Mozambique: Threats to environmental reporters continue

IPI condemns targeting of Estácio Valoi following his reporting on illegal timber smuggling

Uganda: IPI condemns arbitrary military shutdown of Daily Monitor and NTV Uganda

Authorities must stop the targeted harassment of media outlets and allow them to operate freely

Seychelles: IPI joins call to protect independence of public broadcaster

Proposed amendments under consideration by parliament would weaken protections against political interference

Ethiopia: French journalist Augustine Passilly expelled from Ethiopia

IPI calls on the Ethiopian authorities to allow journalists to report freely and independently

Africa Media Monitoring January to March 2026

Threats to press freedom in Somalia, DRC, and Zimbabwe

Somalia: Escalating attacks against journalists in May raise alarm

IPI calls on the international community to intensify pressure on the Somali government to ensure accountability for attacks against journalists

New IPI report: SLAPPs pose threat to Africa’s climate and environmental journalists

Research reveals perfect storm for judicial harassment

Ethiopia: Addis Standard managing editor Million Beyene abducted

Authorities must swiftly investigate and facilitate Beyene’s safe return

Feature: The information frontline — Press freedom and the security crisis in the Sahel

Military regimes in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso are widening crackdown on independent journalism, risking an information gap with regional and global consequences

IPI welcomes landmark African Commission resolution on access to environmental and climate information

Resolution calls on states to investigate and remedy attacks on journalists covering environmental harm and climate impact

Zimbabwe: Alarming escalation of attacks against journalists

IPI calls on authorities to safeguard media freedom after series of recent arrests and attacks on journalists

Kenya: IPI welcomes court ruling striking down criminal false news provisions

Lawmakers should go further and amend other provisions of Kenya’s cybercrime law on cyberharassment and surveillance that pose a risk to public-interest journalism

Somalia: Authorities must secure accountability for attacks on journalists by security forces

1 journalist killed, another abducted and reportedly tortured

Angola: Alarm over spyware attack on journalist Teixeira Candido

Revelations underscore urgent need to regulate surveillance technology and ensure accountability for abuse

France: Renewed push for answers into 2013 killing of RFI journalists in Mali

IPI calls on authorities in France and Mali to help shed full light on killings and ensure accountability for all responsible

Threats to journalists covering human and environmental cost of eastern DRC conflict grow

IPI calls on parties to respect rights of journalists after armed groups prevent coverage of Rubaya mine disaster last month 

Mali: Journalist jailed on charges of insulting Niger’s military leader

IPI calls for immediate release of Youssouf Sissoko

Mozambique: Prominent environmental journalist survives targeted armed attack

IPI calls for full accountability in apparent attempted killing of Carlitos Cadangue and his son

Zimbabwe: Journalist threatened, detained over false news allegations

Case reinforces risks cybercrime laws pose for press freedom

Africa Media Monitoring October to December 2025: Election-related media freedom violations in Tanzania, Uganda

Security forces killed at least three journalists in post-election-related incidents in Tanzania