November 23, 3027 / By elmercuriodigital.es RSF y Le Desk presentan el estudio Media Ownership Monitor El mercado de medios marroquí ha crecido en tamaño y complejidad desde que acabó el monopolio estatal de radiodifusión y se abrió la puerta a empresas privadas, en 2005. El Estado sigue teniendo una presencia significativa, lo cual significa…
October 20, 2017/ By Modern Ghana The Communications Minister has said the authorisations of radio stations that were revoked recently by the National Communications Authority (NCA) will be re-issued to new applicants. Ursula Owusu-Ekuful made the revelation on Thursday, October 19, 2017 when she appeared before Parliament to justify the recent revocation by the NCA.…
October 19, 2017 / By Ghana News Minister of Communications Ursula Owusu-Ekuful today said it is absurd for anyone to suggest that the 131 radio stations sanctioned by the National Communications Authority (NCA) were targeted for political reasons. The Minister also said it is preposterous for anyone to suggest that the implementation of a law…
October 12, 2017 / By Bright Agropah, Modern Ghana Must the law be a respecter of persons? Is anyone or outfit too powerful to abide by the law? I have keenly observed and monitored discussions following the National Communication Authority’s decision to sanction some radio stations for various infractions pertaining to their authorisations to operate as…
October 2, 2017 / By Ghana| Myjoyonline & Abubakar Ibrahim, My Joy Online Vice President of the Ghana Independent Broadcasting Association (GIBA) has described as harsh and laughable, the over ¢1.2 billion fines slapped on some radio stations by the National Communication Authority (NCA). Ernest Boateng said the Authority did not give the stakeholders the opportunity…
October 1, 2017 / By News Ghana More than 130 radio stations in Ghana are facing the wrath of telecommunications industry regulator, the National Communications Authority, for various infractions, a press release issued by the regulator here on Friday said. The stations had their licenses revoked after a nationwide FM Spectrum Audit conducted this year…
September 30, 2017 / By Ghanaweb The New Patriotic Party (NPP) lawmaker for Ledzokuku in the Greater Accra Region, Dr. Bernard Okoe Boye is unhappy about the closure of 34 radio stations by the National communications Authority (NCA). “When a good action becomes a problem for the majority of people that action no matter its…
September 30. 2017/ By Ghanaweb The unfolding brouhaha emanating from corruption allegations levelled by controversial musician, A Plus against two Deputy Chiefs of Staff, Asenso-Boakye and Abu Jinapor never seems to end as a leaked audio conversation between A Plus and the Deputy Director of Police CID, Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo-Danquah indicating that the investigative…
September 29, 2017 / By Nathan Gadugah The Minority in Parliament has described as “draconian” fines slapped on defaulting radio stations by the National Communications Authority. In a statement, the group insists the action by the regulator is “troubling” and may have “grave implications for press freedom and media pluralism.” The statement comes a day after…
Septiembre 25, 2017 / By Sahara Reporters Senate President Bukola Saraki is behind a group of online media outfits planning to create a parallel Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) at the National Assembly in Abuja with a view to waging war against media organizations which have been hard on him, according to a source in…
September 14, 2017 / By Sylvia Villa The provisions of Part 5 of the 1965 Public Order Act imposes criminal responsibility for defamatory and seditious libel publication. This section of the Public Order Act has been described by journalists as “odious” and “obnoxious”. For many journalists, they see the repeal of the Public Order Act as…
August 1, 2017 / byRock Ronald Rozario, lacroix.com The Arab crisis surrounding Qatar and the demands by the Saudi Arabia-led campaign to shut down its influential Al-Jazeera news agency shines a light on the growing threats to freedom of speech in the region. David Kaye, the United Nations special rapporteur on freedom of opinion and…
Observatory of Media Pluralism 