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Côte d'Ivoire
No newspapers on sale in Côte d'Ivoire

afrol News, 11 March - No newspapers were distributed today in Côte d'Ivoire, after pro-Gbagbo troops raided the country's sole newspaper distributor. Journalists and media are increasingly targeted.
Angola
Protest concerns spark Angola arrest wave

afrol News, 9 March - Responding to a possible wave of pro-democracy protests, the government of Angola not only organised a large pro-regime march, but also is arresting journalists and harassing media.
Zimbabwe
Zim treason charges for viewing Egypt on TV

afrol News, 4 March - Zimbabwe is charging 45 persons with treason for having viewed TV reports about North African and Middle East protests.
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea prohibits Egypt revolt reports

afrol News, 11 February - No talk of a Tunisia or Egypt-style revolutions in Equatorial Guinea. These were the orders given to media in the country, which all are controlled by the state or the family of President Teodoro Obiang Ngeuma.
Gambia
ECOWAS torture case against The Gambia nears an end

afrol News, 22 September - The torture case against the government of The Gambia, held at the regional ECOWAS Community Court in Abuja, Nigeria, is nearing an end, with a possible last round of evidence proving torture being discussed.
Rwanda
Arrests follow Rwanda editor's killing

afrol News, 28 June - Two persons have been arrested following last week's assassination of Rwandan dissident editor Jean Léonard Rugambage in Kigali. Authorities deny any involvement in the killing.
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's main free newspapers re-licensed

afrol News, 27 May - Four new independent daily newspapers have been licensed to publish in Zimbabwe in a move that is expected to herald a new era after a decade of media censorship. The famous 'Daily News' is being re-launched.
Sudan
Sudan election results censored

afrol News, 21 April - As election observers report large irregularities in Sudan's first multi-party polls in 24 years, civil society groups are being blocked away from their internet tool monitoring the elections and their result.
Rwanda
Rwanda press gagged in run-up to polls

afrol News, 14 April - Government has suspended two of Rwanda's most outspoken newspapers for six months as the country gears up for presidential elections in August. The two weeklies are critical of the ruling party.
Eritrea
Journalists still locked away in Eritrea

