Cameroon: Ten Major Obstacles to Journalism Under the Biya Regime

As the presidential election set for 12 October approaches and the possibility of re-election for nonagenarian President Paul Biya is high, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is… Read more »

Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa - Community Radio Programmes Shut Down, Access to Information in Jeopardy After Voice of America Suspension

Disrupted programming, journalists sacked from their jobs: the US government's suspension of Voice of America (VOA), whose programmes were broadcast in all sub-Saharan African… Read more »

Burkina Faso: After Four Months of Forced Military Conscription, Two Journalists Reappear, Three Reporters Remain Missing

The president of the Burkina Journalists’ Association (AJB), Guezouma Sanogo, and a journalist from radio Femina FM, Phil Roland Zongo, returned to their families on 21 July,… Read more »

Guinea: Is There a Future for Guinea's Press? Not Without the Country's Banned Media Outlets

Guinea's media regulator just concluded the "Forum on the Future of the Press," an event dedicated to rebuilding the country's media landscape, yet six iconic news outlets remain… Read more »

Africa: World Press Freedom Index 2025 - Over Half the World's Population in Red Zones

The 2025 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) found that more than half of the world's population lives in a country where press freedom is in a "very… Read more »

Zimbabwe: RSF Presses Police to Spare No Effort in Solving the Murder of Investigative Journalist Watson Flexy Munyaka

Investigative journalist Watson Flexy Munyaka died on 17 March after being brutally thrown from a moving car. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns this heinous murder and calls… Read more »

Uganda: At Least 18 Journalists Attacked By Armed Forces In Uganda

At least 18 journalists were violently attacked by security forces while covering the legislative by-elections in Kawempe North, a northern neighbourhood in the capital Kampala.… Read more »

Madagascar: RSF Condemns The Unlawful Detention Of Journalist Fernand Cello And Calls For His Immediate Release

Fernand Cello, an investigative journalist for the daily Basy Vava, has been detained at Antanimora prison and deprived of any visits from his family, colleagues, or a lawyer.… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Crisis In The DRC: In North Kivu, The Right to Information is In Grave Danger

The security situation in the city of Goma is deteriorating, and journalists can no longer report, the media has been forced into silence, there is no stable access to electricity… Read more »

Eritrea: RSF Urges Swedish Judicial Authorities to Reverse Dawit Isaak Decision

In an op-ed published in Norway, Sweden and South Africa, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) explains why it has formally asked the Swedish prosecutor's office to reverse its decision… Read more »

Mozambique: Journalist's Killer Gets 30-Year Prison Sentence But Mysteries Remain

Reporters Without Borders welcomed the 30-year jail sentence passed on 20 January 2006 to Anibal Antonio dos Santos Junior ("Anibalzinho"), for leading the commando that… Read more »