Press Freedom Index 2010 released

African countries with positions in the top 50 have been shuffled. Nambia leads the continent in terms of press freedom in 21st place out of 178 countries, while South Africa has fallen five positions to 38th - reasons cited are the "because of attacks on journalists during the Football World Cup but above all because of the behaviour of senior members of the ruling African National Congress towards the press."

Read the full report.