Malawi: Journalists Challenged to Triple Coverage On Alternative Cooking Energies
Energy Officer in the Ministry of Energy Christopher Kachinjika has challenged journalists to triple their efforts in raising environmental awareness
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Malawi: Kunkuyu Reiterates Importance of Broadcasting Radio Stations
At the commemoration of this year’s World Radio Day, whose theme was Radio & Peace, Minister of Information & Digitalisation,
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Malawi: Journalists Urged to Triple Coverage On Cholera Pandemic in Malawi
Co-chairperson of the President Taskforce on Covid-19 and Cholera, Dr. Wilfred Chalamira Nkhoma, has appealed to journalists to triple their
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Malawi Parliament, Democracy International Equip Journalists On Parliamentary Reporting
Malawi Parliament, in partnership with Democracy International (DI) — under the Parliamentary support program — empowered journalists with knowledge and
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Malawi: Veteran Broadcaster Kafumbi Njewa Dies
Journalists in the country are mourning the death of veteran broadcaster Wilson Kafumbi Njewa who died on Saturday, aged 85.
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Zambia: Supporters of Zambia’s Ruling Party Raid 2 Radio Stations for Hosting Opposition Party Leader
On December 31, 2022, and January 1, 2023, supporters of Zambia’s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) raided two
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Malawi: Is There a Media Clampdown in Malawi?
A complex debate on media freedom is underway in Malawi, with opinions strongly divided. It comes after authorities revoked the
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Zambia: Rights Groups Say Zambia’s Defamation Law Is Used to Silence Critics of President
Lusaka — Zambian rights groups are calling on the government to make good on a vow to repeal a defamation
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Malawi Media Advocacy Group Concerned After Closure of Media Houses
Blantyre, Malawi — Malawi’s government has closed three television stations and six radio stations for failing to pay annual license
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Nigeria: Malawian and Nigerian Broadcast Regulators Threaten to Shut Down Stations Defaulting On Their Broadcast Operating Licences – a Fair Move or Undue Pressure?
London — Regulating media in general (and broadcasting in particular) is always a deeply ‘political’ activity in Sub-Saharan Africa. This
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