North Africa: Online Media Lead Crisis Coverage
Fast-moving events across northern Africa have shaken long-lasting regimes - and the news organizations struggling to provide timely coverage. But new media - plus the youngest news network, Al Jazeera - are providing compelling 24-hour coverage.
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North Africa:
Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia - Online Media, Al Jazeera, Lead Crisis Coverage
allAfrica, 30 January 2011
Fast-moving events across northern Africa have shaken long-lasting regimes - and the news organizations struggling to provide timely coverage. But new media - plus the youngest… Read more »
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Sudan:
Nation Tightens Press Gag After Anti-Government Protests
Sudan Tribune, 1 February 2011
Sudan has once again intensified censorship of local newspapers, confiscating copies of two dailies and threatening another with suspension for carrying reports on anti-government… Read more »
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Sudan:
Journalists Censored, Held in Protests
RSF, 31 January 2011
Reporters Without Borders expresses its deep concern over the recent worsening condition of press freedom in Sudan. Read more »
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Egypt:
Govt Shuts Down Al Jazeera Bureau
RSF, 30 January 2011
Reporters Without Borders condemns information minister Anas el-Fekki's decision today to shut down Qatar-based Al-Jazeera's operations in Egypt, where the pan-Arab satellite TV… Read more »
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Egypt:
No More Facebook in Egypt Crackdown
Nation, 30 January 2011
A few minutes past midnight on Friday, the Egyptian Government "killed" the Internet. Read more »
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Egypt:
Embattled Regime Cuts Internet Services
IPS, 28 January 2011
Twitter was an early casualty. Then Facebook access became spotty. But when the Internet itself went down, Egyptian pro-democracy activists knew their protests were having an… Read more »
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Egypt:
Arrests of Foreign Journalists, Internet Blocked
RSF, 28 January 2011
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the arrests of four French journalists as they were preparing to cover protests in Cairo today. All the different methods being used by… Read more »
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Egypt:
Internet Censorship and Attacks on Journalists Amid Major Street Protests
RSF, 26 January 2011
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the arrests and physical attacks that journalists suffered while covering demonstrations yesterday and today in various Egyptian cities.… Read more »
InFocus
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Reporters Without Borders says it has recorded numerous cases of deliberate obstruction of journalists trying to cover the second round of legislative elections on 5 December, just ... Read more »
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As opposition forces announced an indefinite general strike and planned a "march of a million" in Cairo, the Egyptian army pledged not to use force to crush protests. Read more »
