West Africa: RSF Strengthens Its Network of Lawyers in Sahel Countries to Defend the Right to Information

At a meeting in the Ivorian capital Abidjan at the end of October, the network of press freedom lawyers created by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in February welcomed new members… Read more »

Benin: RSF Condemns The Presidential Interference Undermining Public Television's Editorial Independence

Since January 2024, an editorial committee comprised of members of the office of the presidency and three ministries has tightly controlled the information broadcast on public… Read more »

West Africa: RSF Calls on Authorities in the Sahel Region to Sign the Declaration on the Right to Information

At the summit co-organised by UNESCO and the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa on 6 and 7 November to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists,… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Authorities Confirm the Conscription of Three Missing Media Professionals Amidst a Growing Crackdown on the Press

In front of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR), the Burkinabe authorities broke their silence on the fate of three journalists who disappeared in June:… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana: RSF Condemns the Assault of Three Environmental Journalists Reporting on a Mining Site

Erastus Asare Donkor, Majid Alidu and Nicholas Suantah, journalists for Multimedia Group Limited, were violently assaulted by a group of armed men while reporting on a mining site… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Repression of Media Freedom Continues With Ban on Rebroadcasting Foreign Radio Programmes

The Superior Council for Communication (CSC), Burkina Faso’s national communications regulator,  has banned the rebroadcasting of foreign radio programmes until further… Read more »

West Africa: The Sahel: RSF And Over 500 Community Radio Stations Call For The Protection of Local Journalism

From the Chadian city of Mongo to the Soum province in Burkina Faso, over 500 community radio stations in the Sahel and neighbouring countries have joined Reporters Without Borders… Read more »

Guinea: RSF Stages Protest Against Media Censorship

After demonstrating in support of journalists in Conakry in March, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Sub-Saharan Africa desk protested in Dakar on 27 June, calling on Mamadi… Read more »

Guinea: RSF Calls on ECOWAS to React to Media Shutdowns in Guinea

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Guinean government’s illegal decision to strip six privately-owned independent broadcasters – four radio stations and two… Read more »

Gambia: Swiss Court Convicts Former Interior Minister For Crimes Against Humanity, Including Torture of Two Journalists

A court in Switzerland has convicted a Gambian former top official for crimes against humanity and has sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes… Read more »

Burkina Faso: Military Junta Blocks Access to More International Media Institutions

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns an alarming decline in press freedom in Burkina Faso, whose military junta suspended access to nine international news outlets in the space… Read more »

Senegal: TV Channel Suspended, Internet Access Restricted Amid Violence Protests

Political unrest and violence in Senegal must not be used as grounds for restricting the right to report the news, says Reporters Without Borders (RSF), condemning a TV… Read more »

Cameroon: Cameroonian Journalist Zogo's Murder Was a State Crime, Official Confesses

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has learned that many Cameroonian intelligence officers have been arrested in connection with journalist Martinez Zogo’s murder, and that a… Read more »

Senegal: Senegalese Journalist Pape Alé Niang Released Conditionally

The Senegalese judicial authorities finally freed Dakar Matin website editor Pape Alé Niang conditionally yesterday (10 January) following a major campaign for his release.… Read more »