July 31

• Africa: Two Ugandan Journalists and Local Fixer Freed After Four Days [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that two visiting Ugandan journalists, Hillary Ayesiga and Justine Dralaze, and their South Sudanese fixer, Sunday David Tut, were... Read more »

July 30

• South Sudan: Two Ugandan Journalists and Local Fixer Held for Past Three Days [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that South Sudan's army - the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) - has been holding two visiting Ugandan journalists, Hillary... Read more »

July 26

• Uganda: U.S Filmmaker Snatched By Police in Kampala, Held for Past Three Days [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders condemns American independent documentary filmmaker Taylor Krauss' detention by the Ugandan authorities for the past three days. Read more »

July 23

• Zambia: Another News Website Blocked

  After Zambian Watchdog (www.zambianwatchdog.com) and the mirror of that site created by Reporters Without Borders, Zambia Reports (www.zambiareports.com) has become the latest... Read more »

July 22

• Congo-Kinshasa: Katanga Journalist Held for Past Nine Days, TV Station Closed [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by local TV station director Simplexe Musangu's detention for the past nine days in the southeastern province of Katanga on a charge of... Read more »

• Guinea: Minister Closes Radio Station, Blocks New TV Station [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by communication minister Togba Césaire Kpoghomou's decision on 18 July to close Liberté FM, a radio station based in... Read more »

• Egypt: Journalists and Media Ensnared in Political Polarization [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders condemns continuing abusive treatment and acts of violence against journalists during the past week. Read more »

July 19

• Zambia: Watchdog Mirror Created By RWB Itself Now Blocked By Government [press release]

  Access from within Zambia to the mirror of the Zambian Watchdog news website that Reporters Without Borders created yesterday to help circumvent government censorship was itself... Read more »

July 17

• Somalia: Radio Shabelle Editor Targeted By Information Minister [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is very worried by the summons that Abdi Mohamed Ismail, a radio journalist also known as Abdi Uud, has received from information minister Abdullahi... Read more »

July 15

• Somalia: Confidentiality of Sources Would End Under Proposed New Law [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is very worried by the grave threat to media freedom and media pluralism posed by a bill that the Somali cabinet approved on 11 July and, if adopted by... Read more »

July 10

• Tunisia: Regulator Reacts Quickly After Dispute Forces TV Station Off the Air [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders hails yesterday's announcement by the High Independent Authority for Broadcasting Communication (HAICA) of measures to accelerate the allocation of... Read more »

July 09

• Egypt: Media Freedom Still Flouted a Week After Military Takeover [press release]

  A week after President Mohamed Morsi's removal by the military, respect for freedom of information continues to worsen and increasingly resembles the situation under the... Read more »

July 08

• Somalia: TV Reporter Gunned Down in Galkayo [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that Liban Abdullahi Farah, a TV reporter also known as Liban Qaran, was gunned down yesterday in Galkayo, the capital of the... Read more »

July 05

• Gambia: Internet Users Targeted By Changes to Information Law [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by amendments to the 2009 Information and Communications Act - the main law limiting freedom of information in Gambia - which the... Read more »

July 04

• Egypt: Call for Fully Civilian Government That Respects Basic Freedoms [press release]

  After six days of demonstrations, President Mohamed Morsi was ousted by the armed forces last night in what was a military coup with civilian trappings. In a televised address... Read more »

• Somalia: Somaliland Journalists Jailed [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders condemns the long jail sentences that a court in Hargeisa, the capital of the autonomous northwestern region of Somaliland, imposed yesterday on Hassan... Read more »

July 02

• Djibouti: Former Journalist Jailed Again, Second Time in Two Months [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is appalled by government opponent and former journalist Daher Ahmed Farah's incarceration today in Djibouti's Gabode prison to begin serving a two-month... Read more »

• Egypt: Physical Attacks On Journalists, Government Interference in Media [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders condemns the many acts of violence against journalists during demonstrations on 30 June, the first anniversary of Mohamed Morsi's installation as... Read more »

June 27

• Egypt: Mounting Freedom of Information Worries After One Year of Morsi [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is deeply concerned about the state of freedom of information in Egypt a year after Mohamed Morsi's installation as president. Read more »

June 25

• Burundi: Newspaper Reporter Freed On Completing Three-Year Jail Term [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders takes note of journalist Saidat Mukakibibi's release today in Kigali on completing her three-year jail sentence on a charge of "attacking state security." Read more »

• Eritrea: Reporters Without Borders Provides UN With Report On Disastrous Situation in Eritrea [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders submitted its contribution on Eritrea yesterday to the United Nations Human Rights Council, which will examine the country's performance during the 18th... Read more »

June 22

• Libya: Court Urged to Dismiss Charges Against Ailing Newspaper Editor [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders urges a Tripoli court to dismiss the charges against Amara Hassan Abdallah Al-Khitabi, the editor of the newspaper Al-Umma, when the final hearing in his... Read more »

June 21

• Zimbabwe: Reporter Badly Hurt in Attack By Three Masked Men [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is very worried about the safety of journalists in Zimbabwe after last week's brutal attack on Paul Pindani, a reporter for the Harare-based daily... Read more »

June 20

• Chad: Reporters Without Borders Prevented From Visiting N'djaména [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is dismayed that stalling by the Chadian authorities has prevented it from visiting N'Djaména. Read more »

June 18

• Niger: Al-Jazeera Crew Released After Being Held for Three Days [press release]

  Reporters Without Borders is relieved to learn that three Al-Jazeera journalists and their driver were released yesterday, two days after being arrested near the eastern city of... Read more »