In the Nuba Mountains of the Sudan, the people the town of Gidel are now getting a weekly radio show, that focuses on women. The situation for women in Africa is finally changing. African authorities has disabled phone connections in the Nuba Mountains. The radio show “Voice of Peace”, runs on a solar powered transmitter. Without any landline or mobile connections, phone-in interviews are impossible for the Voice of Peace. The station has arranged “listener groups” to get listeners together so they analyze the shows together. Monitoring the media in Malawi has revealed that the majority of news coverage is “broadly neutral in tone”, although broadcasters showed a bias towards the People’s Party of President Joyce Banda. The news is Malawi has been scrutinised for tone and balance ahead of elections for the presidency, parliament, and local government. The Malawi broadcasting corporation assured election authorities that a more even-handed way. More media monitoring will be conducted before and after the election, to see whether or not this has happened. Last fall, Uganda’s auditor general reported that money intended for development projects, that have ended up in the private bank accounts of individuals in the Prime Minister’s office. These funds originally came from Norway, Ireland, Sweden, and Denmark. That money was intended to rebuild and develop northern Uganda, which suffered a conflict involving the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army for 2 decades. Several donors responded by suspending funding for the Peace, Recovery, and Development Programme. The Ugandan government has pledged to make up the missing money, and they are investigating the case and plan to come down on those who embezzled. Kenyans are preparing to vote in the general elections in March. Four senior figures will go to trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague a month later, IWPR and the Wayamo Communication Foundation are providing training and support to reporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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