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Nigeria, cartoonist 'Kibet Bull' reported missing

Publicado: 30/12/2024 : 01:18 | Actualizado: 10/01/2025 : 10:50 |

Photo/poster: Kumbitrace Update 6 January: The cartoonist turned up. Kibet revealed that he had been abandoned in the Luanda area of Vihiga County at around 3am. Disoriented and not knowing where to go, he reportedly attended a local "disco matanga" (nightly funeral dance) before getting a bus ticket home. According to Kibet, he

"Jailed for stating the obvious": Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar's wife talks about his plight

Publicado: 18/09/2024 : 02:36 | Actualizado: 18/09/2024 : 03:20 |

In an exclusive interview with The New Arab, Omar's wife, Nada Mougheeth, spoke about his case, the unfairness and pain of his situation and the personal difficulties he faces because of his uncertain fate. She is only allowed to see him for 30 minutes a month. Ashraf Omar never imagined that his humorous

Cartoonist Jimmy Spire Ssentongo threatened over online anti-corruption campaign in Uganda

Publicado: 20/03/2024 : 18:51 | Actualizado: 21/03/2024 : 21:22 |

Cartooning for Peace has issued a statement warning about the situation of this Ugandan cartoonist. Jimmy Spire Ssentongo, a member of the Cartooning for Peace network, has received death threats after launching an anti-corruption campaign on X (formerly Twitter) under the slogan - #UgandaParliamentExhibition - calling Parliament to account. According to the CfP

Tanzania, cartoonist Opptertus Fwema acquitted but re-arrested in court corridors

Publicado: 23/09/2022 : 17:06 | Actualizado: 13/09/2023 : 08:37 |

Cartoonist Optatus Fewma (Opptertus John Fwema) was arrested and imprisoned in Tanzania, allegedly for one of his cartoons Optatus Fwema was arrested at his home on 23 September 2021 and interrogated without legal representation or the presence of family members in connection with alleged "cyber crimes" The motive was allegedly a cartoon featuring

Canadian newspaper withdraws cartoon after complaints from Muslim community

Publicado: 22/09/2022 : 11:46 | Actualizado: 09/06/2024 : 01:42 |

Diario canadiense retira una viñeta tras las quejas de la comunidad musulmana

On 17 August, the French-language Canadian newspaper L'Acadie Nouvelle de New Brunswick, who declares himself as an "independent media since 1984", published this cartoon by Marcel Boudreau that some considered Islamophobic and racist. Boudreau's cartoon shows a caveman dragging a woman by grabbing her by the hair and is associated with an image

Nigeria, cartoonist 'Kibet Bull' reported missing

"Jailed for stating the obvious": Egyptian cartoonist Ashraf Omar's wife talks about his plight

Cartoonist Jimmy Spire Ssentongo threatened over online anti-corruption campaign in Uganda

Tanzania, cartoonist Opptertus Fwema acquitted but re-arrested in court corridors

Canadian newspaper withdraws cartoon after complaints from Muslim community

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