The body of Martinez Zogo, a critic of private and public transgressions, was found five days after he disappeared, showing signs of torture
Eight months ago, the Zimbabwean government arrested Jeffrey Moyo after he worked with colleagues from The New York Times reporting on Zimbabwe. His next court date is 14 February
Changes in news consumption practices and in the information ecosystem have hit newspapers hard
Governments, philanthropists, Big Tech, readers and media houses themselves must work together to ensure the sustainability of the media ecosystem
Reporters without Borders and others call on higher authorities to review prosecutor’s decision not to investigate the case
Three legal complaints have been submitted to the UN to investigate the photojournalist’s killing and recover his remains
Ressa is out on bail and faces years in prison if convicted under the criminal cyber-libel law
Eight years after independence, South Sudan still struggles to address media challenges. Independent journalists continue to fear for their freedom
South Africa has dropped three places in the Press Freedom Index
Overnight Friday protesters had blocked the printing centre of the L’Yonne Republicaine newspaper
Staffers from the Daily Trust newspaper released following military raid on Sunday
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Authorities say Viktoria Marinova died from blows to the head and suffocation
Viktoria Marinova is the third high-profile journalist to be killed in the European Union in the past year, and the fourth since the start of 2017
Rather than accepting the competition that comes with pluralism, the Kremlin is intent on rigging the rules of politics
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Journalists have vowed to continue reporting after the deadliest attack on Afghanistan’s media since the fall of the Taliban in 2001
The newspaper was subpoenaed on contempt of court charges for articles which implied that the chief justice wanted to hold office for longer
Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranked Sudan 174th out of 180 countries on its 2017 world press freedom index.
Algeria’s "democratic spring" that followed widespread protests in October 1988 put an end to a state monopoly of the media.
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In a statement, a government spokesman hit out at reports published by ICG that criticised a crackdown in the two English-speaking regions.
Reporters Without Borders says attacks on journalists have grown more barbaric and kidnappings have soared with 66 deaths being reported this year.
President Jacob Zuma held up Mexico as an example of the reporting South African news organisations should strive for. But what does that mean?
South Africa is now 53rd on the Reporters Without Borders 2013 World Press Freedom Index, dropping 10 places since last year.
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/ 22 December 2011
Reporters without Borders claims 66 journalists have killed this year — many of them covering Arab revolutions or political turmoil in Pakistan.
A media watchdog has voiced concern at the cooperation between British authorities and BlackBerry smart phones to identify rioters in London.
Armed troops are occupying a major daily newspaper to prevent publication.
A South African photographer is among several journalists missing in Libya since April 4, according to Reporters Without Borders.
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/ 23 October 2009
The National Press Club in Pretoria on Friday ”strongly condemned” the reported assault and detention of al-Jazeera journalists in Zimbabwe this week.
A Sudanese cameraman with the al-Jazeera on Friday accused United States authorities of insulting Islamic symbols on his return home after six years of detention at Guantánamo Bay. There were ”many violations — [we were] deprived from praying and there were … deliberate insults to God’s holy book” said Sami al-Haj.
”There are times and places when being brave should not be a good sign. Take journalism, for instance. Unlike with, say the Nobel Prize, a country whose journalists are renowned for their courageous journalism should feel ashamed of itself,” writes Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya.
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/ 6 November 2007
The annual conference of the International Bar Association, the world’s biggest meeting of lawyers, was officially opened in Singapore recently by Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew. Yew, Singapore’s long-time ruler and a lawyer by training, was in no mind to soft-peddle his prescriptions for the island state’s success. ”If I had permitted freedom of expression,” he confidently announced, ”I would not be here tonight and neither would all of you.”
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation was launched in October 2006 to promote good governance in Africa with the support of world leaders, including Nelson Mandela, Alpha Konaré, Bill Clinton and Tony Blair. On October 22 2007, the foundation will announce the winner of the world’s biggest prize, the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership, to be awarded to a former African executive head of state.