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                    Media Freedom Holds Its Ground in Africa

   by Jeff Seldin

   Conflicts in Africa, like the coup in Central African Republic, and
   violence in Kenya -- like the terrorist attack at the Westgate shopping
   center -- led to new pressures and more violence against journalists.
   Meanwhile, corruption raised concerns in Uganda, where one newspaper
   was briefly shut down.
   But Freedom House says that is only part of the story. ''
   "Pretty much every other region in the world showed an overall level of
   decline. But in Africa, the overall regional average score remained the
   same and there were really bright spots, I would say, in a number of
   countries in West Africa and then in Southern Africa," said Karin
   Karlekar with Freedom House.
   Among other positives, the report points to better laws and a growing
   number of media outlets.
   Overall, only 3 percent of sub-Saharan Africans have access to a "free"
   media. Fourteen percent have access to a "partly free" media. And 41
   percent live in countries where the media is "not free."'
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