August 6, 2013

Nigerian Reporters among Finalists in the AMI, ICJ African Story Challenge

IPI Announces Fellowship Programme

UNESCO, Partners Call for Global Alliance on Media and Gender

MFWA Calls on Gambian Government to Comply with ECOWAS Court Ruling

Campaign Calls for Independent Oversight Body for Security Agencies

UK MPs Join Campaign to End Repression, Impunity in The Gambia

OGP Qualification: NGOs Call on FG to take Quick Action

Online-Educa Berlin 2013 Registration Opens

Sierra Leone Again Delays Passing FOI Bill

UNESCO Launches Global Alliance on Media, Information Literacy

MacArthur Foundation Celebrates 35th Anniversary

ROOSTERGNN Launches First Global Bilingual Independent News Agency; Recruits Interns, Editorial Staff

Miles Morland Foundation Calls for Entries for Writers’ Scholarship

UN Security Council Debates Journalists’ Safety

NPC Denies Trying to Gag the Press

NPAN Alleges Surreptitious Moves to Revive the Nigerian Press Council

ICD holds Annual African Film & Media Festival 2013

The FOI Act Creates Legal Rights Without Corresponding Legal Duty – FOI Law Report

AMI and Partners to Hold Sixth African Media Leaders Forum

IFEX Calls for Applications for African Regional Network Consultant

External Consultant Terms of Reference

Media Rights Agenda Executive Director Speaks on Freedom of Expression Online

EFF, PI to Launch New Principles on Human Rights and Communication Surveillance

Pelumi Onifade

Postmortem Report Confirms Journalist Pelumi Onifade Died from Gunshot to Abdomen

Comrade Ibrahim Abdullahi Waiya

MRA Commends Kano State Government’s Condemnation of Attack on Journalists, Demands Concrete Action

Edetaen Ojo

MRA’s Executive Director Recounts Transformational Impact of GSM in Nigeria, Describes it as ‘Communications Revolution’

Leopoldo Maldonado Gutiérrez,

Mexican Lawyer Leopoldo Maldonado Gutiérrez Appointed UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Freedom of Expression for Judicial Actors

UNESCO, Oxford University Launch Free Global Course on Freedom of Expression for Judicial Actors

Charlie Beckett

JournalismAI Festival 2026 to Bring Global News Industry Together in London and Online

Sulaiman Abdullahi Dederi

Thugs Attack Journalists Returning from Assignment in Kano

Kekere Storytellers Fund

Africa No Filter Opens Applications for Kekere Storytellers Fund for Emerging African Storytellers

Noah Bookbinder

Applications Open for 2027 FASPE Journalism Fellowship Programme

Kathryn Dioth

Applications Open for 2026 Hinrich Foundation Award for Distinguished Reporting on Trade

Mary Anne

Speculative Literature Foundation Invites Applications for Working Class Writers Grant

Professor Magnus Jerneck

Wahlgrenska Foundation Announces Research Funding Opportunity for Media Scholars

Neil Brown

Poynter Institute Invites Journalists to Apply for Brain Health Reporting Fellowship

2026 Independent and Freelance Photojournalist Award

Xposure Invites Entries for 2026 Independent and Freelance Photojournalist Award

Ibrahim Khalil Dan Shagam

Kano Journalist Brutally Murdered at Home

Deborah Malgwi

Nigeria’s Film Industry Records Growth as NFVCB Classifies 304 Films

Ayodele Oluwafemi

Journalist Battered by Political Thugs as Policemen Failed to Intervene

Isah Garba Gadau

DSS Operative Slaps, Threatens Journalists During Solar Power Station Commissioning

Shaibu Husseini

Federal Government Halts Premiere of ‘Living in Colors’, Threatens Legal Action

Moky Makura

Africa No Filter Opens Applications for 2026 Voices for Climate Justice Initiative

Vicky Williams

Emerald Publishing Calls for Entries for Indigenous Voices Case Writing Competition

Justin Hendrix

Tech Policy Press Opens Applications for 2027 Fellowship Cohort

Teki Akuetteh

Data Protection Africa Summit 2026, PICCASO Awards Africa Scheduled for November in Lagos

Thom Townsend

Open Ownership to Launch Beneficial Ownership Transparency Evidence Centre on September 23