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Mahlatse Mahlase delivering her speech at the Sanef Black Wednesday Dinner. Image credit: Sanef.

#BlackWednesday: Sanef chair Mahlatse Mahlase calls on journos to continue to fight for media freedom

21 Oct 2019

Algerian demonstrators chant and wave their country's national flag as they take part in an anti-government protest in the capital Algiers on October 15, 2019. Authorities have detained at least three more journalists in recent days. Credit: CPJ/AFP.

Algeria detains three journalists who covered protests

18 Oct 2019

A police van is seen in Alexandria, Egypt, on September 27, 2019. Security forces recently arrested and allegedly tortured journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh.

Egyptian journalist Esraa Abdel Fattah arrested on false news charges

16 Oct 2019

Egypt arrests 3 more journalists amid crackdown

Egypt arrests 3 more journalists amid crackdown

2 Oct 2019

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Know your business inside out with a Biz Office

Bizcommunity.com 2 Oct 2019

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Wan-Ifra backs call for UN investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's murder

2 Oct 2019

Police officers are seen at El Harrach prison in Algiers, Algeria, on June 13, 2019. Freelance journalist Sofiane Merakchi was recently sent to the prison for pre-trial detention. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Ramzi Boudina.

Algerian authorities arrest freelance journalist

30 Sep 2019

A police officer is seen in N'Djamena, Chad, on July 11, 2015. A N'Djamena court recently charged two Chadian journalists with criminal defamation and sentenced one to jail. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Moumine Ngarmbassa.

Journalists fined, one jailed over criminal defamation complaint in Chad

26 Sep 2019

Police officers are seen in Cairo, Egypt, on September 21, 2019. Police recently arrested several journalists covering protests in Cairo and other cities, and authorities blocked news websites and Facebook Messenger. Credit: CPJ/AFP/Mohamed el-Shahed.

Egypt authorities arrest 3 journalists, block websites, amid protests

25 Sep 2019

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Of foxes and paradoxes in the media henhouse

Derek Abdinor 17 Sep 2019

Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during a ceremony marking the reopening of the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on July 16, 2018. A recent thawing of relations between the two countries did not lead to improved conditions for the media in Eritrea. Credit: CPJ/Reuters/Tiksa Negeri.

10 most censored countries

13 Sep 2019

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How Uganda is using old and new laws to block activists on social media

Ronald Kakungulu-Mayambala 10 Sep 2019

The statue of founding president Mwalimu Julius Nyerere in Tanzania’s political capital Dodoma. Credit: WikiCommons.

Why Tanzania's attacks on free speech break with Nyerere's legacy

Nick Westcott 4 Sep 2019

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Fresh vigilance is needed to protect media freedom across Africa

Jeff Conroy-Krutz 2 Sep 2019