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Advocacy

Uganda must allow journalists to freely and safely cover elections
Journalist SafetyPress Freedom
IPI calls on authorities to restore internet access and protect journalist safety
Uganda
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Africa Media Monitoring April to June 2025: Threats to press freedom in Ethiopia, Somalia, and the DRC
IPI Africa Media Freedom Tracker
State actors continue to lead in terms of attacks against the press; use of AI to spread disinformation.
Africa: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Senegal, Somalia, Togo, Zambia
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Story Matters: News entrepreneurs in a disruptive age (Part 2)
Digital TransitionMedia InnovationMedia sustainability
Insights from the opening session of the Media Innovation Festival 2025
Africa: Ethiopia
Europe: Ukraine
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Advocacy

Tanzania: IPI strongly condemns attacks on journalists amid post-election protest crackdown
Journalist SafetyPress Freedom
At least 3 journalists killed and two arrested
Tanzania
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Advocacy

Cameroonian journalist Hans Achomba missing since November 5, 2025
Press Freedom
We call on the police to launch swift investigations to determine his whereabouts
Cameroon

Alerts

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14.03.2024
1 case

Côte d’Ivoire Electronic Communication Law raises concern for press freedom
IPI Africa Media Freedom Tracker
Laws and regulations: Online / platform regulation
Africa: Côte D’ivoire
04.03.2024
1 case

Regulatory body suspends newspaper for three months over critical article
IPI Africa Media Freedom Tracker
Censorship and regulation: Suspension of media outlet (temporary)
Africa: Togo
26.04.2024
1 case

Military authorities imprison journalist Ousmane Mamane over article critical of coup
IPI Africa Media Freedom Tracker
Arrest/detention/charges: Imprisonment
Africa: Niger

Podcasts & Videos

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Investigative journalism’s profit puzzle: Going beyond breaking even
IPI World CongressMedia Innovation
Africa: Senegal, South Africa

Podcast: Killing of journalists, a global phenomenon
Africa
Americas
Asia and Pacific
Europe
MENA

Rafael Marques: Hero award ‘mirrors hope of Angolans for change’
Renowned anti-corruption journalist's full remarks accepting the 2018 IPI World Press Freedom Hero award
Angola

IPI World Congress goes to vibrant Abuja (June 21 to 23)
Learn more about Nigeria's dynamic media landscape - join us at the IPI World Congress 2018
Nigeria

IPI Hero Award ‘signal of hope to other imprisoned journalists in Africa’
Ethiopian rights activist reflects on significance of international support for imprisoned journalist Eskinder Nega
Ethiopia

Event

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03.12.2025

Virtual Newsroom Visit to CCIJ
Digital TransitionMedia InnovationMedia sustainability
Learn how newsrooms can gamify investigations through immersive storytelling and metaverse design
Africa: Nigeria
30.09.2025

Editors’ roundtable: Building collaborative strategies for strengthening climate and environmental reporting in Africa
Climate JournalismJournalist Safety
Africa
13.08.2025

The Big Why: The case for strengthening climate and environmental journalism in Africa
Climate Journalism
Africa
24.07.2025

Fighting Climate Dis-information: information integrity for climate change and the role of African media
Climate JournalismDisinformation
Africa

IPI Global Network

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IPI launches new initiative to support and protect climate and environmental journalism in Africa
Climate JournalismPress Freedom
Africa

IPI mourns loss of veteran South African journalist Tony Heard
A longtime IPI member, Heard was an unwavering press freedom advocate, editor and later special adviser to the democratic government under President Mandela
Africa: South Africa

IPI Vacancy: Africa Programme: Advocacy and Partnerships Lead
Deadline 15 December
Africa

IPI Executive Director Barbara Trionfi announces her intention to step down by end of 2022
A committee appointed by the IPI Executive Board to lead search for a successor
Africa
Americas
Asia and Pacific
Europe
MENA

Reports

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Press Freedom in Kenya
Press Freedom in South Africa
Press Freedom in Nigeria
Resource Toolkit: Press Freedom in Zimbabwe – National, Regional and Global Frameworks
Resource Toolkit: Foundations of Press Freedom in Africa
Mozambique Mission Report 2022