Looking at the Newsroom Environment in Africa
Women in News, a global organisation focused on gender equality, conducted research on sexual harassment in newsrooms. The project employed two methods for data collection: a survey of media personnel, distributed online, and in-depth interviews with media executives conducted online through video calls. The approach was designed to understand patterns of sexual harassment in newsrooms, […]
Morocco and Rwanda Named in Spyware Leak
Rights activists, journalists and lawyers around the world have been targeted with phone malware sold to authoritarian governments by an Israeli surveillance firm, media reports say. They are on a list of some 50,000 phone numbers of people believed to be of interest to clients of the company, NSO Group, leaked to major news outlets. […]
Now that the GERD is Filled, What’s Next?
Ethiopia has completed the filling of a massive, controversial dam on the Blue Nile River for a second year, state media has said, a move that is likely to anger Egypt and Sudan who have long opposed the project. “The second filling of the Renaissance dam has been completed and the water is overflowing,” Seleshi […]
