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Fake news is undermining the work of journalists
Those exposed of wrongdoing by vigilant reporters are exploiting the distrust and doubt that misinformation engenders.
Sensationalist reporting obscures complexity behind the violence
Not since the xenophobic attacks of 2008 have South Africa’s underlying and unresolved patterns of violence burst as clearly into the open.
China slams Olympic torch protest as ‘disgraceful’
China has criticised human rights demonstrators who disrupted the Greek torch-lighting ceremony for the Beijing Olympics as being ”disgraceful”. Just before the torch was lit on…
Sarkozy says evacuating children from Chad is illegal
France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy condemned as illegal a bid by a French group to spirit more than 100 children out of Chad on the grounds that they were Darfur orphans in…
Eritrea tops press-freedom shame list
Eritrea has taken over from North Korea as the country in the world where press rights are least respected, the Paris-based campaigning group Reporters sans Frontières (RSF) said…
Actors, journalist arrested over Zim play
A journalist and two actors were arrested in Zimbabwe during a satirical play making fun of the country’s political situation, press freedom group Reporters sans Frontières said…