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Afghan journalists forced to run a murderous gauntlet In recent months, Afghanistan has been rocked by a wave of targeted killings aiming at civil rights activists and journalists. Marian Brehmer talked to Mujeeb Khalvatgar, director of NGO NAI – Supporting Open Media in Afghanistan, about the dire situation currently facing Afghan journalists Over the past 75 days, six journalists have been killed in Afghanistan. Who are the perpetrators of this new wave of violence? Mujeeb Khalvatgar:Attacks on soft targets across the country have surged during the ongoing peace negotiations with the Tal...

Le Mauricien votre nom d'utilisateur Récupérer votre mot de passe votre email votre nom d'utilisateur votre email Récupérer votre mot de passe votre email 3 Fév 2021 16h00 for LALIT Look at these two reports 24 hours apart, and try to make sense of the high-profile death of Pravin Kanakiah whose body was found in the sea near Gris-Gris: A Sunday paper says : “D’après l’autopsie, il a succombé à une asphyxie provoquée par la noyade” (24 Jan.). A Monday morning paper says: “L’autopsie et contre-autopsie ont démontré qu’il n’avait pas d’eau dans ses poumons et donc q...

The Civil Society Constitution Agenda (CiSCA) has demanded the immediate and public release of the report on the shooting to death of Prosecutor Nsama Nsama and UPND member Joseph Kaunda, two innocent unarmed citizens shot dead on 23rd December 2020. On Tuesday, 26th January 2021, State House issued a statement that President Lungu had received the full report of the shooting from the Inspector General of Police on the investigation, and after studying the report, he had “since handed it over to the Director of Public Prosecutions for her attention”. In a statement released to the media a...

By Dr Parkie Mbozi IN LAST week’s article I elaborated the traditional functions of the mass media from normative and functionalist perspectives and how the media’s effective execution of these two functions will be crucial as Zambia goes to the polls this year. I further elaborated that an ‘ideal media’ will be crucial to ensuring that the 2021 elections are transparent, free and fair. The question is, how do we get the ‘ideal media’, that is judged as free, independent and, above all, ethical or professional during the elections and, more importantly, beyond August 2021? The ans...

January 1, 2021 Paul Chamdimba Nkhoma – Nyasa Times 15 Comments President Lazarus Chakwera has asked Malawians to rediscover the spirit of togetherness to take what he called national activity of national building and support his administration’s efforts to rebuild the country, expressing the hope that 2021 will be great year despite coming from a very troubling 2020 which has left the country vulnerable in some areas. Chakwera: Malawi does not need “nay-sayers” to progress In his new year message monitored  on taxpayer-funded Malawi Broadcasting Cooperation (MBC), Chakwera fo...