The International Press Institute (IPI) today outlines its support for staff at the Romanian daily newspaper Libertatea and expresses growing concern over alleged pressures on its independent journalism after the recent firing of three members of its editorial management team. IPI is proud to count Libertatea, one of the highest quality media outlets and sources […]

Stay up to date with IPI’s work on media innovation and sustainability by subscribing to our newsletter The Outlook. Sign up here. The Costa Rican media market is dynamic, with more journalists starting their own ventures, providing a template for what a new version of a strong media ecosystem, focused on local needs, can look like. […]

Introduction On November 30, at the sidelines of the Global Conference on Cyber Capacity Building (GC3B) in Accra, Ghana, the International Press Institute, Global Partners Digital, and the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) hosted a side event under the theme: Cybercrime laws and regulations: implications for press freedom and human rights in Africa.  In […]

In November 2023, IPI documented 24 threats to press freedom in 9 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Censorship (10) was the most common category of threats. IPI recorded the highest number of incidents in Guinea. State actors remain the main perpetrators, responsible for 75% of the recorded attacks on journalists and media, with the police or […]