Media

A gritty, uncomfortable offering from Renzo Martens that brought outraged responses from some of the NGO and media people in the audience.…

Why is the media in Sierra Leone so testosterone-fuelled?…

Why does the Western media routinely ignore Africa's conflicts?…

It was the hacks who got here first: even before Israel announced its‘unilateral’ ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on 18 January, they werequeuing up at the Egyptian border post in Rafah, waiting to cross overinto Gaza and file their war stories.…

Nigerian writer AmosTutola’s quote is certainly true for sexual minorities, still beingoppressed by decades-old colonial laws.…

When Gordon Brown insists that the illegal invasion of Iraq, which has cost tens of thousands oflives and is paid for by the British taxpayer, is to ensure that ‘thenew Iraqi democracy is properly safeguarded’ – where are the 30,000complaints to the BBC when that that particular obscenity is broadcaston Newsnight? …

Accused of ‘sponsoring a guerilla news agency’, Nigerian Blogger,Jonathan Elendu, has been arrested and illegally detained by theominously named Nigerian SSS.…

A leaked email from a BBC editor highlights the Western media’s lack of interest in Haiti.…

I was starving after work today, so I went straight to the Al-DeiraHotel for a sandwich and a cold glass of melon juice…

*Shahidul Alam* makes the case for fair trade in imagery.…