EAC Media Summit opens, urges protection of journalists

East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, 8 April, 2015: The EAC Secretariat together with the East African Business Council (EABC) and CEOs of Media Houses are finalizing preparations for the 7th EAC-EABC Media Summit, which is to be held from 14 to 15 May 2015, at the Hyatt Kilimanjaro Hotel Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.  
The 7th EAC-EABC Media Summit will bring together over 250 Media owners, CEOs, Publishers, Editors, prominent Media personalities and practitioners on a round table...

EAC SG urges Tanzania Media to build peace and consensus
East African Business Week
ARUSHA, Tanzania – The EAC Secretary General, Amb. Dr. Richard Sezibera has urged the media fraternity in Tanzania to build peace and social consensus as the country prepares for the forthcoming General Elections slated for October 2015.
All eyes are on Tanzanian media, do not put us to shameDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)

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IPPmedia
Why journalists, human rights defenders need protection
IPPmedia
Following the role Journalists play in the community, this year, Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDs-Coalition) organised and conducted several security management training for Journalists after realising that some Journalists as human ...

IPPmedia
Human rights defenders, including journalists need protection
IPPmedia
The Tanzania Human Rights Defenders Coalition (THRDs-Coalition) conducted training on security management and risk assessment for editors in Dar es Salaam over the weekend. This training is a series of trainings being conducted to different groups of ...

The US calls on Egypt to release three al-Jazeera journalists detained by the authorities in December on charges of collaborating with "terrorists".

The Chairperson of the Summit of the EAC Heads of State and President of the Republic of Kenya H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta addresses EAC Staff as Amb Sezibera and Chair of the Council hon. Phyllis Kandie looks on
----------------------------------------------  The Chairperson of the Summit of the EAC Heads of State and President of the Republic of Kenya H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, last evening engaged the staff of the Organs of the Community namely; the EAC Secretariat, the East African Legislative...

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta will lead a key meeting of business leaders from across the region that starts this morning here.

BBC News
UN urges protection for Albinos after Tanzania killing
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New York, May 16 (IBNS): The barbaric murder of a woman with albinism in Tanzania has prompted the United Nations human rights chief to call for greater protection for this "exceptionally vulnerable" community. According to police reports, 40-year-old ...
UN human rights chief urges greater protection for people with albinismShanghai Daily (subscription)
Tanzanian police arrest 'witch doctors' over killing of...

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UN Rights Chief Urges Greater Protection For Albinos
RTT News
The barbaric murder of a woman with albinism in Tanzania has prompted the United Nations human rights chief to call for greater protection for this "exceptionally vulnerable" community. According to police reports, 40-year-old Munghu Lugata was brutally ...
UN human rights chief urges greater protection for people with albinismShanghai Daily (subscription)
Tanzanian police arrest 'witch doctors' over killing of...