Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Ethiopia's state of emergency
By  • 3 November 2016
Until recently, Ethiopia has been hailed as an African success story. After a decade of strong economic growth, the country has begun to shed its image as a famine-struck wasteland. But repression by Ethiopia’s authoritarian…
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Somali journalists face threats from Islamists and government
By , • 12 February 2016
A leader of a Somali journalists' group speaks out on a country that has become a killing field for journalists. Somalia has been a failed state for more than 24-years, and the country's lengthy civil…
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As election looms, Djibouti detains and releases 2 journalists
By  • 26 January 2016
Security forces in the tiny east African nation of Djibouti have detained and released two local journalists as political tensions rise ahead of elections scheduled for April. Mohamed Ibrahim Waïss, a 41-year-old reporter for the opposition…
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Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism.
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