Niger suspends nine French media bodies: Watchdog slams ‘abusive’ decision
Niger’s military government has banned dozens of local and foreign reporters since seizing power in 2023.

Niger’s military government has banned dozens of local and foreign reporters since seizing power in 2023.






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The deal faces regulatory scrutiny both for influence on media landscape, but also for foreign investments to fund it.
The company’s stock plunged about 8 percent on the news of Hastings’s departure.

Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud finds a new generation of journalists who are stepping in, young and untrained but determined.
Police arrested a 16-year-old boy and two men aged 19 and 21 on suspicion of arson endangering life.
Incoming Prime Minister Peter Magyar says his government could be formed by mid-May.
More than 260 journalists have been killed by Israel in Gaza since the start of the genocide in October 2023.
Iran’s embassies launched a global trolling campaign in response to Trump’s profanity-laced threat.
Iraq’s Ministry of Interior says one suspect arrested after ‘unknown individuals’ kidnap journalist.

Qatar’s Al Araby network condemns an attack on its office in Tehran, which injured at least 10 people.

Hundreds gathered in Beirut’s southern suburbs for the funeral of three Lebanese journalists killed by Israel.