Burundi has appointed the leader of the ruling party’s notorious youth league militia as head of its state-run broadcaster.
Ethiopia and Gambia have shown the most improvement in the latest Press Freedom Index published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
Police in Uganda have arrested a group of BBC investigative journalists in the country’s capital, Kampala.
Rwanda has made it illegal for cartoonists and writers to publish work that “humiliates” public officials, as part of new revisions to the country’s penal code.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is calling for the immediate release of a broadcast journalist in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who is being held over accusations of defamation.
Authorities in Ethiopia are attempting to spy on people who criticise the country’s government by targeting them with malware attacks, according to a new report by Citizen Lab.
Three journalists in Uganda are facing charges of treason after a story was published that claimed President Yoweri Museveni is planning to overthrow the government in neighbouring Rwanda.
Tanzania is introducing a bill that includes strict regulations for bloggers, social media users and other online content publishers.
South Sudan’s government has blocked access to numerous independent news websites, according to internet users in the country.
Press freedoms are improving in Ethiopia, but progress is being held back
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has been vocal about press freedoms in Ethiopia for many years – particularly the suppression placed against journalists and members of the media under previous regimes. Under the rule of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed,
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