Senegal’s President Says TV And Radio Should Not be Funded By Foreigners

President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, has insisted that all Senegalese citizens who want to set up private TVs or radios “should give evidence that their financial resources are not provided by foreigners.” Wade was reacting to a controversy over the...

Group Petitions United Nations on Abuse of Women in Niger Delta Region

Journalists for Niger Delta (JODEL), a media group concerned with the affairs of Nigeria’s oil and gas region, have joined emerging global pressure groups, to protest against the rising sexual assault on women and young girls in the region. The group...

Senegalese Private Media Group Premises Ransacked

The premises of one of Dakar’s private media group Walfadjri was vandalized early Friday afternoon by a group of thugs identified by the media group’s officials as followers of a “Mouride” religious leader. The attackers broke into the media group’s...