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. The other two winners were Nirmal Shah from Seychelles for Nature Seychelles (www.natureseychelles.org) in the Non-profit category and Togo's Noel Kokou Tadegnon for Sites Média (www.mediatogo.info) in the Corporate category. 9 Sep 2008 23:48

EAST AFRICAUNESCO helps Zanzibar build broadcasting policy
Members of the House of Representatives and media owners in Zanzibar had a chance to air their views on the draft of the new broadcasting policy for Zanzibar last August. Two consultation meetings were organised by the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar in co-operation with the UNESCO office in Dar es Salaam. 8 Sep 2008 12:51

EAST AFRICAEast Africa: EAC committee sets up media strategy
The National Consultative Committee (NCC) on the fast tracking of the East Africa political federation will soon use a massive media strategy in collection of views about the EAC integration process. 28 Aug 2008 14:46

EAST AFRICAMedia landscape still uncertain as Ethiopia releases jailed journalists
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expressed concern yesterday, 20 August 2008, about the media environment in Ethiopia even though all journalists jailed in relation to their work since the November 2005 crackdown, have been released. 21 Aug 2008 14:36

EAST AFRICAKenyan government publishes new communications bill
New bill has controversial clauses omitted; critics believed they were designed to muzzle the media. 28 Jul 2008 10:51