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\"\"<\/a>Finalists in the prestigious CNN MultiChoice African Journalist awards for 2011 have been announced by Joel Kibazo, Chair of the independent judging panel. The competition is now in its 16th year and this year, Ghana has two journalists vying for laurels in the prestigious competition. They are Kofi Akpabli, Freelance for the Daily Graphic and Portia Solomon for TV3 News. \u00a0Kofi Akpabli won the prize for Art and Culture in 2010 for his beautiful piece on soups.<\/span><\/p>\n

Announcing the finalists, Joel Kibazo said: \u201cAfrican journalists are becoming noticeably more challenging, showing greater courage and strength which would have been unimaginable just a few years ago. Entries this year have demonstrated this \u2013 bolder, more determined on their home patch, and with a new found zeal to cover countries beyond their own borders.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year the competition received entries from 42 countries across the continent, including French and Portuguese speaking Africa. There are 27 finalists from 13 countries:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kofi Akpabli, Freelance for the Daily Graphic, Ghana<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Claudine Efoa Atohoun, ORTB, Benin<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rabin Bhujun, L\u2019Express Dimanche, Mauritius<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jos\u00e9 Bou\u00e7as de Oliveira, Televis\u00e3o Santomense, S\u00e3o Tom\u00e9<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sylvia Chebet, Citizen TV, Kenya<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 DispatchOnline Team, Daily Dispatch, South Africa<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kimani Githae, Citizen TV, Kenya<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lamia Hassan, Business Today, Egypt<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Virgil Augustin Pascal Houesson, L\u2019\u00e9v\u00e9nement Pr\u00e9cis, Benin<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mahamud Abdi Jama, Waaheen, Somalia<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Norman Katende, Freelance for The New Vision, Uganda<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Farouk Kayondo, UBC, Uganda<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark Klusener, eNews Africa, South Africa<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Selma Marivate, Record, Mozambique<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Melini Moses, SABC, South Africa<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lindile Mpanza, e.tv, South Africa<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kamau Mutunga, DN2 Magazine, Daily Nation, Kenya<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nigel M. Nassar, The New Vision, Uganda<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fatuma Noor, The Star, Kenya<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Oluwatoyos Ogunseye, Sunday Punch, Nigeria<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nnamdi Okosieme, Next Newspaper, Nigeria<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Benon Herbert Oluka, Sunday Life Magazine, Sunday Monitor, Uganda<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Beryl Ooro, K24 TV, Kenya<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sonny Serite, Freelance for The Sunday Standard, Botswana<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Portia Solomon, TV3 News, Ghana<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kipchumba Some,\u00a0 The Standard, Kenya<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Nkula Zau, Televis\u00e3o P\u00fablica de Angola<\/p>\n

This year the recipient of the Free Press Africa Award is Mahamud\u00a0 Abdi Jama, Editor of Waaheen, an independent private newspaper published in Somaliland.\u00a0 Waaheen, part of the Waaheen Media Group, is known for its critical coverage of the Government. Mahamud was sentenced to three years in prison and fined in connection with a story alleging public corruption.\u00a0 After pressure on the Government Mahamud was granted a Presidential pardon and released after spending over a month in prison. He is awarded this prize for working under stressful conditions, and in the face of opposition and providing the public with important information, regardless of the consequences to himself.<\/p>\n

The winners of the competition will be announced at an Award Ceremony and Gala Evening in Johannesburg, South Africa on Saturday 25 June 2011. The hosts for the evening will be Isha Sesay, presenter of CNN International\u2019s weekly programme \u2018Inside Africa\u2019 and Robert Marawa, the face of one of DStv\u2019s SuperSports channel and regular host of Metro FM\u2019s Discovery Sports Centre.<\/p>\n

The independent judging panel, chaired by Joel Kibazo, journalist and media consultant, includes: Ikechukwu Amaechi, Editor, Daily Independent, Nigeria; Jean-Paul G\u00e9rouard, Deputy Editor-in-Chief, France 3 TV; Ferial Haffajee, Editor-in-Chief, City Press, South Africa; Arlindo Lopes, former Secretary General, Southern African Broadcasting Association; Zipporah Musau,\u00a0 Managing Editor,\u00a0 Magazines, The Standard Group Ltd, Kenya; Kim Norgaard, CNN Bureau Chief, South Africa and this year CNN\u2019s sports anchor Pedro Pinto joined the panel to assist in the judging of the Portuguese General News Category.<\/p>\n

Freelance journalist Paul McNally assisted the judging panel and carried out the first round of pre-selection, removing the entries that didn\u2019t meet the required journalistic standards to be put forward to the judging panel for the next stage of judging. Paul was the winner of the Health and Medical Category at the 2009 CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, and a runner-up in the HIV \/ AIDS Reporting category of the same year.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tony Maddox, Executive Vice-President and Managing Director of CNN International said: \u201cThe passion which African journalists display for telling compelling and top class stories knows no bounds. Once more, CNN proudly continues its commitment to encouraging inspired journalistic excellence with these awards.\u201d<\/p>\n

Collins Khumalo, President MultiChoice Africa said \u201cWe remain committed to the development of media in Africa and to giving recognition to outstanding journalists for their tireless effort and work in telling the African story.\u00a0 Our wish is to inspire all the finalists to use this opportunity to not only strive to become the best in Africa but to become the best in the world.\u201d cophone General News Awards (Print and Electronic Media); Portuguese Language General News<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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