The Gambia – 1994 - 2006 -

 Violations of Press Freedom by the Government of President Yahya Jammeh from 1994-2006


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Right to Information in West Africa -

Legislation on Media, Speech and Expression in Ghana- A SOURCE BOOK - A resource publication

Exile News -

A monthly newsletter of exiled Liberian journalists in Ghana



The Face and Phases of the Ghana Police - A research publication on human rights and reforms in the Ghana Police Service 


Liberia: Human Rights Violations 1997-2002 - Highlights cases of human rights abuses during Taylor’s rule 


Where has Aid taken Africa? Re-Thinking Development - Published from discussions and papers presented at a Round-Table Conference on ‘A New African Development Agenda’


Politics in the Airwaves - Research on how radio covered the 2000 General Elections in Ghana 


African Languages and Freedom of Expression - Published from a paper presented at a Forum on Free Expression in Ghana 


Freedom of Information and Civil Service Reform in Ghana - Published from a paper presented at a Forum on Free Expression in Ghana  


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Togo ALERT: President files more defamation suits against two newspapers

August 31, 2010

Togo’s President, Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé on August 30, 2010 filed three more defamation suits against two privately-owned newspapers.


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Gambia ALERT: President Jammeh’s aide launches defamation suit against online newspaper in US

August 31, 2010


A man said to be a close ally of President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia on August 25, 2010 filed a suit in the United States of America against the US-based online Freedom Newspaper, its editor, Pa Nderry M’Bai and Freedom Newspaper Incorporated, the publishers.


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Senegal ALERT: Editor jailed in absentia

August 30, 2010


A magistrate court in Dakar on August 26, 2010 convicted Express News, a pro-government newspaper of defaming Pape Samba Mboup, the Chief Director in the office of President Abdoulaye Wade.


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Ghana: DR. AFARI-GYAN CALLS FOR PREMIUM ON TRANSPARENCY AND PROFESSIONALISM IN ELECTIONS IN AFRICA

August 23, 2010


DR.   AFARI- GYAN CALLS FOR PREMIUM ON TRANSPARENCY AND PROFESSIONALISM IN ELECTIONS IN AFRICA -  A  COMMUNIQUE RELEASED IN ACCRA BY AFRICA MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY - AMDMC 2010


 

Dr.   Afari- Gyan, chairman of Ghana Electoral Commission, has stated that the field of election administration in Africa is littered with challenges, from both within and without, and called on electoral commissions to continue the search for greater transparency, accountability, and verifiability in the conduct of elections; so as to enable them more easily ascertain the authenticity of the outputs of the electoral system in the face of any disputes. He however added that that in itself would not be enough for purposes of achieving free and fair elections, but “it must be complimented with democratic electoral behavior on the part of stakeholders.”

 

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Mediating Democracy in Africa - ACCRA CONFERENCE – August 18 – 20, 2010





THE AFRICA MEDIA & DEMOCRACY CONFERENCE

 

The AMDMC a non-governmental organization in Ghana announces it’s maiden conference; The Africa Media & Democracy Conference is scheduled to take place in Accra Ghana from 18th -20th August 2010. The organization’s objectives are:


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