Radio Reporter NG

Ethiopia:  Kibrom Worku, the editor and head of the news department of Ahadu Radio and TV was today released from prison after 70 days of detention. His lawyer Tigabu Desalgn told our source he was relased on the guarantee of a national ID card.  Kibrom was first arrested by Addis Abeba police on October 22, 2021, as a result of Ahadu radio reporting that forces loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) have taken over Hayik, a small town in the South wollo zone of the Amhara region.  On January 12, 2022, the federal high court Lidenta branch ordered the Arada first instance court to reopen the case file of Kibrom Worku who police refused to release  despite court orders to release him on November 12. The federal high court ruled that the decision by the first instance court to reject the Habeas corpus appeal made by Kibrom’s defense team. Earlier in November, the Arada first instance court first granted a 15,000 ETB to Kibrom bail but the Addis Abeba policecommission appeal...

The West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) Nigeria, in partnership with the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), hereby invite entries from Nigerian media practitioners for its 2022 Women, Peace and Security (WPS) National Media Award Competition. Any media professional of Nigerian descent, based and working in Nigeria for a print, broadcast or digital outlet or platform is eligible to submit an entry. An entry should be journalistic content that has been published in a newspaper, news magazine, radio, television or online/digital news outlet that seeks to promote or advance the role of women in peacebuilding. The content should have been published between 1 August 2021 and 31 January 2022. All entries should be accompanied by the following information: Full names of the author, media outlet or platform in which the entry was published, the date of publication, as well as phone and email contacts of the author. All entries should be submitted to: mediafor1325@wane...