Acknowledge media's role in fighting violent extremism, journalists tell state

Journalists follow proceedings during the NUSOJ-Australian Government Media conference on World Press Freedom Day at the Stanley Hotel. [Courtesy]

A group of journalists drawn from the East African region have called on the government to defend the media from attacks on their independence.

Meeting in Nairobi, the journalists from Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Sudan, and South Sudan said there is an urgent need for the government to further acknowledge the role played by the media in countering negative narratives of violence and terrorism.