By Teresia Mutuku, Communication Officer and Web Manager, WACC Sierra Leone in West Africa is still on the road to recovery after being devastated by a decade of civil war in which tens of thousands of people were killed, children recruited as soldiers, given drugs and...
By William N-lanjerborr Jalulah Journalism, they say, is the Fourth Estate because of its enormous role in the governance system of a country. Ghana is touted as the beacon of democracy in Africa because of her democratic credentials, following successive and successful elections since the advent...
On International Women's Day (March 8), WACC encouraged its networks, members and partners among civil society groups, associations of media practitioners and media organizations to participate in UNESCO’s Women make the news campaign. The campaign theme is Rural women’s access to media and information. WACC...
By Philip Lee, WACC Deputy-Director of Programmes This first film by the young director Nicolás Gil Lavedra, based on the life of Estela de Carlotto, recounts episodes in the private life of the president of the Grandmothers of the Plaza de Mayo. Its motto is, “Memory...
By Philip Lee, WACC Deputy-Director of Programmes Internews, the international non-profit organization whose mission is to empower local media worldwide to give people the news and information they need, has published an important new toolkit. Called Speak Up, Speak Out: A Toolkit for Reporting on Human...