AFRICA: Counting on Media for Good Governance
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Charles Mpaka
LILONGWE, Oct 21 (IPS) – While campaigning in the last election, Margaret Roka Mauwa, Member of the Malawian Parliament, did not promise her voters that when she won she would buy them coffins.
Currently in Malawi, aspiring MPs have offered to buy would-be voters [...]
AFRICA: Counting on Media for Good Governance
Global Analyst Online – Global News Blog / IPS
Charles Mpaka
LILONGWE, Oct 21 (IPS) – While campaigning in the last election, Margaret Roka Mauwa, Member of the Malawian Parliament, did not promise her voters that when she won she would buy them coffins.
Currently in Malawi, aspiring MPs have offered to buy would-be voters [...]
SRI LANKA: With End of War, Media Shifts Focus
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Feizal Samath
COLOMBO, Aug 12 (IPS) – The main news-pages in Sri Lanka these days are dominated by reports of clashes between two Muslim groups, the drama of two baby elephants separated from their mothers and government efforts to ban porn sites and curb adult-only movies. [...]
MEDIA: U.S. Rights Groups Condemn Closure of Venezuelan Radio Stations
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By Marina Litvinsky
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (IPS) – Several U.S. rights groups condemned the closure of 34 radio stations, as well as the proposal of restrictive media legislation, by Venezuelan authorities Monday.
Public Works Minister and head of the National Telecommunications Commission (CONATEL), Diosdado Cabello, announced [...]
