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Stop Muzzling the Press in East Africa

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

World Press Freedom Day is every May 3. The theme of this year’s WPFD, hosted by UNESCO, is Media Freedom for a Better Future: Shaping the Post-2015 Development Agenda. In Arusha, Tanzania, journalists and media stakeholders from around East Africa…

Tagged with: #media, 1976 Newspaper Act, Article 19, censorship, Committee to Protect Journalists, crackdown on media in East Africa, East Africa, Erick Kabendera, HRNJ-Uganda, human rights, journalists, kenya, Kenya Information and Communication Act, KICA, legislation, media law, press freedom, Reporters Without Borders, Rosebell Kagumire, self-censorship, tanzania, Tom Rhodes, Uganda, Uganda Communications Act
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Tanzania’s Farming Cooperatives Struggle to Bear Fruit

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

ARUSHA, Tanzania, Apr 4 2014 (IPS) – John Daffi climbs to the top of a hill overlooking a scenic Rift Valley wall and the Ngorongoro forest, where wildlife migrates between the world famous Ngorongoro crater and Tanzania’s Lake Manyara. Daffi,…

Tagged with: agriculture, Amon Mattee, Antony Ellman, Arusha, cooperatives, East Africa, farming co-ops, IPS, John Daffi, Julius Nyerere, Karatu, Mwalimu Nyerere, Operation Vijijini, Sokoine University of Agriculture, tanzania, Ujamaa
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Journalists for Human Rights Face New Challenge in East Africa

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

Years of experience working with journalists in West Africa could not prepare Canada’s media development organization, Journalists for Human Rights (JHR), with what would happen next in East Africa. Written by a former JHR Tanzania media trainer. ARUSHA, Tanzania –…

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Pikipiki Diary: A Bodaboda Guide For East Africa

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

Pikipiki = motorcycle. Bodaboda = motorcycle taxi. It all starts with a bus, to take me out of my comfort zone and into new adventures and surroundings. I left Arusha for Nairobi last September, taking a few weeks to travel…

Tagged with: Bodaboda, East Africa, kenya, motorcycle taxis, pikipiki, pikipiki yangu, Rwanda, tanzania, travel, Uganda
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