Media Legislation in Africa: A Comparative Legal Survey

This report is the result of research undertaken, with the support of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), by a team of African scholars coordinated by Professor Guy Berger, head of the School of Journalism and Media Studies at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. The study includes an overview of existing media legislation in ten multi-party democratic countries in Africa as well as a comparative analysis. It also aims to put legislation in these African countries in perspective with regional and international standards and best-practices in the field of media law conducive to freedom of expression. The countries covered in this study are: Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mozambique, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, and Zambia.