MISA Mozambique has called on parliament to take a more active role in monitoring press freedom and freedom of expression and to pressure the authorities to investigate and clarify cases of violations against journalists and media organizations. The demand was made by MISA's executive director, Ernesto Nhanale, during a meeting this...
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PR debates the future of the country's media with CSCS
This Friday, the President of the Republic, Daniel Chapo, received in audience the Superior Council of Social Communication (CSCS), led by its president, Rogério Sitoe, in a meeting aimed at discussing the current state of the media in the country. Speaking to the press at the end of the hearing, Rogério Sitoe explained that the main aim of the meeting was...
How the media influences perceptions and voting trends
The 17 million Mozambican citizens eligible to vote will go to the polls next Wednesday, October 9. Voter campaigns for the general elections ended yesterday, Sunday. For two days, between today and tomorrow, potential voters will be able to revisit the promises to decide which party and candidate to vote for. All the parties...
War in the Gaza Strip has killed 42 media professionals
Five journalists and two local media professionals were killed by Israeli shelling between Saturday and Sunday, bringing to 42 the number of reporters killed since the start of the war. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, a non-profit organization that fights for free journalism around the world, by...