Happening now: Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism event on Investigating Social Media Disinformation: A case study of CCIJ's Nigeria 2023 election investigation. Panelists include: Arinze Chijioke Shehu Olayinka Sodeeq Atanda buff.ly/4c1Swp0

Popular Democratic Movement (PDM) vice president Jennifer van der Heever challenged energy minister Tom Alweendo to stop the Electricity Control Board’s (ECB) decision to increase the electricity tariff by 8%. buff.ly/4bsVOAI

Namibia’s electoral commission says it has been begging the Namibia Economic Freedom Fighters (NEFF) for its financial statements since 2021. buff.ly/4cMH5S1

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CO-OPERATION … President Nangolo Mbumba and Botswana president Mokgweetsi Masisi visited the Namibia Ports Authority (Namport) and the Botswana Dry Port facility at Walvis Bay on Wednesday.

Democracy Deferred is a series of investigative stories that raise pointed questions about the legitimacy of the 2023 Nigerian presidential election. Check out the series here: veza.news/investigative-…

Proud to be among the winners at the Covering Climate Now awards alongside Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism’s Jenipher Changwanda for our Yale Environment 360 story on the long-term impacts of Cyclone Freddy in Malawi. e360.yale.edu/features/cyclo…

Congratulations to CCIJ's Freddie Clayton and Jenipher Changwanda who have been named among the winners at the Covering Climate Now awards for their story on the long-term impacts of Cyclone Freddy in Malawi.

The City of Windhoek will offer prepaid water and electricity on credit for customers facing financial constraints.

How do investigative journalists navigate obstacles and facilitate impactful cross-border investigations? CCIJ Editorial Director Yaffa Fredrick discusses this and more on this episode of The Transparency Talks #Podcast Listen Now: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/trans…

#HappeningNow CCIJ in partnership with the MacArthur Foundation, holds discussions with media partners in Nigeria on collaborative journalism, AI in journalism and journalism education in Nigeria.  #investigativejournalism

Brilliant podcaster this man. Good listener, No interrupting guests, no agenda being pushed

In the latest episode of Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism's #TransparencyTalks podcast, CCIJ Editorial Director Yaffa Fredrick discusses how investigative journalists navigate obstacles & facilitate impactful cross-border investigations. buff.ly/4cH7Esi

We had the team from the Center for Collaborative Investigative Journalism visit Dataphyte today We talked about super powers of great stories delivered through the collaboration of Data & Investigation. After our brewed coffee talk, we spent some time in the Dapo Olorunyomi Theatre #DOTheatre at Dataphyte

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RIP, RASTA ... Much-adored ex-Brave Warriors striker Fillemon 'Kaskas' Angula was reportedly found dead in his house at Indangungu village near Ondangwa on Monday. Photo: File

Matheus Sheehama was on his way to becoming the first person in his family to graduate. buff.ly/3yluuHb

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President Nangolo Mbumba lays a wreath on the Heroes Acre grave of liberation icon, Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, at a small ceremony arranged by the family today, on what would have been the 100th birthday of a very special man whose name must yet be writ large in Namibia’s history.

NEW INVESTIGATION! The Nigerian government’s Independent National Electoral Commission claimed voting was not marred by intimidation but a 10-month-long CCIJ examination with 20 journalists has found widespread incidents of brutality around the country. veza.news/article/2024/0…