Africa: Journalists Targeted Across the Continent

21 September 2020

Decades after many governments across the continent loosened control over broadcasters and publishers, the media industry is under threat.

The Journal of Democracy has noted that new laws are resulting in the imprisonment of journalists and closure of media houses, while internet shutdowns and 'social-media taxes' are increasingly common strategies to limit the mobilising and informational potentials of digital technologies.

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