The Chairman of the Brong-Ahafo chapter, of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), Charles Koomson, has called on journalists to focus their attention on activities that would improve upon the lives of Ghanaians.

The National Social Communication Council (CNCS) will hold this Tuesday in Lobito city, central Benguela province, a talk under the theme "Information Strictness versus Journalistic Truth", ANGOP learnt from a press release.

Lawmakers in the lower chamber are demanding that government comes up with a plan to develop government media with the aim of countering the influence that foreign media is having locally, RNA reports.

Every year, the French embassy invites the media for a reunion ahead of the French National Day celebrations held every July 14. On Friday, a section of the media attended the reunion at Ambassador Rene Forceville's Nakasero residence.

African Public Relations practitioners have been enjoined to understand the media prism in their media relations strategies.

It is a magazine for classical music lovers with a difference in taste and content. Classic, which was launched last month, has got many wondering if it is a Kenyan publication. Yes it is. It is a publication of The

GTV is to expand to Francophone Africa in early August, the Uganda general manager, Daniel Kagwe, has said.

Zimbabwe Newspapers Harare Branch management and staff last Friday bade farewell to two of the company's long serving workers.

The Media Monitoring Project (MMP) has called on the South African media to refrain from presenting a biased, prejudicial and unfair reporting around the issue of legal abortion as set out in the Choice on Termination of Pregnancy (TOP) Act

The Management of Lagoon Press Limited is pleased to announce the birth of a new tabloid into the Nigerian newspaper market.

THE Johannesburg High Court ruled against suspended SABC CEO Dali Mpofu yesterday, saying the meetings that resulted in his suspension were lawful.

This daily press review is compiled by the Information Section of the Public Affairs Office of the American Embassy in Abidjan, CÃ'te d'Ivoire.

ONE lesson that has emerged from the SABC circus is that one should ensure one is following corporate governance principles correctly.

The following is an 11 July 2008 JED and RSF joint press release:

Cameroonian authorities have lifted a ban on three private broadcasters summarily closed in connection with their critical coverage in February, but police are withholding equipment seized from one station, according to local journalists and news reports.

Councillors have lamented the lack of television coverage in Selebi-Phikwe, arguing that it isolates the mining town from potential investors.

Charly Ndi Chia, ace journalist and Editor-in-Chief of The Post newspaper, is the new President of the Cameroon Union of Journalists, CUJ.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Thursday said it condemned High Court order to collect fines from four publishing houses stemming from convictions related to the 2005 post-election riots, saying it was a violation of press freedom.