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Ghana: Five years after murder of journalist Ahmed Suale, IPI repeats urgent call for progress in investigation

Five years after the murder of investigative journalist Ahmed Suale in Ghana, the International Press Institute (IPI) condemns the lack of progress in holding those responsible to account and calls for transparency from the authorities about the status of the investigation. Suale was shot dead in Accra, Ghana’s capital, on January 16, 2019, in an […]

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Africa Media Monitoring December 2023: Threats to press freedom in Mozambique, DRC and Sierra Leone

In December 2023, IPI documented 20 threats to press freedom in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Censorship was the most common category of threats. DRC recorded the highest number of violations. State actors remain the main perpetrators, responsible for 95 percent of the recorded attacks on journalists and media.   In Mozambique, on December 14, […]

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IPI call to action: The international community must act urgently to protect journalists, civilians in Gaza and the region

The IPI global network calls on the international community to take urgent and immediate action to ensure the safety of all journalists in Gaza and the region. We urge all states, including allies of Israel and Media Freedom Coalition members, to use all possible diplomatic means to hold Israel to its obligation to respect the […]

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Albania: SPAK must respect source protection in case of journalist Elton Qyno

Read in Albanian below. Lexoni në shqip më poshtë The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined media freedom partners in the Safe Journalist Network, the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in writing to the head of the Special Prosecution against Corruption and Organized Crime (SPAK) to raise concerns over the recent […]

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