An inconvenient marriage: media freedom and access to information in Africa: the South African perspective
SOURCE: Freedom of Information and Democratic Governance in Nigeria
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2019
TITLE AUTHOR(S): F.Adeleke, R.Adams
SOURCE EDITOR(S): A.Adekunle
KEYWORDS: ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AFRICAN COMMISSION, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, MEDIA
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10978
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/14759
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/14759
OUTPUT TYPE: Chapter in Monograph
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2019
TITLE AUTHOR(S): F.Adeleke, R.Adams
SOURCE EDITOR(S): A.Adekunle
KEYWORDS: ACCESS TO INFORMATION, AFRICAN COMMISSION, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, MEDIA
DEPARTMENT: Impact Centre (IC), Impact Centre (PRESS), Impact Centre (CC)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10978
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/14759
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/14759
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Abstract
In 2013, the African Commission released a model law access to information in Africa, in the midst of what is identified here as growing trend across the continent on freedom of information laws.-
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