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Khabar Lahariya co-founder Kavita Devi is among 15 journalists and media outlets that have been shortlisted for the 30th annual Press Freedom Prize, which Reporters Without Borders, or RSF, awards in three categories – journalistic courage, impact and independence. 

Nairobi (AFP) - A top Pakistani news anchor was shot dead by police in Kenya after he fled his home country to avoid sedition charges, investigators said Monday, prompting calls for a full probe into what one media rights group branded an "utterly disturbing murder".

It's been nearly a year since a military takeover upended Sudan's transition to democracy

Ankara (AFP) - Turkey's parliament on Thursday approved a tough pre-election law that could see reporters and social media users jailed for up to three years for spreading "fake news".

Mohamad Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemeti, has tried to reach out to Sudan’s pro-democracy movement.

US State Department spokesman says press freedom undermined after TV channel sympathetic to Imran Khan was blocked.

Families demand DNA tests to identify if their relatives are among thousands of unclaimed bodies in hospital morgues

In a wide-ranging Guardian interview, the former prime minister says he understands anger The Satanic Verses created ‘but you can’t justify what happened’

Demonstrators carrying a banner that read ‘August 15 is a black day’ demanded rights to work, political participation.

Paris (AFP) - French President Emmanuel Macron was set to host Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman for talks in Paris on Thursday, outraging rights groups and the fiancee of slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

A number of independent Algerian newspapers, prestigious francophone daily El Watan chief among them, are undergoing a period of crisis aggravated by political and economic pressures that may threaten their existence. This situation raises questions about the future of Algerian media, and more broadly about freedom of the press.