Spotlight: Zimbabwe
A darkness descending: personal stories from Zimbabwe's internet shutdown
Misdiagnoses, missed operations, and the odd joke; Zimbabweans share how losing the internet affected them.
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Nigeria
Digital Rights
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Press freedom organisations urge Nigeria to keep Internet on during election period
Members of the #KeepItOn coalition highlighted the need for the authorities to keep the Internet on as it is an enabler of other rights, including freedom of expression and access to information.
Uganda
Free Expression & the Law
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Uganda: BBC journalists 'facing trumped up charges'
The detained BBC journalists say they were working on an investigation into the alleged sale of government drugs on the black market.
Africa
Digital Rights
Attacks
Gender
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Death, shutdowns, crackdown and a glimmer of hope as Angola reviews penal code clauses in favour of LGBTQI rights
Africa in January: Angola throws out clauses criminalising same sex relations, women journalists and media leaders connect at bootcamp, Ghanaian journalist murdered, a wave of internet shutdowns and more.
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MP sentenced to one-year prison term for Twitter post under Penal Code
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Free Expression & the Law
Côte d'Ivoire
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Monrovian radio station Roots FM attacked by armed men
Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)
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Cameroonian journalist Paul Chouta attacked outside his home
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
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Staff at Guinea-Bissau's national broadcaster protest political meddling
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Guinea-Bissau
Censorship
4 February 2019
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Cameroonian journalists arrested for covering opposition gathering
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Cameroon
Free Expression & the Law
30 January 2019
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Newly elected DRCongo president asked to protect journalists
Journaliste en danger (JED), Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Impunity
Attacks
Democratic Republic of Congo
30 January 2019
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Call for release of Mozambican journalist Amade Abubacar from prolonged detention
Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA)
Mozambique
Free Expression & the Law
30 January 2019
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Three critical factors impacting journalists' safety in Ghana
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
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Sudan revokes credentials of foreign press
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Sudan
Censorship
Free Expression & the Law
23 January 2019
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Internet shutdowns are governments' new weapon of choice
African Freedom of Expression Exchange
Sudan
Africa
Digital Rights
Zimbabwe
Freedom of Assembly
23 January 2019
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AFEX urges President Mnangagwa to end crackdown on free expression and assembly rights
African Freedom of Expression Exchange
Zimbabwe
Attacks
Digital Rights
Freedom of Assembly
18 January 2019
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MFWA condemns killing of Anas' team member, demands prompt investigations
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
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Call for international enquiry into murders of Russian journalists in CAR
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Central African Republic
Impunity
Russia
Attacks
16 January 2019
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#KeepitOn: Joint letter on keeping the internet open and secure in Zimbabwe
Collaboration on International ICT Policy for East and Southern Africa (CIPESA), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), PEN America, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Social Media Exchange (SMEX)
Access to Information
Zimbabwe
Digital Rights
15 January 2019
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Newspaper receives directive to stop reporting on protests in neighbouring Sudan
African Freedom of Expression Exchange
South Sudan
Censorship
14 January 2019
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Internet and broadcasting services disrupted during coup in Gabon
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Gabon
Attacks
Digital Rights
11 January 2019
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Three journalists shot while covering political party rally in Lagos
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
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Mozambican journalist held for reporting on terrorist insurgencies
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Mozambique
Free Expression & the Law
11 January 2019
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Africa in December: Electoral mayhem in the DRC, the violent suppression of seething Sudanese, and more
Reyhana Masters for IFEX. Based on IFEX member reports
Access to Information
Africa
Attacks
8 January 2019
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Several critical journalists detained as protests in Sudan continue
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Sudan
Attacks
Free Expression & the Law
7 January 2019
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Nigerian army's raid on "Daily Trust" offices condemned
International Press Centre (IPC)
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DRC authorities blocking different channels of communication
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Access to Information
Digital Rights
Democratic Republic of Congo
4 January 2019
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Liberian ruling party officials' verbal attacks on media on the rise
Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)
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RSF alarmed by new crackdown on media in Sudan
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Sudan
Digital Rights
Attacks
29 December 2018
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Liberian minister threatens editor
Reporters Without Borders (RSF)
Liberia
Free Expression & the Law
21 December 2018
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MFWA take on Presidential Media Encounter
Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)
Access to Information
Ghana
21 December 2018
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