IGF Secretariat Releases Draft Schedule for 16th Internet Governance Forum in Poland
The Secretariat of the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has released a draft schedule for the 16th edition of the Forum, tagged “IGF 2021”, which will take place in Katowice, Poland, from December 6 to...
Climate Change Media Partnership 2021 Reporting Fellowships to COP26 Opens
The 2021 Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) Reporting Fellowship Programme for journalists interested in covering the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) has been declared open for applications.The 2021 CCMP...
UN Human Rights Council Calls for Promotion of Human Rights and Internet Freedom
The United Nations’ Human Rights Council has condemned all human rights violations and abuses committed against persons for exercising their human rights and fundamental freedoms on the Internet and called on governments to ensure...
UN Special Rapporteur Criticizes Measures by Countries to Check Disinformation for Violating Human Rights
The UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Ms Irene Khan, has criticized the responses by countries in their efforts to check disinformation, noting...
Fesmedia Publishes Handbook on ICT Policy Development in Africa
fesmedia Africa, the media project of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) in Africa, has published a handbook on the development of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) policy in Africa aimed at assisting law makers, government officials, lawyers,...
National Bureau of Statistics Releases Data on Nollywood Movies Production
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) has released a report detailing data about the number of movies produced by Nigeria’s movie industry, popularly known as Nollywood, from Quarter 2 of 2017 to Quarter one...
IPC, MRA Set New Deadline for FOI Essay Competition Entries, Expand...
Lagos, Wednesday, October 13, 2021: The International Press Centre (IPC) and Media Rights Agenda (MRA) today announced an extension of the deadline for the...
