The Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to protecting press freedom in Ghana. Speaking at the media launch of the 2025 Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) Awards, Mr. Ofosu said the Mahama-led government recognizes the vital role of the media in promoting transparency and accountability and […] The post Gov’t has no intention to interfere with media freedom — Kwakye Ofosu appeared first on The Oversee...| The Overseers – Ghana No.1 News
Survivors of deadly September attack describe fear and equipment losses while facing arrest threats from multiple armed groups The post Yemeni journalists caught between Israeli airstrikes and authoritarian crackdown appeared first on Index on Censorship.| Index on Censorship
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Guinea-Bissau to rescind an August 15 order effectively suspending the work of the Portuguese state-owned news outlets LUSA and RTP and expelling Portuguese journalists working with them. Authorities ordered the immediate and indefinite closure of the LUSA and RTP offices and the discontinuation of local broadcasts of RTP, […]| AFRICANIST PRESS
The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Malagasy authorities to retract threats of criminal prosecution directed at Gaëlle Borgia, a freelancer who contributes to TV5 Monde, and Radio France Internationale (RFI) correspondent Pauline Le Troquier, and to ensure that the press can cover matters of public interest without interference. According to the two journalists, Madagascar’s […]| AFRICANIST PRESS
he Committee to Protect Journalists calls for authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to immediately drop legal proceedings against three journalists who were beaten and detained overnight while seeking to interview a provincial minister in the north-eastern city of Kisangani. On July 23, KIS24 Info’s Steves Paluku, ElectionNet’s Paul Beyokobana, and Kisangani News newspaper’s Sébastien Mulamba […]| AFRICANIST PRESS
Authorities in the Republic of the Congo must ensure the safety of journalist Rosie Pioth following death threats for her reporting on the anniversary of the 1982 bombing of the Maya-Maya International Airport in the capital, Brazzaville, the Committee to Protect Journalists said on Thursday. Pioth, correspondent for the French government-owned outlet France 24 and […]| AFRICANIST PRESS
By Mark Feldman Dr. Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, an exiled Sierra Leonean scholar and journalist, is set to embark on a solidarity tour in Europe and Africa in August 2025. The tour aims to raise awarenes…| AFRICANIST PRESS
Meta said it will be forced to ban political advertising on its platforms in the European Union from October because of "unworkable" rules.| The Globe Post
Journalism critical of the government is vanishing from digital archives, years after it has been published| Index on Censorship
Turkey Book Talk #248 – Bilge Yabancı, Ikerbasque Fellow and Ramón y Cajal Fellow at the University of Deusto in Bilbao, on “Civil Society and Authoritarianism: Co-optation, Repression and Co…| Turkey Book Talk
By Matthew Anderson and Mark Feldman Few days ago, we reported in the Africanist Press that Sierra Leonean politicians have created a new anti-terrorism law that contains unconstitutional pro…| AFRICANIST PRESS
The second edition of Voices, the European Festival of Journalism and Media Literacy, took place from 27 February to 1 March at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Zagreb, Croatia.| Centre for Media Pluralism and Freedom
Slovak government attempts to take over the public broadcaster RTVS. Media freedom groups call for urgent withdrawal of Slovakia's repressive broadcast law.| ipi.media
The EU Council completed on Monday (5 December) the first revision of the European Media Freedom Act at the technical level, with significant work still to be done on fundamental aspects of the proposal. The meeting of the Audiovisual and...| Euractiv
