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Link to: Politician issues death threat against journalist during parliamentary debate

Politician issues death threat against journalist during parliamentary debate

On 19 January 2000, a member of the Angolan parliament and member of the ruling MPLA (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) party, Mendes de Carvalho, issued a death threat against journalist Rafael Marques during a parliamentary debate. Speaking during a parliamentary debate on freedom of the press and of expression in Angola, De […]

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Radio programme discontinued allegedly because of political pressure

On 24 January 2000, the privately owned Radio Phoenix announced it was discontinuing a sponsored phone-in programme, “Let the People Speak”, allegedly because of pressure from the Ministry of Information and other people. The twice-weekly talk show, which is sponsored by Inter-Africa Network for Human Rights and Development (AFRONET), went on air on 11 January […]

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Volunteer teacher fired after newspaper publishes article

An American volunteer teacher based in Namibia, Zack Wales, has been fired by his organisation after a local newspaper published an article he had written about a visit to the northern part of the country. The American-based Word Teach organisation confirmed that they had fired Wales because he had broken a contract which does not […]

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Reporter barred from press briefing

On 19 January 2000, Brighton Phiri, a reporter working for the “Post” newspaper, was asked to leave a press briefing addressed by the director of civil aviation, Eustus Mambwe, because he was from that newspaper. Phiri told the Zambia Independent Media Association (ZIMA/MISA-Zambia) that the assignment to Mambwe’s offices began like any other, where journalists […]

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Journalist detained without charge

According to information received by MISA, Andre Domingos Mussamo, the chief editor of the Cuanza Norte provincial branch of the Angolan National Radio, has been in detention since 2 December 1999. Mussamo, who is also a correspondent for the independent bi-weekly “Folha 8”, is being held in the Cuanza Norte provincial capital, N’Dalatando. To date, […]

Link to: Reporters roughed-up as police attempt to confiscate recorder and note books

Reporters roughed-up as police attempt to confiscate recorder and note books

On 17 January 2000, Rachiel Chiumya, a reporter working for the privately-owned Radio Phoenix, and Kangwa Mulenga, from the privately-owned “Monitor” newspaper, were roughed-up by police who were attempting to grab a recorder and note books from the two journalists. The incident happened while the journalists were reporting on a demonstration by women’s rights activists […]

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Government accuses media of sympathising with UNITA

The Namibian government has accused local print media of sympathising with the Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA) by withholding crucial information about their movements from the Namibian security forces. UNITA is currently engaged in a war against the government of Angola with several incidents of incursions and violence attributed to UNITA reported […]

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Editor loses defamation case

On 22 December 1999, the editor of “MoAfrika” news magazine, Candi Ramainoane, was found liable for defamation in a ruling made by Lesotho’s High Court. Ramainoane was sued in a civil action brought against him by a current member of parliament, Moeketsi Sello, following an anonymous letter-to-the-editor published in the September 1996 edition of “MoAfrika”. […]