The case has sparked an outcry among the international community as an attempt to muzzle reporting on the crackdown by Myanmar’s security forces
Journalists must pay $2500 per trip to report from Mozambique
The newspaper was subpoenaed on contempt of court charges for articles which implied that the chief justice wanted to hold office for longer
"You should care about the connection between reduced media freedom and a weaker democracy"
The press prison at the ANC conference may have been instated because the party couldn’t afford journalists seeing how heated deliberations had become
Howa described the M&G as something of a thorn in the side of the Zuma administration.
"While the journalists are concerned about their safety, they remain resolute and determined to persist with the case," said their lawyer.
South Africa marks Black Wednesday but the struggle for a free press in Africa goes on.
Turkey’s free media is under threat and the coup attempt earlier this year has angered the Erdogan further.
Editorial calling for the resignation of the president and vice-president led to journalist’s arrest.
Five journalists who participated in protests and demonstrations in solidarity with fired colleagues were dismissed on Tuesday.
Eritrean President blames US for the exodus of youth to Europe, as a ploy to weaken Eritrea’s government.
Angolan court finds Angolan investigative journalist guilty of criminal libel.
Jailed lawyer Thulani Maseko feels the wrath of the system he slammed, but remains undeterred.
Readers are divided about President Zuma and have their say about patriotism and Nkandla.
South African media houses will go to court to prevent any future attempts to unlawfully block communication signals during parliamentary sessions.
In an open letter to Iqbal Survé, DA leader Helen Zille questions Independent Newspapers’ credibility and integrity.
President Xi Jinping has overseen a sweeping tightening of controls as part of a broader campaign against anyone seen challenging the ruling party.
The mountain kingdom needs a robust, confident media to cover events without fear or favour – but this is unlikely in this polarised society.
Zimbabwe’s Con Court has held that a law criminalising defamation is unconstitutional, saying civil remedies were preferable to criminal penalties.
Forty organisations have called on Ethiopia Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn to free Zone 9 bloggers and revise it’s overly broad anti-terror law.
Three journalists detained in Egypt for allegedly aiding a "terrorist organisation" will appear in court on Saturday, World Press Freedom Day.
The Media Institute of Southern Africa has criticised a court interdict banning three Lesotho journalists from practising their craft.
Despite improvement needed in indigenous language media, South Africa’s media is beginning to represent the demographics of the country, she said.
Journalists usually resist attempts by the authorities to extract information from them that can be used to prosecute crimes.
Sudan’s security services have suspended the country’s two biggest newspapers to punish them for reporting on army operations, say editors.
Most of the 82 primary schoolchildren in the Western Cape and Gauteng have said that media freedom is one thing that should not be touched.
Kenya has long prided itself on free media, but when the country went to the polls reporters and broadcasters went into a sort of self-imposed purdah.
Protesters have mounted a second day of rallies calling for press freedom in China, as netizens and celebrities backed the campaign.
A proposed law threatens journalists who work outside the mainstream of print and TV, writes Vinayak Bhardwaj and Stefaans Brummer.
Small changes to the wording of the concession on the public interest defence would fix defects on the Secrecy Bill, writes Stefaans Brmmer.
It’s an equation that the world’s democracies know to be true, open governments, open economies and open societies flourish, writes Donald Gips