The IPI global network reiterates its call on Botswana authorities to shore up protections for press freedom after two journalists were recently arbitrarily arrested and detained for several hours before being released. According to the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) Botswana, on July 20, Ryder Gabathuse and Innocent Selatlhwa, who work with the privately […]

Few dispute that migration needs governing. But what happens when a little-known organisation working far from the glare of public scrutiny takes things too far? The Vienna-based International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) has operated since the early 1990s along the geographical fringes of the European Union. Its remit is “migration management”, which may […]

The IPI global network condemns the recent decision by Russian authorities to revoke accreditation for Daily Maverick journalist Peter Fabricius for the Russia-Africa summit taking place this week in St. Petersburg. The Summit’s Organising Committee did not provide reasons for the revocation nor did they afford the journalist an avenue to appeal the decision. Fabricius […]

Have you ever wondered if your rain jacket or the non-stick pan you cook with could harm you? Most people have never heard of PFAS, short for poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, a class of toxic, human-made chemicals that have been used around the world for industrial purposes and in common consumer products for decades. “They are […]