October 24, 2018

AfriSIG Trains Participants on Managing Multi-stakeholder Negotiation

NBC Vows to Ensure ‘Decent and Professional’ Coverage of Elections, Seeks Broadcasting Solution to Ethno-Religious Divide

NBC Release List of Broadcast Stations that Breached the Broadcasting Code

Entries Now Open for John S. Knight Journalism Fellowships

Highway Africa Centre Fellowship Opens

UNDP, UNESCO Launch ATI Research Challenge for Journalists

Applications Open for ConDev Student Media Grants Program

Transparency Research Conference to Hold in Brazil

Applications Invited for Iceland Writers Alumni Retreat and Scholarship

Hivos Hosts Summit for Online Content Makers

2018 CGAP Photo and Video Contest Opens

Applications Open for Adelante Reporting Initiative Fellowship

IPU Publishes Manual on Free Expression for Parliamentarians, Calls on them to Defend Free Speech

UNESCO Set to Reward Laureates for Digital Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities

Journalist Goes into Hiding Following Threats over Report of a Governor Allegedly Receiving Bribe

Nigeria Developing Africa’s Largest Identity Database – Vice President Osinbajo

ACHPR Begins Revision of Declaration of Principles on Freedom of Expression in Africa

UN to Host Workshop on Local Actors’ Involvement in Social Media

Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellowship in Journalism Innovation Invites Applications

CIPDH-UNESCO Launches Second Edition International Course on Human Rights

Workshop Participants Resolve to Compile Human Rights Situation Report for UPR

African Internets Stakeholders Canvas Freedom Online

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