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Mingkaman Together: A radio special to ease tension in the community

Posted on October 4, 2015 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

MINGKAMAN, South Sudan – “It’s not about my tribe, it’s not about my cows,” sings Afro-Jazz musician Mer Ayang. “I’ve got lines, I’ve got dots, I’ve got marks on my face. Darling please don’t you see I’m a South Sudanese.”…

Tagged with: #media, Awerial County, Communicating with Communities, communication, humanitarian information, IDPs, Internally displaced people, Internews, Jonglei state, Lakes state, media development, Mer Ayang, Mingkaman, Mingkaman 100 FM, Mingkaman Together, NGOs, radio, South Sudan, South Sudanese
Posted in Print, Radio

Nile FM: A Community Radio Station Born in Response to Crisis

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

MALAKAL, South Sudan – As the sun rises and a new day begins, Julia Paulo Ding gets ready for work in the two-and-a-half-by-four meter blue and white tent she shares with her older sister’s family. They all — three adults and three…

Tagged with: #media, Internews, Malakal, media development, Nile FM
Posted in Photography, Print, Radio

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
Posted in Print

#RightsMedia report: African #BarrickGold ‘s alleged #humanrights violations in #Tanzania

Posted on July 20, 2013 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

African Barrick is a unit of Canada’s Barrick Gold mining company. It operates four mines in northwest Tanzania, one being the North Mara gold mine, where alleged human rights violations have been perpetrated against the local population. A high profile…

Tagged with: #media, #RightsMedia, African Barrick, Barrick Gold, Dr. Ayub Rioba, human rights, interview, journalism, lecturer, North Mara gold mine, Report, tanzania, University of Dar es Salaam, violations
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From Accra to Arusha: A journalist’s journey across Africa

Posted on May 23, 2013 by Adam Bemma — 2 Comments

Okay, I know it’s cliche to travel to Africa and expect to launch my career as an international journalist. But, hey, if it worked out for so many others, why not give it a try? Of course I spent six…

Tagged with: #media, #RightsMedia, A journalist's journey, accra, Adam's adventures, Arusha, Children's Radio Foundation, farm radio international, Ghana, JHR, journalism, Journalists for Human Rights, malawi, press freedom, Reporters Without Borders, RSF, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, tanzania, ZBS Malawi, Zodiak Radio
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The Arusha Declaration 2.0: A new #media protocol for #pressfreedom in #Tanzania

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Adam Bemma — Leave a comment

Dr. Ayub Rioba is a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. At the World Press Freedom Day conference in Arusha, Dr. Rioba produced a document known as the “Arusha declaration on media protocol…

Tagged with: #media, #pressfreedom, #RightsMedia, #WPFD, Africa, Arusha declaration, Ayub Rioba, community media, media protocol, tanzania, University of Dar es Salaam, World Press Freedom Day
Posted in Radio