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African Journalism

The African Union is proposing a new organisation to protect journalists. But the journalists themselves are sceptical. We ask why.

The African Union wants to set up a new organisation which it says would help protect the independence of the continent's journalists. But many journalists in Africa, and the organisations which represent them, are opposed to the idea in its present form. Vincent Dowd asks why the plan is proving so controversial.

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Fri 21 Aug 2009 04:40GMT

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  • Fri 21 Aug 2009 04:40GMT

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project