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Attacks on reporters by governor’s bodyguards in DRC’s Kasai province (RSF)

The Kasai province is a dangerous place to live. Last year IRIN wrote: Crumbling Congo – the making of a humanitarian emergency, and in March we published a post: Kasai Region, the epicenter of recent violence and humanitarian crisis in Congo. Journalists working in the region are also...

La corruption au centre d’un Colloque international en Haïti

C’est sur le site LoopHaiti que nous avons lu cette news : l’Université Quisqueya et la 1804 Institute, une organisation basée aux États-Unis ont organisé les 3 et 4 mai 2018, un colloque international sur la corruption au Campus de l’Uniq. Le thème retenu était...

Journalistes tunisiens disparus en Libye : le SNJT annonce l’internationalisation de l’affaire

La semaine dernière se déroulait la Journée mondiale de la liberté de la presse et à cette occasion le collectif de défense de Sofien Chourabi et Nadhir Ktari annonce l’internationalisation de l’affaire, peut-on lire dans le HuffPost Tunisie. L’article indique : Le...

RSF Index 2018: Hatred of journalism threatens democracies

The 2018 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), reflects growing animosity towards journalists. Hostility towards the media, openly encouraged by political leaders, and the efforts of authoritarian regimes to export their vision of journalism pose a threat...

Myanmar: RSF condemns illogical refusal to free Reuters reporters

Two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo, have been detained in Myanmar since Dec. 12, 2017, and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the international community to step up the pressure on Myanmar. RSF wrote on their website: The two journalists are paying for the...

EU’s migration partnership with Sudan: Deals with the devil always unravel

This is not the first time we are denouncing the so-called ‘partnership’ between Europe and Sudan because it legitimizes Sudan’s militia state and it’s harming migrants and refugees. In October last year we published two articles, in French: La France et la...

Rape survivors protest against increasing violence in Congo (DRC)

Hundreds of rape survivors protested against increasing violence this week, following latest mass rapes in Congo. This is the news we can read on the Denis Mukwege Foundation website. More than 800 Congolese survivors of wartime sexual violence gathered in Bukavu, urging the Congolese...

Haiti: DHS decision to end Haitian immigrant protections questioned

On September last year, the Haiti Advocacy Working Group (HAWG) tweeted about the Temporary Protected Status (TPS), the legal status which protects refugees whose home countries have suffered natural disaster or war from deportation. The Trump Administration suggested that it would be up...

Congress secures $10 million for cholera in Haiti

In December last year, we posted about the cholera outbreak in Haiti and how the multimillion-dollar UN fund had been blocked, you can read our post here. HAWG (Haiti Advocacy Working Group) published yesterday an article about congressional lawmakers joining forces to secure $10 million...

Haitian Artists on the Rise: Allan André, Tracy Guiteau and Fabiola Jean-Louis

Among the many sources we recommend you to read if you want to learn more about Haiti, the Haitian Times is one of the best website. Last week we read an article: Haitian Artists on the Rise and we discovered 3 artists we like a lot and we wanted to share them with you. Allan André is a...