Journalists from across this key country gathered to debate media ethics, corruption, gender challenges and election coverage in our most recent conference in Freetown.
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The new country faces many challenges on the path to autonomy, including choosing its official name and stemming violence that has killed more than 100 civilians in the last week alone.
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The Archbishop Emeritus of Douala, Cardinal Tumi, says with the Biya's 'fraudulent' 6th victory, there have been no trustworthy elections in Cameroon for more than 50 years.
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Mubarak's resignation is a rebirth and transformation of the country, one pro-democracy activist told The Media Project.
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Salafism, even more than the Muslim Brotherhood, is the persistent existential threat to Egypt's democratic spring.
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"Just changing Egypt's constitution is not enough," a Coptic activist told The Media Project. “We need a constitution cleansed of all religious favoritism."
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Salafists were among the fiercest proponents of a "yes" vote, arguing that this referendum was in effect a vote on Islam itself.
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South Sudanese crowded their churches on Sunday to pray and give thanks for the successful and peaceful referendum which ended on January 15.
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Rumors flourished under Mubarak's regime, but the jokes average Egyptians told about their leader revealed the truth about the public's disillusionment.
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Juba's Muslim minority has expressed fear of a religious backlash if the referendum results in secession.
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