Reporters Without Borders

Trial opens for Philippine journalist critical of Duterte

Article Agency - 23 Jul 2019

Ressa is out on bail and faces years in prison if convicted under the criminal cyber-libel law

South Sudan’s independent media under pressure

Africa Waakhe Simon Wudu - 10 Jul 2019

Eight years after independence, South Sudan still struggles to address media challenges. Independent journalists continue to fear for their freedom

SA drops in World Press Freedom rankings

Article Aaisha Dadi Patel - 23 Apr 2019

South Africa has dropped three places in the Press Freedom Index

Media watchdog condemns ‘yellow vest’ attacks on journalists

Article Agency - 13 Jan 2019

Overnight Friday protesters had blocked the printing centre of the L'Yonne Republicaine newspaper

Nigerian journalists released

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 9 Jan 2019

Staffers from the Daily Trust newspaper released following military raid on Sunday

Germany arrests suspect over killing of Bulgarian journalist

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 Oct 2018

Authorities say Viktoria Marinova died from blows to the head and suffocation

Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova murdered

Article Gemma Ritchie - 8 Oct 2018

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

The World Cup of press freedom

Article bogdan TagDiv - 27 Jun 2018

Rather than accepting the competition that comes with pluralism, the Kremlin is intent on rigging the rules of politics

Afghan media defiant after deadly day for journalists

Article Allison Jackson - 1 May 2018

Journalists have vowed to continue reporting after the deadliest attack on Afghanistan's media since the fall of the Taliban in 2001

Nepal newspaper due in court for case slammed as press freedom attack

Article Agency - 2 Mar 2018

The newspaper was subpoenaed on contempt of court charges for articles which implied that the chief justice wanted to hold office for longer

Sudan papers go online for freedom from censors

Africa Staff Reporter - 13 Dec 2017

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) ranked Sudan 174th out of 180 countries on its 2017 world press freedom index.

Algeria’s independent press fears for its survival

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 29 Nov 2017

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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