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VOA

February 14, 2023

Google intensifies fight against misinformation

“Using ads as a vehicle to counter a disinformation technique is pretty novel. And we’re excited about the results,” Beth Goldberg said.

GOOGLE and MISINFORMATION
February 13, 2023

Dozens of radio stations in Afghanistan shut down over Taliban censorship

About 345 radio stations were in operation prior to the U.S. military withdrawal in August 2021. The figure has now dropped to 228.

Taliban and Afghan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU)
February 6, 2023

Arrests made in murder of Cameroonian journalist Martinez Zogo

The radio personality was tortured to death on January 17.

Martinez Zogo
January 29, 2023

Taliban: Afghan girls no longer allowed to write university entrance exam

Last month, the Taliban prohibited women from working in foreign organisations and prevented them from attending universities “until further notice.”

Afghan women
December 5, 2022

Anxious football fans hold vigil for hospitalised Pele

“We are a spiritual force praying for the sporting idol as he wages one of the toughest battles of his life,” fan Marcos Bispo dos Santos told AFP.

A composite of Pele in the hospital and Fans in vigil outside Hospital used to illustrate the story.
November 8, 2022

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards accused of plotting to kill two journalists in UK

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, accused of being behind the plot, is designated as a terrorist organisation by the U.S. and three countries.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
June 30, 2022

Ghana police tear-gas, arrest Ghanaians protesting high cost of living

Ghana’s police force fired tear-gassed protesters on the second day of demonstrations over record inflation and the high cost of living.

Ghana police and protesters
March 27, 2022

Taliban shuts down VOA, BBC

The ban on VOA and BBC programs comes after the Taliban turned away Afghan girls from its schools last week.

March 17, 2022

Journalist, writer arrested for ‘insulting’ President Museveni

In January, Kakwenza Rukirabashaija was charged to court for calling the president “obese” and a “curmudgeon.”

Yoweri Museveni