Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Christian University (UCU) Council on Thursday May 23, 2019 approved the promotion of Dr. Monica Chibita to the rank of full professor. The UCU Council said in a statement that Prof. Chibita “has not only shown herself to be a consummate academic, …
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eSwatini says fake polygamy story ‘insult’ to king and country Mbabane, eSwatini | AFP | The government of eSwatini on Tuesday angrily denied viral online reports that King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch who has 14 wives, had ordered men to have at least two marriages or face jail. …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | “Acts of intimidation and violence against reporters are an almost daily occurrence in Uganda. The security services, which are the leading press freedom violators, often target journalists, arresting them arbitrarily and sometimes holding them incommunicado,” read the entry on Uganda by Reporters Without Borders, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) came under fire for issuing a directive to media houses to suspend their employees over a breach of “minimum broadcasting standards.” The stations are; NTV, NBS TV, BBS TV, Bukedde TV, Kingdom TV and Salt TV. Others are; Akaboozi FM, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University scholar Dr. Fred Kakooza contends that Uganda Communications Commission-(UCC is playing catch up in its regulatory role in the media, and actually needs support. According to Dr. Kakooza, a Multimedia Production and Broadcasting scholar in the Department of Journalism and Communication at Makerere …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Human Rights Commission is calling for dialogue to resolve the impasse between the Media and the Uganda Communications Commission-UCC. The impasse stems from a Wednesday directive in which Eng. Godfrey Mutabazi ordered 13 media companies to suspend 39 senior members of staff including …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Tanzanian business tycoon and philanthropist Reginald Mengi, who headed one of Africa’s largest media groups, has died aged 75 in Dubai, his news outlets reported Thursday. “We are sorry to announce the death of the executive chairman of IPP Group of Companies, Dr Reginald Mengi,” …
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Nicolas Pompigne-Mognard, the founder and chairman of APO Group, a top media relations consultancy and press release distribution firm in Africa and the Middle East was in Kampala in early April to talk to journalism students about the current media landscape on the continent that has seen international media organizations …
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New York, United States | AFP | The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal were awarded Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for their separate investigations of President Donald Trump and his family. The Times won the prestigious journalism award for explanatory reporting for its probe of the Trump family’s …
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Washington, United States | AFP | The US government has regarded WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as a dangerous national security threat ever since he and his organization opened a decade-long effort to expose US secrets — from military files to embarrassing Democratic Party emails during the 2016 election. But Assange’s …
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