The Guardian reports on the just launched Afrileaks:
More here...which is designed to securely connect whistleblowers with media organisations across Africa, and is the first of its kind to provide ongoing technical training in how to “verify and investigate the quality of leaks”.
Since the Wikileaks Iraq war logs and Edwards Snowden’s revelations about America’s NSA, whistleblowing has gained global attention, but Sharife and her colleagues at Afrileaks say that many journalists across Africa lack investigative skills, and often have little understanding of the dangers they could face in investigating leaks.
“Whistleblowers that we spoke with were not aware of measures such as encrypted email,” Sharife says. “Nor did many have the experience to pursue the safest means of transmitting information.”
The secure web service, developed in partnership with Italy’s Hermes Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights and the Africa Network of Centers for Investigative Journalism (ANCIR), will allow individuals to send information “without fear of being compromised and exposed,” says Sharife. The site will become “live” for leaks from today.