afrol News, 9 April - In the reclusive Red Sea nation of Eritrea, the fate of 10 journalists who disappeared in secret prisons following a September 2001 government crackdown has been a virtual state secret - only occasionally pierced by shreds of often unverifiable, secondhand information smuggled out of the country by defectors or others fleeing into exile.
» 09.04.2010 - Music again banned in Mogadishu
» 22.03.2010 - Sudan "repression in north and south"
» 10.03.2010 - Ethiopian media get record fines
» 09.03.2010 - Egypt releases blogger facing military trial
» 03.03.2010 - Cameroonian journos tortured
» 24.02.2010 - Three slapped with jail terms
» 23.02.2010 - Journalist abducted in Somalia
» 09.02.2010 - Two journalists arrested in Cameroon
» 04.02.2010 - Unblock websites – rights group
» 25.01.2010 - Government must stop media attacks
» 06.01.2010 - CPJ demands release of detained editor
» 04.01.2010 - Court to rule on fate of local paper Thursday
» 17.12.2009 - Media rights group condemns arrest of media players
» 17.12.2009 - Sweden minister speaks on freedom of expression in Ethiopia
» 09.12.2009 - Arab states slammed for using excessive force
» 08.12.2009 - RSF condemns closure of newspaper in Ethiopia
» 27.11.2009 - Guinea's independent press group threatened by military
» 17.11.2009 - Media warns legislators against enacting anti-media law
» 21.10.2009 - Eritrea is the bottom last in Press Freedom Index 2009
» 16.10.2009 - Chad expels Cameroon editor
» 06.10.2009 - UNESCO chief condemns killing of Nigerian editor
» 29.09.2009 - UN hails Sudanese order to lift censorship
» 25.09.2009 - Ugandan editors charged with sedition
» 25.09.2009 - Nigerien editor face criminal libel charge
» 31.08.2009 - RSF relieved Cardoso’s murderer is back behind bars
» 26.08.2009 - Four Uganda’s journalists face criminal charges
» 25.08.2009 - Crackdown on independent media ahead of election
» 24.08.2009 - JED calls for investigation of journalist's death
» 11.08.2009 - Union denounce conviction of journalists
» 05.08.2009 - IFJ condemns seizure of magazines in Morocco
» 31.07.2009 - Positive reforms as Zim lifts media restrictions
» 24.07.2009 - CPJ worried on new anti-terror legislation
» 21.07.2009 - RSF denounces journalists’ harassment in Congo
» 15.07.2009 - CPJ denounces death threats on journalist
» 14.07.2009 - Foreign journalists abducted in Somalia
» 09.07.2009 - Political tension hampers media freedom
» 08.07.2009 - CPJ calls on Gambia to end media hostilities
» 18.06.2009 - Opposition leader calls for the release of journos
» 09.06.2009 - CPJ calls for protection of journalists in Somalia
» 02.06.2009 - US senators petition Gambia in missing journalist's case
» 27.05.2009 - Eritrea rejects release of Swedish journalist
» 14.05.2009 - Mauritania editor narrowly escapes death
» 14.05.2009 - Tanzanian newspaper faces closure from harsh court decision
» 14.05.2009 - Kenya to dispel repressive clause in media law
» 13.05.2009 - Tunisian president urged to stop bullying the media
» 12.05.2009 - Broadcasting commission suspends licence of private radio station
» 12.05.2009 - Authorities ready for BBC suspension talks
» 11.05.2009 - RSF condemns suspension of local station in DRC
» 27.04.2009 - Rwanda suspends BBC broadcast for being bias
» 24.04.2009 - ECOWAS asked to intervene on the missing journalist case
» 24.04.2009 - HRW calls for drastic changes on draft Sudanese press law
» 22.04.2009 - Arabic network condemns sentencing of journalist
» 21.04.2009 - Bouteflika told to redress rights violations in Algeria
» 15.04.2009 - Armed men threaten to kill journalist in DRC
» 14.04.2009 - Nine hanged for editor’s murder
» 23.03.2009 - Two African states among the highest with impunity
» 04.03.2009 - Egyptian internet activists freed
» 02.03.2009 - Ethiopian press ordered to re-register
» 25.02.2009 - Appeal court upholds editor’s sentence
» 03.02.2009 - Body of murdered journalist found in forest
» 02.02.2009 - Court overturns jail terms for 4 editors
» 28.01.2009 - Newspaper stands empty as publishers show solidarity to suspended paper
» 16.01.2009 - Journalists organisation criticises new media law
» 14.01.2009 - Journalist and activists released on bail
» 12.01.2009 - RSF condemns sentencing of Cameroonian editor
» 25.12.2008 - Guinean media paralysed after coup
» 16.12.2008 - Police arrest 11 journalists protesting media bill
» 16.12.2008 - RSF criticises continuing impunity in Gambia
» 04.12.2008 - Bail application for Senegalese editor rejected
» 28.11.2008 - Liberian judiciary wrestle media freedom
» 25.11.2008 - CPJ condemns murder of journalist in DRC
» 21.11.2008 - Burkina Faso petition enjoys success
» 18.11.2008 - Egyptian rights organisation rejects media blockade in trial
» 13.11.2008 - Tunisian reporter charged for revealing labour conflict
» 04.11.2008 - Editor jailed for misidentification of a judge
» 03.11.2008 - Morocco bans French magazine
» 28.10.2008 - IFJ condemns conviction of Algerian journalist
» 22.10.2008 - Rwandan reporter released after 14 years detention
» 17.10.2008 - Nigerian journalist slained near his home
» 07.10.2008 - Niger radio director freed after 384 days
» 02.10.2008 - Contempt proceedings against local paper to start
» 30.09.2008 - Rights activists condemn Egyptian editor conviction
» 25.09.2008 - Zambia calls off live radio phone-in programmes
» 24.09.2008 - Tunisia accused of violating journalists rights
» 22.09.2008 - SA cartoonist under fire again
» 19.09.2008 - IFJ request Algeria to respect journalist right
» 19.09.2008 - Moroccan blogger freed
» 17.09.2008 - Swaziland frees airwaves
» 17.09.2008 - Nigeria TV station shut down

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