Ethiopia restores internet to western Oromia after 3-month blackout
South Africa impose jail term for COVID-19 fake news
Facebook to help combat coronavirus fake news in Nigeria
Kenya arrests coronavirus fake news peddler
UNESCO bemoans misinformation amid coronavirus pandemic
African governments battle coronavirus fake news
Journalists in Uganda demand colleague’s freedom
Media freedoms in Somalia
US embassy calls out fake news over Nigeria pastor’s visa
Nigeria army arrests journalist, Burundi jails journalists
Ethiopia ombudsman decries info blackout
AP racist photo, BBC’s Kobe – LeBron mix-up
Internet outage in Togo
Beninese radio station fires all employees after suspension
Burundi arrest journalist over corruption report
Ghana remembers slain anti-corruption investigator
Cameraman assaulted in Nigeria
Ethiopian journalists associational dreams
Journalists detained in Uganda and Malawi
Western Ethiopia internet cut, Sudan bans pro-Bashir press
Internet access restored to western Oromia in Ethiopia
Internet connectivity has been restored to a part of Ethiopia’s Oromia region which has been without connection for about three months.
South Africa enacts fake news regulation
The new regulations for the Disaster Management Act gazetted on Wednesday has stipulated those who spread fake news about the coronavirus can be fined or serve a six month prison sentence.
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Kenya arrest over coronavirus fake news
Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations announced on Sunday the arrest of a 23-year-old accused of peddling coronavirus related fake news.
Combating coronavirus fake news
“I would like to applaud the capability of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases for having acted very quickly and swiftly informing the Minister who in turn informed me,” the words of South African president Cyril Ramaphosa.
Governments continue to provide timely information via official channels in order to combat the spread of fake news especially on social media.
