The Daily IIJ

The leak of classified documents and U.S. diplomatic cables in 2010 initiated a debate over the impact of WikiLeaks on mainstream media. One year and many leaked documents later, can we say if WikiLeaks has really changed traditional media outlets? However, the question is: which has really changed in the end?

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Journalists have the responsibility to convey information to the public – information that journalists themselves first need to be able to access. A Freedom of Information Act can provide a legal guarantee for such access to government information, provided this information does not invade anybody’s privacy, reveal trade secrets or compromise a nation’s security.

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Five Years On, Chief Ebrima Manneh Still Missing It has been exactly five years Thursday, since Gambian journalist Mr Chief Ebrima Manneh went missing and separated from his family where he was a breadwinner. Chief Manneh, who disappeared since July 7, 2006, was allegedly whisked away from his office, the pro-government Daily Observer newspaper in [...]

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President Mwai Kibaki on Friday launched a key website making Kenya the first country in sub saharan Africa to offer loads of government data to its citizens Citizens can now access data and participate in constitutional implementation process as well as hold the government accountable, President Kibaki said. The government has released several large datasets, [...]

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MANILA, Philippines—After being a no-show at last week’s trial, Lakmodin Saliao, the Ampatuans’ helper of more than two decades, positively identified his former masters as the brains in the 2009 mass murder of 58 people in Maguindanao.

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It’s easy to underestimate the cultural and political significance of Facebook and Twitter if you mostly share updates of what you had for breakfast, or post photos of a booze-fueled night out with friends. But for the long-oppressed citizens of Tunisia, Iran and Egypt, among others, social networking sites helped provide the sparks needed to [...]

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The Pope John’s Senior High School and Minor Seminary in Koforidua kick started the Social Media Training Project organized for selected Senior High Schools in the Eastern Region on Monday with 15 students. Read more on www.globalnewsreel.blogspot.com

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West Coast Radio (WCR) sports producer and presenter, Bakary B. Baldeh has been exonerated of a charge on “conspiracy to commit felony” on May 24, 2011 by the Kanifing Municipal Court. Baldeh and Almamy Jagne of the Fajara Golf Club were acquitted and discharged by Magistrate Sheriff B. Tabally on Tuesday, however, Bakary Njie, who [...]

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Bakary B. Baldeh, a sports producer and presenter for West Coast Radio (WCR), a privately-owned FM station in Banjul is likely to be exonerated of a criminal charge brought against him by the police provided that the defence succeeds in their application. Senior defence counsel Pap Cheyassin Secka had applied to the Kanifing Municipal Court [...]

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‘ACDHRS’s decision is a support to violators of free expression’ The Federation of African Journalists (FAJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has issued a joint statement strongly cautioning the coordinators of the Forum on the Participation of Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the 49th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People’s [...]

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